diff --git a/MatterControlLib/ApplicationView/ApplicationController.cs b/MatterControlLib/ApplicationView/ApplicationController.cs
index b1e52b07f..e91b250c0 100644
--- a/MatterControlLib/ApplicationView/ApplicationController.cs
+++ b/MatterControlLib/ApplicationView/ApplicationController.cs
@@ -634,6 +634,22 @@ namespace MatterHackers.MatterControl
 			operationIconsByType.Add(typeof(ImageObject3D), AggContext.StaticData.LoadIcon("140.png", 16, 16, theme.InvertIcons));
 		}
 
+		public void ShowApplicationHelp()
+		{
+			UiThread.RunOnIdle(() =>
+			{
+				DialogWindow.Show(new HelpPage("AllGuides"));
+			});
+		}
+
+		public void ShowAboutPage()
+		{
+			UiThread.RunOnIdle(() =>
+			{
+				DialogWindow.Show<AboutPage>();
+			});
+		}
+
 		public ImageSequence GetProcessingSequence(Color color)
 		{
 			int size = (int)Math.Round(80 * GuiWidget.DeviceScale);
diff --git a/MatterControlLib/ConfigurationPage/ApplicationSettings/ApplicationSettingsView.cs b/MatterControlLib/ConfigurationPage/ApplicationSettings/ApplicationSettingsView.cs
index cef79fa2a..8f34d8fde 100644
--- a/MatterControlLib/ConfigurationPage/ApplicationSettings/ApplicationSettingsView.cs
+++ b/MatterControlLib/ConfigurationPage/ApplicationSettings/ApplicationSettingsView.cs
@@ -103,13 +103,7 @@ namespace MatterHackers.MatterControl.ConfigurationPage
 				}
 			};
 
-			AddMenuItem("Help".Localize(), () =>
-			{
-				UiThread.RunOnIdle(() =>
-				{
-					DialogWindow.Show(new HelpPage("AllGuides"));
-				});
-			});
+			AddMenuItem("Help".Localize(), ApplicationController.Instance.ShowApplicationHelp);
 
 			this.AddSettingsRow(
 				new SettingsItem(
@@ -337,7 +331,7 @@ namespace MatterHackers.MatterControl.ConfigurationPage
 			}
 			aboutMatterControl.Click += (s, e) =>
 			{
-				UiThread.RunOnIdle(() => DialogWindow.Show<AboutPage>());
+				ApplicationController.Instance.ShowAboutPage();
 			};
 			this.AddSettingsRow(aboutMatterControl);
 		}