diff --git a/frontends/src/primitivus/primitivus b/frontends/src/primitivus/primitivus
index 60814580..a50250ec 100755
--- a/frontends/src/primitivus/primitivus
+++ b/frontends/src/primitivus/primitivus
@@ -150,11 +150,10 @@ class PrimitivusApp(QuickApp):
             self.debug()
         elif input == 'f2': #user wants to (un)hide the contact_list
             try:
-                center_widgets = self.center_part.widget_list
-                if self.contact_list in center_widgets:
-                    self.center_part.set_focus(0) #necessary as the focus change to the next object, we can go out of range if we are on the last object of self.center_part
-                    center_widgets.remove(self.contact_list)
-                    del self.center_part.column_types[0]
+                for wid, options in self.center_part.contents:
+                    if self.contact_list is wid:
+                        self.center_part.contents.remove((wid, options))
+                        break
                 else:
                     self.center_part.contents.insert(0, (self.contact_list, ('weight', 2, False)))
             except AttributeError: