diff --git a/src/applications/project/controller/PhabricatorProjectBoardController.php b/src/applications/project/controller/PhabricatorProjectBoardController.php
index ef2e09f8f1..0837f9f5b7 100644
--- a/src/applications/project/controller/PhabricatorProjectBoardController.php
+++ b/src/applications/project/controller/PhabricatorProjectBoardController.php
@@ -3,16 +3,6 @@
 abstract class PhabricatorProjectBoardController
   extends PhabricatorProjectController {
 
-  private $project;
-
-  protected function setProject(PhabricatorProject $project) {
-    $this->project = $project;
-    return $this;
-  }
-  protected function getProject() {
-    return $this->project;
-  }
-
   public function buildIconNavView(PhabricatorProject $project) {
     $id = $project->getID();
     $nav = parent::buildIconNavView($project);
diff --git a/src/applications/project/controller/PhabricatorProjectController.php b/src/applications/project/controller/PhabricatorProjectController.php
index 4955f7fe3f..6b9b40d475 100644
--- a/src/applications/project/controller/PhabricatorProjectController.php
+++ b/src/applications/project/controller/PhabricatorProjectController.php
@@ -2,20 +2,32 @@
 
 abstract class PhabricatorProjectController extends PhabricatorController {
 
+  private $project;
+
+  protected function setProject(PhabricatorProject $project) {
+    $this->project = $project;
+    return $this;
+  }
+
+  protected function getProject() {
+    return $this->project;
+  }
+
   public function buildApplicationMenu() {
     return $this->buildSideNavView(true)->getMenu();
   }
 
   public function buildSideNavView($for_app = false) {
-    $viewer = $this->getViewer();
+    $project = $this->getProject();
 
     $nav = new AphrontSideNavFilterView();
     $nav->setBaseURI(new PhutilURI($this->getApplicationURI()));
 
-    $id = null;
+    $viewer = $this->getViewer();
+
     if ($for_app) {
-      $id = $this->getRequest()->getURIData('id');
-      if ($id) {
+      if ($project) {
+        $id = $project->getID();
         $nav->addFilter("profile/{$id}/", pht('Profile'));
         $nav->addFilter("board/{$id}/", pht('Workboard'));
         $nav->addFilter("members/{$id}/", pht('Members'));
@@ -37,6 +49,7 @@ abstract class PhabricatorProjectController extends PhabricatorController {
   }
 
   public function buildIconNavView(PhabricatorProject $project) {
+    $this->setProject($project);
     $viewer = $this->getViewer();
     $id = $project->getID();
     $picture = $project->getProfileImageURI();