diff --git a/src/UI/DocumentView.cc b/src/UI/DocumentView.cc
index 0610ec93d9fa30bfc07177911eb3d8ca2777d915..4fbabf42651d8650dc26732c98bf0b2600fe0b3b 100644
--- a/src/UI/DocumentView.cc
+++ b/src/UI/DocumentView.cc
@@ -10,6 +10,11 @@ DocumentView::DocumentView(QWidget *parent) noexcept
     : QMainWindow(parent)
 {
     setStatusBar(nullptr);
+    setMenuBar(nullptr);
+    setTabPosition(Qt::TopDockWidgetArea, QTabWidget::North);
+    setTabPosition(Qt::BottomDockWidgetArea, QTabWidget::South);
+    setTabPosition(Qt::LeftDockWidgetArea, QTabWidget::West);
+    setTabPosition(Qt::RightDockWidgetArea, QTabWidget::East);
 }
 
 // A utility function to delete all the child widgets