diff --git a/src/app/dashboard/dashboard.component.html b/src/app/dashboard/dashboard.component.html
index cc494dd..0496580 100644
--- a/src/app/dashboard/dashboard.component.html
+++ b/src/app/dashboard/dashboard.component.html
@@ -4,9 +4,11 @@
 <div [attr.class]="layout">
   <div class="tfw-grid-main-components">
     <div class="tfw-header"><app-header></app-header></div>
-    <div [ngClass]="{ 'hide-attribute': hide_messages }" class="tfw-messages"><app-messages></app-messages></div>
+    <div [ngClass]="{'hide-attribute': hide_messages}" class="tfw-messages">
+      <app-messages></app-messages>
+    </div>
     <div class="tfw-web tao-grid-top-left"
-         [ngClass]="{ 'deploy-blur': deploying }">
+         [ngClass]="{'deploy-blur': deploying}">
          <app-web *ngIf="!iframeUrl"></app-web>
          <div *ngIf="iframeUrl" class="iframe-container">
           <iframe class="iframe"
diff --git a/src/app/dashboard/dashboard.component.ts b/src/app/dashboard/dashboard.component.ts
index 748ce63..aa9e992 100644
--- a/src/app/dashboard/dashboard.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/dashboard/dashboard.component.ts
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ export class DashboardComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
   selectedTerminalMenuItem = config.dashboard.terminalOrConsole;
 
   command_handlers = {'layout':          this.layoutHandler.bind(this),
+                      'hide_messages':   this.hideMessagesHandler.bind(this),
                       'reload_frontend': this.reloadFrontendHandlder.bind(this)};
 
   constructor(private deploymentNotificationService: DeploymentNotificationService,
@@ -58,9 +59,10 @@ export class DashboardComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
     } else {
       console.log('Invalid ide layout "' + data.layout + '" received!');
     }
-    if (data.hide_messages !== undefined) {
-      this.hide_messages = data.hide_messages;
-    }
+  }
+
+  hideMessagesHandler(data: LayoutCommand) {
+    this.hide_messages = data.hide_messages;
   }
 
   reloadFrontendHandlder(data: LayoutCommand) {
diff --git a/src/app/dashboard/layout-command.ts b/src/app/dashboard/layout-command.ts
index cc9e12b..61a960d 100644
--- a/src/app/dashboard/layout-command.ts
+++ b/src/app/dashboard/layout-command.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@
 
 export class LayoutCommand {
     command: string;
-    layout: string;
+    layout?: string;
     hide_messages?: boolean;
 }