diff --git a/frontend/src/app/components/master-page/master-page.component.html b/frontend/src/app/components/master-page/master-page.component.html
index 8863b335f..c1327cd11 100644
--- a/frontend/src/app/components/master-page/master-page.component.html
+++ b/frontend/src/app/components/master-page/master-page.component.html
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@
 
 <div class="d-flex" style="overflow: clip">
   <app-menu *ngIf="servicesEnabled" [navOpen]="menuOpen" (loggedOut)="onLoggedOut()" (menuToggled)="menuToggled($event)"></app-menu>
+  <div *ngIf="!servicesEnabled" class="sidenav"><!-- empty sidenav needed to push footer down the screen --></div>
 
   <div class="flex-grow-1 d-flex flex-column">
     <app-testnet-alert *ngIf="network.val === 'testnet' || network.val === 'signet'"></app-testnet-alert>
diff --git a/frontend/src/app/components/master-page/master-page.component.scss b/frontend/src/app/components/master-page/master-page.component.scss
index b82d973de..ad95d162f 100644
--- a/frontend/src/app/components/master-page/master-page.component.scss
+++ b/frontend/src/app/components/master-page/master-page.component.scss
@@ -238,4 +238,18 @@ nav {
 main {
   transition: 0.2s;
   transition-property: max-width;
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
+
+// empty sidenav
+.sidenav {
+  z-index: 1;
+  background-color: transparent;
+  width: 225px;
+  height: calc(100vh - 65px);
+  position: sticky;
+  top: 65px;
+  transition: 0.25s;
+  margin-left: -250px;
+  box-shadow: 5px 0px 30px 0px #000;
+  padding-bottom: 20px;
+}