diff --git a/app/src/main/java/io/homeassistant/companion/android/HomeAssistantApplication.kt b/app/src/main/java/io/homeassistant/companion/android/HomeAssistantApplication.kt
index ab9cae96c..1ba723e37 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/io/homeassistant/companion/android/HomeAssistantApplication.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/io/homeassistant/companion/android/HomeAssistantApplication.kt
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import io.homeassistant.companion.android.database.AppDatabase
 import io.homeassistant.companion.android.database.settings.SensorUpdateFrequencySetting
 import io.homeassistant.companion.android.sensors.SensorReceiver
 import io.homeassistant.companion.android.settings.language.LanguagesManager
+import io.homeassistant.companion.android.util.LifecycleHandler
 import io.homeassistant.companion.android.websocket.WebsocketBroadcastReceiver
 import io.homeassistant.companion.android.widgets.button.ButtonWidget
 import io.homeassistant.companion.android.widgets.entity.EntityWidget
@@ -46,6 +47,8 @@ open class HomeAssistantApplication : Application() {
     override fun onCreate() {
         super.onCreate()
 
+        registerActivityLifecycleCallbacks(LifecycleHandler)
+
         ioScope.launch {
             initCrashReporting(
                 applicationContext,
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/io/homeassistant/companion/android/settings/SettingsPresenterImpl.kt b/app/src/main/java/io/homeassistant/companion/android/settings/SettingsPresenterImpl.kt
index 95c81f2f7..7c392c70d 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/io/homeassistant/companion/android/settings/SettingsPresenterImpl.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/io/homeassistant/companion/android/settings/SettingsPresenterImpl.kt
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ class SettingsPresenterImpl @Inject constructor(
                 "app_lock_home_bypass" -> authenticationUseCase.isLockHomeBypassEnabled()
                 "crash_reporting" -> prefsRepository.isCrashReporting()
                 "autoplay_video" -> integrationUseCase.isAutoPlayVideoEnabled()
+                "always_show_first_view_on_app_start" -> integrationUseCase.isAlwaysShowFirstViewOnAppStartEnabled()
                 "webview_debug" -> integrationUseCase.isWebViewDebugEnabled()
                 else -> throw IllegalArgumentException("No boolean found by this key: $key")
             }
@@ -68,6 +69,7 @@ class SettingsPresenterImpl @Inject constructor(
                 "app_lock_home_bypass" -> authenticationUseCase.setLockHomeBypassEnabled(value)
                 "crash_reporting" -> prefsRepository.setCrashReporting(value)
                 "autoplay_video" -> integrationUseCase.setAutoPlayVideo(value)
+                "always_show_first_view_on_app_start" -> integrationUseCase.setAlwaysShowFirstViewOnAppStart(value)
                 "webview_debug" -> integrationUseCase.setWebViewDebugEnabled(value)
                 else -> throw IllegalArgumentException("No boolean found by this key: $key")
             }
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/io/homeassistant/companion/android/util/LifecycleHandler.kt b/app/src/main/java/io/homeassistant/companion/android/util/LifecycleHandler.kt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b3f0936c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/main/java/io/homeassistant/companion/android/util/LifecycleHandler.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+package io.homeassistant.companion.android.util
+
+import android.app.Activity
+import android.app.Application
+import android.os.Bundle
+
+object LifecycleHandler : Application.ActivityLifecycleCallbacks {
+    private var activityReferences = 0
+    private var isActivityChangingConfigurations = false
+    override fun onActivityCreated(activity: Activity, bundle: Bundle?) {
+        // Not implemented
+    }
+
+    override fun onActivityStarted(activity: Activity) {
+        isActivityChangingConfigurations = activity.isChangingConfigurations
+        activityReferences++
+    }
+
+    override fun onActivityResumed(activity: Activity) {
+        // Not implemented
+    }
+
+    override fun onActivityPaused(activity: Activity) {
+        // Not implemented
+    }
+
+    override fun onActivityStopped(activity: Activity) {
+        isActivityChangingConfigurations = activity.isChangingConfigurations
+        activityReferences--
+    }
+
+    override fun onActivitySaveInstanceState(activity: Activity, bunle: Bundle) {
+        // Not implemented
+    }
+
+    override fun onActivityDestroyed(activity: Activity) {
+        // Not implemented
+    }
+
+    fun isAppInBackground(): Boolean {
+        // No activities left and activity is not changing configuration (ex. change the orientation)
+        return activityReferences == 0 && !isActivityChangingConfigurations
+    }
+}
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/io/homeassistant/companion/android/webview/WebViewActivity.kt b/app/src/main/java/io/homeassistant/companion/android/webview/WebViewActivity.kt
index f1d6682f3..1aaf0ebea 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/io/homeassistant/companion/android/webview/WebViewActivity.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/io/homeassistant/companion/android/webview/WebViewActivity.kt
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ import io.homeassistant.companion.android.settings.SettingsActivity
 import io.homeassistant.companion.android.themes.ThemesManager
 import io.homeassistant.companion.android.util.ChangeLog
 import io.homeassistant.companion.android.util.DataUriDownloadManager
+import io.homeassistant.companion.android.util.LifecycleHandler
 import io.homeassistant.companion.android.util.OnSwipeListener
 import io.homeassistant.companion.android.util.TLSWebViewClient
 import io.homeassistant.companion.android.util.isStarted
@@ -746,6 +747,11 @@ class WebViewActivity : BaseActivity(), io.homeassistant.companion.android.webvi
         changeLog.showChangeLog(this, false)
     }
 
