diff --git a/pandora/0xdb.jsonc b/pandora/0xdb.jsonc
index 41b288f4..4e5a3067 100644
--- a/pandora/0xdb.jsonc
+++ b/pandora/0xdb.jsonc
@@ -616,6 +616,7 @@
             "section": "items",
             "showAnnotations": true,
             "showBrowser": true,
+            "showCalendarControls": true, // fixme: should be false
             "showControls": true,
             "showFlags": true,
             "showGroups": true,
diff --git a/static/js/pandora/eventsDialog.js b/static/js/pandora/eventsDialog.js
index 72a9ccdf..139a96f1 100644
--- a/static/js/pandora/eventsDialog.js
+++ b/static/js/pandora/eventsDialog.js
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ pandora.ui.eventsDialog = function() {
                             callback(result);
                         });
                     },
+                    showControls: pandora.user.ui.showCalendarControls,
                     width: width
                 })
             });
diff --git a/static/js/pandora/navigationView.js b/static/js/pandora/navigationView.js
index 389cdc80..448b0579 100644
--- a/static/js/pandora/navigationView.js
+++ b/static/js/pandora/navigationView.js
@@ -206,6 +206,7 @@ pandora.ui.navigationView = function(type, videoRatio) {
                     // 20 px menu, 24 px toolbar, 1px resizbar, 16px statusbar
                     height: window.innerHeight - ui.showGroups * ui.groupsSize - 61,
                     range: [-5000, 5000],
+                    showControls: ui.showCalendarControls,
                     width: window.innerWidth - ui.showSidebar * ui.sidebarSize - listSize - 2,
                     zoom: 4
                 })
diff --git a/static/js/pandora/placesDialog.js b/static/js/pandora/placesDialog.js
index 958c658c..60abf577 100644
--- a/static/js/pandora/placesDialog.js
+++ b/static/js/pandora/placesDialog.js
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ pandora.ui.placesDialog = function() {
                     callback(result);
                 });
             },
+            showControls: pandora.user.ui.showMapControls,
+            showLabels: pandora.user.ui.showMapLabels,
             showTypes: true,
             width: width
         }),