diff --git a/intuita-webview/src/main/CodemodRuns.tsx b/intuita-webview/src/main/CodemodRuns.tsx
index e258b584..624d62d1 100644
--- a/intuita-webview/src/main/CodemodRuns.tsx
+++ b/intuita-webview/src/main/CodemodRuns.tsx
@@ -91,7 +91,11 @@ export const CodemodRuns = (
 				<ResizablePanel
 					collapsible
 					minSize={0}
-					defaultSize={props.panelGroupSettings['0,0']?.[0] ?? 50}
+					defaultSize={
+						props.resultsCollapsed
+							? props.panelGroupSettings['0,0']?.[0] ?? 50
+							: 0
+					}
 					style={{
 						overflowY: 'auto',
 						overflowX: 'hidden',
@@ -127,7 +131,11 @@ export const CodemodRuns = (
 				<ResizablePanel
 					collapsible
 					minSize={0}
-					defaultSize={props.panelGroupSettings['0,0']?.[1] ?? 50}
+					defaultSize={
+						props.changeExplorerCollapsed
+							? 0
+							: props.panelGroupSettings['0,0']?.[1] ?? 50
+					}
 					style={{
 						overflowY: 'auto',
 						overflowX: 'hidden',
diff --git a/src/data/slice.ts b/src/data/slice.ts
index 68bb4f5a..90993578 100644
--- a/src/data/slice.ts
+++ b/src/data/slice.ts
@@ -331,6 +331,13 @@ const rootSlice = createSlice({
 					);
 				}
 
+				// if we persist collapsed state (e.g [0, 100]), last noticed panel sizes (user's resizing) will be lost when panel is unmounted
+				// so we want to persist only users resizing
+				// collapsed state is already handled by boolean flags resultsCollapsed, changeExplorerCollapsed
+				if (validation.right['0,0']?.some((size) => size === 0)) {
+					return;
+				}
+
 				state.codemodRunsTab.panelGroupSettings = validation.right;
 			} catch (error) {
 				console.error(error);