+    override fun onStop() {
+        super.onStop()
+        openFirstViewOnDashboardIfNeeded()
+    }
+
     override fun onPause() {
         super.onPause()
         SensorReceiver.updateAllSensors(this)
@@ -1433,4 +1439,30 @@ class WebViewActivity : BaseActivity(), io.homeassistant.companion.android.webvi
             """
         ) {}
     }
+
+    private fun openFirstViewOnDashboardIfNeeded() {
+        if (presenter.isAlwaysShowFirstViewOnAppStartEnabled() &&
+            LifecycleHandler.isAppInBackground()
+        ) {
+            // Pattern matches urls which are NOT allowed to show the first view after app is started
+            // This is
+            // /config/* as these are the settings of HA but NOT /config/dashboard. This is just the overview of the HA settings
+            // /hassio/* as these are the addons section of HA settings.
+            if (webView.url?.matches(".*://.*/(config/(?!\\bdashboard\\b)|hassio)/*.*".toRegex()) == false) {
+                Log.d(TAG, "Show first view of default dashboard.")
+                webView.evaluateJavascript(
+                    """
+                    var anchor = 'a:nth-child(1)';
+                    var defaultPanel = window.localStorage.getItem('defaultPanel')?.replaceAll('"',"");
+                    if(defaultPanel) anchor = 'a[href="/' + defaultPanel + '"]';
+                    document.querySelector('body > home-assistant').shadowRoot.querySelector('home-assistant-main')
+                                                                   .shadowRoot.querySelector('#drawer > ha-sidebar')
+                                                                   .shadowRoot.querySelector('paper-listbox > ' + anchor).click();
+                    window.scrollTo(0, 0);
+                    """,
+                    null
+                )
+            } else Log.d(TAG, "User is in the Home Assistant config. Will not show first view of the default dashboard.")
+        }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/io/homeassistant/companion/android/webview/WebViewPresenter.kt b/app/src/main/java/io/homeassistant/companion/android/webview/WebViewPresenter.kt
index 2acd8f98d..9e04f708d 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/io/homeassistant/companion/android/webview/WebViewPresenter.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/io/homeassistant/companion/android/webview/WebViewPresenter.kt
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ interface WebViewPresenter {
 
     fun isLockEnabled(): Boolean
     fun isAutoPlayVideoEnabled(): Boolean
+    fun isAlwaysShowFirstViewOnAppStartEnabled(): Boolean
 
     fun sessionTimeOut(): Int
 
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/io/homeassistant/companion/android/webview/WebViewPresenterImpl.kt b/app/src/main/java/io/homeassistant/companion/android/webview/WebViewPresenterImpl.kt
index 7e9b4056c..5b60e97ef 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/io/homeassistant/companion/android/webview/WebViewPresenterImpl.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/io/homeassistant/companion/android/webview/WebViewPresenterImpl.kt
@@ -192,6 +192,12 @@ class WebViewPresenterImpl @Inject constructor(
         }
     }
 
