diff --git a/app/views/play/menu/GameMenuModal.coffee b/app/views/play/menu/GameMenuModal.coffee
index b0489865c..2f897b52d 100644
--- a/app/views/play/menu/GameMenuModal.coffee
+++ b/app/views/play/menu/GameMenuModal.coffee
@@ -32,7 +32,9 @@ module.exports = class GameMenuModal extends ModalView
     docs = @options.level.get('documentation') ? {}
     submenus = ['guide', 'options', 'save-load']
     submenus = _.without submenus, 'options' if window.serverConfig.picoCTF
-    submenus = _.without submenus, 'guide' unless docs.specificArticles?.length or docs.generalArticles?.length or window.serverConfig.picoCTF
+    unless window.serverConfig.picoCTF
+      if @level.isType('course', 'course-ladder') or not @options.level.get('helpVideos')?.length > 0
+        submenus = _.without submenus, 'guide'
     submenus = _.without submenus, 'save-load' unless me.isAdmin() or /https?:\/\/localhost/.test(window.location.href)
     @includedSubmenus = submenus
     context.showTab = @options.showTab ? submenus[0]
diff --git a/app/views/play/menu/GuideView.coffee b/app/views/play/menu/GuideView.coffee
index fcd794117..ce56fdfce 100644
--- a/app/views/play/menu/GuideView.coffee
+++ b/app/views/play/menu/GuideView.coffee
@@ -28,23 +28,26 @@ module.exports = class LevelGuideView extends CocoView
     @videoLocked = not (@helpVideo?.free or @isCourseLevel) and @requiresSubscription
 
     @firstOnly = options.firstOnly
-    @docs = options?.docs ? options.level.get('documentation') ? {}
-    general = @docs.generalArticles or []
-    specific = @docs.specificArticles or []
+    if window.serverConfig.picoCTF
+      @docs = options?.docs ? options.level.get('documentation') ? {}
+      general = @docs.generalArticles or []
+      specific = @docs.specificArticles or []
 
-    articles = options.supermodel.getModels(Article)
-    articleMap = {}
-    articleMap[article.get('original')] = article for article in articles
-    general = (articleMap[ref.original] for ref in general)
-    general = (article.attributes for article in general when article)
+      articles = options.supermodel.getModels(Article)
+      articleMap = {}
+      articleMap[article.get('original')] = article for article in articles
+      general = (articleMap[ref.original] for ref in general)
+      general = (article.attributes for article in general when article)
 
-    @docs = specific.concat(general)
-    @docs = $.extend(true, [], @docs)
-    @docs = [@docs[0]] if @firstOnly and @docs[0]
-    @addPicoCTFProblem() if window.serverConfig.picoCTF
-    doc.html = marked(utils.filterMarkdownCodeLanguages(utils.i18n(doc, 'body'), options.session.get('codeLanguage'))) for doc in @docs
-    doc.slug = _.string.slugify(doc.name) for doc in @docs
-    doc.name = (utils.i18n doc, 'name') for doc in @docs
+      @docs = specific.concat(general)
+      @docs = $.extend(true, [], @docs)
+      @docs = [@docs[0]] if @firstOnly and @docs[0]
+      @addPicoCTFProblem() 
+      doc.html = marked(utils.filterMarkdownCodeLanguages(utils.i18n(doc, 'body'), options.session.get('codeLanguage'))) for doc in @docs
+      doc.slug = _.string.slugify(doc.name) for doc in @docs
+      doc.name = (utils.i18n doc, 'name') for doc in @docs
+    else
+      @docs = []
 
   destroy: ->
     if @vimeoListenerAttached