diff --git a/.DS_Store b/.DS_Store
index 3e4c1ac..be988d4 100644
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diff --git a/SideMenuController.podspec b/SideMenuController.podspec
index 1c5873e..34d92c5 100644
--- a/SideMenuController.podspec
+++ b/SideMenuController.podspec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Pod::Spec.new do |s|
   s.name = 'SideMenuController'
-  s.version = '0.2.3'
+  s.version = '0.2.4'
   s.license = 'MIT'
   s.summary = 'Fully customisable and easy to use side menu controller written in Swift.'
   s.description = 'SideMenuController is a custom container view controller written in Swift which will display the main content within a center panel and the secondary content (option menu, navigation menu, etc.) within a side panel when triggered. The side panel can be displayed either on the left or on the right side, under or over the center panel.'
diff --git a/Source/UIKitExtensions.swift b/Source/UIKitExtensions.swift
index aa6e433..529c08a 100644
--- a/Source/UIKitExtensions.swift
+++ b/Source/UIKitExtensions.swift
@@ -48,23 +48,37 @@ public extension UINavigationController {
         button.setImage(image, for: .normal)
         button.addTarget(sideMenuController, action: #selector(SideMenuController.toggle), for: UIControlEvents.touchUpInside)
         
+        if SideMenuController.preferences.drawing.sidePanelPosition.isPositionedLeft {
+            let newItems = computeNewItems(sideMenuController: sideMenuController, button: button, controller: self.topViewController, positionLeft: true)
+            self.topViewController?.navigationItem.leftBarButtonItems = newItems
+        } else {
+            let newItems = computeNewItems(sideMenuController: sideMenuController, button: button, controller: self.topViewController, positionLeft: false)
+            self.topViewController?.navigationItem.rightBarButtonItems = newItems
+        }
+        
+        completion?(button)
+    }
+    
+    private func computeNewItems(sideMenuController: SideMenuController, button: UIButton, controller: UIViewController?, positionLeft: Bool) -> [UIBarButtonItem] {
+        
+        var items: [UIBarButtonItem] = (positionLeft ? self.topViewController?.navigationItem.leftBarButtonItems :
+            self.topViewController?.navigationItem.rightBarButtonItems) ?? []
+        
+        for item in items {
+            if let button = item.customView as? UIButton,
+                button.allTargets.contains(sideMenuController) {
+                return items
+            }
+        }
+        
         let item:UIBarButtonItem = UIBarButtonItem()
         item.customView = button
         
         let spacer = UIBarButtonItem(barButtonSystemItem: UIBarButtonSystemItem.fixedSpace, target: nil, action: nil)
         spacer.width = -10
         
-        if SideMenuController.preferences.drawing.sidePanelPosition.isPositionedLeft {
-            var items = self.topViewController?.navigationItem.leftBarButtonItems ?? []
-            items.append(contentsOf: [spacer, item])
-            self.topViewController?.navigationItem.leftBarButtonItems = items
-        } else {
-            var items = self.topViewController?.navigationItem.rightBarButtonItems ?? []
-            items.append(contentsOf: [spacer, item])
-            self.topViewController?.navigationItem.rightBarButtonItems = [spacer, item]
-        }
-        
-        completion?(button)
+        items.append(contentsOf: positionLeft ? [spacer, item] : [item, spacer])
+        return items
     }
 }