+    override fun isAlwaysShowFirstViewOnAppStartEnabled(): Boolean {
+        return runBlocking {
+            integrationUseCase.isAlwaysShowFirstViewOnAppStartEnabled()
+        }
+    }
+
     override fun sessionTimeOut(): Int {
         return runBlocking {
             integrationUseCase.getSessionTimeOut()
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/xml/preferences.xml b/app/src/main/res/xml/preferences.xml
index 1057099f8..97b298dc2 100644
--- a/app/src/main/res/xml/preferences.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/res/xml/preferences.xml
@@ -91,6 +91,11 @@
             android:icon="@drawable/ic_baseline_video_settings_24"
             android:title="@string/autoplay_video"
             android:summary="@string/autoplay_video_summary" />
+        <SwitchPreference
+            android:key="always_show_first_view_on_app_start"
+            android:icon="@drawable/ic_home_variant_outline"
+            android:title="@string/always_show_first_view_on_app_start"
+            android:summary="@string/always_show_first_view_on_app_start_summary" />
         <SwitchPreference
             android:key="webview_debug"
             android:icon="@drawable/ic_android_debug_bridge"
diff --git a/common/src/main/java/io/homeassistant/companion/android/common/data/integration/IntegrationRepository.kt b/common/src/main/java/io/homeassistant/companion/android/common/data/integration/IntegrationRepository.kt
index b65f98df0..5901ced8a 100644
--- a/common/src/main/java/io/homeassistant/companion/android/common/data/integration/IntegrationRepository.kt
+++ b/common/src/main/java/io/homeassistant/companion/android/common/data/integration/IntegrationRepository.kt
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@ interface IntegrationRepository {
     suspend fun setAutoPlayVideo(enabled: Boolean)
     suspend fun isAutoPlayVideoEnabled(): Boolean
 
+    suspend fun setAlwaysShowFirstViewOnAppStart(enabled: Boolean)
+    suspend fun isAlwaysShowFirstViewOnAppStartEnabled(): Boolean
+
     suspend fun setWebViewDebugEnabled(enabled: Boolean)
     suspend fun isWebViewDebugEnabled(): Boolean
 
diff --git a/common/src/main/java/io/homeassistant/companion/android/common/data/integration/impl/IntegrationRepositoryImpl.kt b/common/src/main/java/io/homeassistant/companion/android/common/data/integration/impl/IntegrationRepositoryImpl.kt
index 0cef7b2bd..72643bfed 100644
--- a/common/src/main/java/io/homeassistant/companion/android/common/data/integration/impl/IntegrationRepositoryImpl.kt
+++ b/common/src/main/java/io/homeassistant/companion/android/common/data/integration/impl/IntegrationRepositoryImpl.kt
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ class IntegrationRepositoryImpl @Inject constructor(
         private const val PREF_WEAR_TOAST_CONFIRMATION = "wear_toast_confirmation"
         private const val PREF_HA_VERSION = "ha_version"
         private const val PREF_AUTOPLAY_VIDEO = "autoplay_video"
+        private const val PREF_ALWAYS_SHOW_FIRST_VIEW_ON_APP_START = "always_show_first_view_on_app_start"
         private const val PREF_FULLSCREEN_ENABLED = "fullscreen_enabled"
         private const val PREF_KEEP_SCREEN_ON_ENABLED = "keep_screen_on_enabled"
         private const val PREF_PINCH_TO_ZOOM_ENABLED = "pinch_to_zoom_enabled"
@@ -373,6 +374,14 @@ class IntegrationRepositoryImpl @Inject constructor(
         return localStorage.getBoolean(PREF_AUTOPLAY_VIDEO)
     }
 
+    override suspend fun setAlwaysShowFirstViewOnAppStart(enabled: Boolean) {
+        localStorage.putBoolean(PREF_ALWAYS_SHOW_FIRST_VIEW_ON_APP_START, enabled)
+    }
+
+    override suspend fun isAlwaysShowFirstViewOnAppStartEnabled(): Boolean {
+        return localStorage.getBoolean(PREF_ALWAYS_SHOW_FIRST_VIEW_ON_APP_START)
+    }
+
     override suspend fun setAutoPlayVideo(enabled: Boolean) {
         localStorage.putBoolean(PREF_AUTOPLAY_VIDEO, enabled)
     }
diff --git a/common/src/main/res/values/strings.xml b/common/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
index 4476d6629..d4d4451e5 100644
--- a/common/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
+++ b/common/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@
     <string name="add_widget">Add widget</string>
     <string name="all_entities">All entities</string>
     <string name="allow">Allow</string>
+    <string name="always_show_first_view_on_app_start">Always show first view on app start</string>
+    <string name="always_show_first_view_on_app_start_summary">The first view of the default dashboard is shown as soon as the app is opened</string>
     <string name="app_name">Home Assistant</string>
     <string name="app_version_info">App Version Info</string>
     <string name="application_version">Application Version</string>