diff --git a/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/ui/components/InvokeTabs.tsx b/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/ui/components/InvokeTabs.tsx
index fb5756b121..ac7b8aa1c4 100644
--- a/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/ui/components/InvokeTabs.tsx
+++ b/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/ui/components/InvokeTabs.tsx
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import { stateSelector } from 'app/store/store';
 import { useAppDispatch, useAppSelector } from 'app/store/storeHooks';
 import ImageGalleryContent from 'features/gallery/components/ImageGalleryContent';
 import NodeEditorPanelGroup from 'features/nodes/components/sidePanel/NodeEditorPanelGroup';
-import { InvokeTabName, tabMap } from 'features/ui/store/tabMap';
+import { InvokeTabName } from 'features/ui/store/tabMap';
 import { setActiveTab } from 'features/ui/store/uiSlice';
 import { ResourceKey } from 'i18next';
 import { isEqual } from 'lodash-es';
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ export const NO_GALLERY_TABS: InvokeTabName[] = ['modelManager', 'queue'];
 export const NO_SIDE_PANEL_TABS: InvokeTabName[] = ['modelManager', 'queue'];
 
 const InvokeTabs = () => {
-  const activeTab = useAppSelector(activeTabIndexSelector);
+  const activeTabIndex = useAppSelector(activeTabIndexSelector);
   const activeTabName = useAppSelector(activeTabNameSelector);
   const enabledTabs = useAppSelector(enabledTabsSelector);
   const { t } = useTranslation();
@@ -150,13 +150,13 @@ const InvokeTabs = () => {
 
   const handleTabChange = useCallback(
     (index: number) => {
-      const activeTabName = tabMap[index];
-      if (!activeTabName) {
+      const tab = enabledTabs[index];
+      if (!tab) {
         return;
       }
-      dispatch(setActiveTab(activeTabName));
+      dispatch(setActiveTab(tab.id));
     },
-    [dispatch]
+    [dispatch, enabledTabs]
   );
 
   const {
@@ -216,8 +216,8 @@ const InvokeTabs = () => {
   return (
     <Tabs
       variant="appTabs"
-      defaultIndex={activeTab}
-      index={activeTab}
+      defaultIndex={activeTabIndex}
+      index={activeTabIndex}
       onChange={handleTabChange}
       sx={{
         flexGrow: 1,
diff --git a/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/ui/store/extraReducers.ts b/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/ui/store/extraReducers.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 9b134e1476..0000000000
--- a/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/ui/store/extraReducers.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-import { InvokeTabName, tabMap } from './tabMap';
-import { UIState } from './uiTypes';
-
-export const setActiveTabReducer = (
-  state: UIState,
-  newActiveTab: number | InvokeTabName
-) => {
-  if (typeof newActiveTab === 'number') {
-    state.activeTab = newActiveTab;
-  } else {
-    state.activeTab = tabMap.indexOf(newActiveTab);
-  }
-};
diff --git a/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/ui/store/uiSelectors.ts b/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/ui/store/uiSelectors.ts
index 5427fa9d3b..99ee8d80f7 100644
--- a/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/ui/store/uiSelectors.ts
+++ b/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/ui/store/uiSelectors.ts
@@ -1,27 +1,23 @@
 import { createSelector } from '@reduxjs/toolkit';
 import { RootState } from 'app/store/store';
-import { isEqual } from 'lodash-es';
-
-import { InvokeTabName, tabMap } from './tabMap';
-import { UIState } from './uiTypes';
+import { isEqual, isString } from 'lodash-es';
+import { tabMap } from './tabMap';
 
 export const activeTabNameSelector = createSelector(
-  (state: RootState) => state.ui,
-  (ui: UIState) => tabMap[ui.activeTab] as InvokeTabName,
-  {
-    memoizeOptions: {
-      equalityCheck: isEqual,
-    },
-  }
+  (state: RootState) => state,
+  /**
+   * Previously `activeTab` was an integer, but now it's a string.
+   * Default to first tab in case user has integer.
+   */
+  ({ ui }) => (isString(ui.activeTab) ? ui.activeTab : 'txt2img')
 );
 
 export const activeTabIndexSelector = createSelector(
-  (state: RootState) => state.ui,
-  (ui: UIState) => ui.activeTab,
-  {
-    memoizeOptions: {
-      equalityCheck: isEqual,
-    },
+  (state: RootState) => state,
+  ({ ui, config }) => {
+    const tabs = tabMap.filter((t) => !config.disabledTabs.includes(t));
+    const idx = tabs.indexOf(ui.activeTab);
+    return idx === -1 ? 0 : idx;
   }
 );
 
diff --git a/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/ui/store/uiSlice.ts b/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/ui/store/uiSlice.ts
index 82c9ef4e77..9782d0bfac 100644
--- a/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/ui/store/uiSlice.ts
+++ b/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/ui/store/uiSlice.ts
@@ -2,12 +2,11 @@ import type { PayloadAction } from '@reduxjs/toolkit';
 import { createSlice } from '@reduxjs/toolkit';
 import { initialImageChanged } from 'features/parameters/store/generationSlice';
 import { SchedulerParam } from 'features/parameters/types/parameterSchemas';
-import { setActiveTabReducer } from './extraReducers';
 import { InvokeTabName } from './tabMap';
 import { UIState } from './uiTypes';
 
 export const initialUIState: UIState = {
-  activeTab: 0,
+  activeTab: 'txt2img',
   shouldShowImageDetails: false,
   shouldUseCanvasBetaLayout: false,
   shouldShowExistingModelsInSearch: false,
@@ -26,7 +25,7 @@ export const uiSlice = createSlice({
   initialState: initialUIState,
   reducers: {
     setActiveTab: (state, action: PayloadAction<InvokeTabName>) => {
-      setActiveTabReducer(state, action.payload);
+      state.activeTab = action.payload;
     },
     setShouldShowImageDetails: (state, action: PayloadAction<boolean>) => {
       state.shouldShowImageDetails = action.payload;
@@ -73,7 +72,7 @@ export const uiSlice = createSlice({
   },
   extraReducers(builder) {
     builder.addCase(initialImageChanged, (state) => {
-      setActiveTabReducer(state, 'img2img');
+      state.activeTab = 'img2img';
     });
   },
 });
diff --git a/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/ui/store/uiTypes.ts b/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/ui/store/uiTypes.ts
index 41a359a651..1b9fee6989 100644
--- a/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/ui/store/uiTypes.ts
+++ b/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/ui/store/uiTypes.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { SchedulerParam } from 'features/parameters/types/parameterSchemas';
+import { InvokeTabName } from './tabMap';
 
 export type Coordinates = {
   x: number;
@@ -13,7 +14,7 @@ export type Dimensions = {
 export type Rect = Coordinates & Dimensions;
 
 export interface UIState {
-  activeTab: number;
+  activeTab: InvokeTabName;
   shouldShowImageDetails: boolean;
   shouldUseCanvasBetaLayout: boolean;
   shouldShowExistingModelsInSearch: boolean;