diff --git a/dashboard-ui/edititemmetadata.html b/dashboard-ui/edititemmetadata.html
index e8ebe05db8..52c1169bcc 100644
--- a/dashboard-ui/edititemmetadata.html
+++ b/dashboard-ui/edititemmetadata.html
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
             <div class="editPageInnerContent" style="visibility:hidden;">
                 <h1 class="itemName editPageName">&nbsp;</h1>
                 <br />
-                <paper-tabs hidescrollbuttons noink>
+                <paper-tabs hidescrollbuttons>
                     <paper-tab class="metadataTabButton">${TabMetadata}</paper-tab>
                     <paper-tab class="subtitleTabButton hide">${TabSubtitles}</paper-tab>
                     <paper-tab class="collectionItemsTabButton hide">${TabCollectionTitles}</paper-tab>
diff --git a/dashboard-ui/scripts/edititemmetadata.js b/dashboard-ui/scripts/edititemmetadata.js
index 8a356ab856..f79b8944f2 100644
--- a/dashboard-ui/scripts/edititemmetadata.js
+++ b/dashboard-ui/scripts/edititemmetadata.js
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@
         Dashboard.showLoadingMsg();
 
         var promise1 = MetadataEditor.getItemPromise();
-        var promise2 = MetadataEditor.currentItemId ?
-            ApiClient.getJSON(ApiClient.getUrl('Items/' + MetadataEditor.currentItemId + '/MetadataEditor')) :
+        var promise2 = MetadataEditor.getCurrentItemId() ?
+            ApiClient.getJSON(ApiClient.getUrl('Items/' + MetadataEditor.getCurrentItemId() + '/MetadataEditor')) :
             {};
 
         $.when(promise1, promise2).done(function (response1, response2) {
@@ -1455,8 +1455,6 @@
 
             if (data.id != currentItem.Id) {
 
-                MetadataEditor.currentItemId = data.id;
-                MetadataEditor.currentItemType = data.itemType;
                 //Dashboard.navigate('edititemmetadata.html?id=' + data.id);
 
                 //$.mobile.urlHistory.ignoreNextHashChange = true;
@@ -1481,7 +1479,12 @@
         configurePaperLibraryTabs(page, tabs);
 
         $(tabs).on('iron-select', function () {
-            Events.trigger(this, 'tabchange');
+
+            var self = this;
+
+            setTimeout(function () {
+                Events.trigger(self, 'tabchange');
+            }, 400);
 
         }).on('tabchange', function () {
             var selected = this.selected;
@@ -1519,7 +1522,9 @@
 
         tabs.hideScrollButtons = true;
         tabs.noSlide = true;
-        tabs.noink = true;
+
+        // Unfortunately we can't disable this because it causes iron-select to not fire in IE and Safari.
+        //tabs.noink = true;
 
         $(ownerpage).on('pageshowready', function () {
 
diff --git a/dashboard-ui/scripts/editorsidebar.js b/dashboard-ui/scripts/editorsidebar.js
index 986246298e..9e8876ceec 100644
--- a/dashboard-ui/scripts/editorsidebar.js
+++ b/dashboard-ui/scripts/editorsidebar.js
@@ -262,9 +262,23 @@
         }
     }
 
+    function loadJsTree() {
+
+        var deferred = DeferredBuilder.Deferred();
+
+        require([
+            'bower_components/jstree/dist/jstree.min'
+        ], function () {
+
+            Dashboard.importCss('thirdparty/jstree/themes/default/style.min.css');
+            deferred.resolve();
+        });
+        return deferred.promise();
+    }
+
     function initializeTree(page, currentUser, openItems, selectedId) {
 
-        MetadataEditor.loadJsTree().done(function () {
+        loadJsTree().done(function () {
             initializeTreeInternal(page, currentUser, openItems, selectedId);
         });
     }
@@ -403,7 +417,6 @@
     }).on('pagebeforeshow', ".metadataEditorPage", function () {
 
         Dashboard.importCss('css/metadataeditor.css');
-        window.MetadataEditor = new metadataEditor();
 
     }).on('pagebeforeshow', ".metadataEditorPage", function () {
 
@@ -411,7 +424,7 @@
 
         Dashboard.getCurrentUser().done(function (user) {
 
-            var id = MetadataEditor.currentItemId;
+            var id = getCurrentItemId();
 
             if (id) {
 
@@ -438,64 +451,24 @@
 
     });
 
-    function metadataEditor() {
+    function getCurrentItemId() {
 
-        var self = this;
+        var url = window.location.hash || getWindowUrl();
 
-        function ensureInitialValues() {
+        return getParameterByName('id', url);
+    }
 
-            if (self.currentItemType || self.currentItemId) {
-                return;
-            }
-
-            var url = window.location.hash || getWindowUrl();
-
-            var id = getParameterByName('id', url);
-
-            if (id) {
-                self.currentItemId = id;
-                self.currentItemType = null;
-            }
-        };
-
-        self.getItemPromise = function () {
-
-            var currentItemType = self.currentItemType;
-            var currentItemId = self.currentItemId;
-
-            if (currentItemType == "TvChannel") {
-                return ApiClient.getLiveTvChannel(currentItemId);
-            }
+    window.MetadataEditor = {
+        getItemPromise: function() {
+            var currentItemId = getCurrentItemId();
 
             if (currentItemId) {
                 return ApiClient.getItem(Dashboard.getCurrentUserId(), currentItemId);
             }
 
             return ApiClient.getRootFolder(Dashboard.getCurrentUserId());
-        };
-
-        self.getEditQueryString = function (item) {
-
-            var query = "id=" + item.Id;
-
-            return query;
-        };
-
-        self.loadJsTree = function () {
-
-            var deferred = DeferredBuilder.Deferred();
-
-            require([
-                'bower_components/jstree/dist/jstree.min'
-            ], function () {
-
-                Dashboard.importCss('thirdparty/jstree/themes/default/style.min.css');
-                deferred.resolve();
-            });
-            return deferred.promise();
-        };
-
-        ensureInitialValues();
-    }
+        },
+        getCurrentItemId: getCurrentItemId
+    };
 
 })(jQuery, document, window);
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