diff --git a/web/components/gantt-chart/blocks/blocks-list.tsx b/web/components/gantt-chart/blocks/blocks-list.tsx
index 8372d4ecc..8dc344cd0 100644
--- a/web/components/gantt-chart/blocks/blocks-list.tsx
+++ b/web/components/gantt-chart/blocks/blocks-list.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-import { FC, useEffect, useRef } from "react";
+import { observer } from "mobx-react";
+import { FC } from "react";
 // hooks
 import { useIssueDetail } from "hooks/store";
 import { useChart } from "../hooks";
@@ -20,7 +21,7 @@ export type GanttChartBlocksProps = {
   showAllBlocks: boolean;
 };
 
-export const GanttChartBlocksList: FC<GanttChartBlocksProps> = (props) => {
+export const GanttChartBlocksList: FC<GanttChartBlocksProps> = observer((props) => {
   const {
     itemsContainerWidth,
     blocks,
@@ -31,12 +32,10 @@ export const GanttChartBlocksList: FC<GanttChartBlocksProps> = (props) => {
     enableBlockMove,
     showAllBlocks,
   } = props;
-  // refs
-  const blocksContainerRef = useRef<HTMLDivElement>(null);
   // store hooks
   const { peekIssue } = useIssueDetail();
   // chart hook
-  const { activeBlock, dispatch, scrollTop, updateScrollTop } = useChart();
+  const { activeBlock, dispatch, updateScrollTop } = useChart();
 
   // update the active block on hover
   const updateActiveBlock = (block: IGanttBlock | null) => {
@@ -87,54 +86,44 @@ export const GanttChartBlocksList: FC<GanttChartBlocksProps> = (props) => {
     sidebarScrollContainer.scrollTop = e.currentTarget.scrollTop;
   };
 
-  useEffect(() => {
-    const blocksContainer = blocksContainerRef.current;
-    if (!blocksContainer) return;
-
-    blocksContainer.scrollTop = scrollTop;
-  }, [scrollTop]);
-
   return (
     <div
-      ref={blocksContainerRef}
       className="relative z-[5] mt-[72px] h-full overflow-hidden overflow-y-auto"
       style={{ width: `${itemsContainerWidth}px` }}
       onScroll={handleBlocksScroll}
     >
-      {blocks &&
-        blocks.length > 0 &&
-        blocks.map((block) => {
-          // hide the block if it doesn't have start and target dates and showAllBlocks is false
-          if (!showAllBlocks && !(block.start_date && block.target_date)) return;
+      {blocks?.map((block) => {
+        // hide the block if it doesn't have start and target dates and showAllBlocks is false
+        if (!showAllBlocks && !(block.start_date && block.target_date)) return;
 
-          const isBlockVisibleOnChart = block.start_date && block.target_date;
+        const isBlockVisibleOnChart = block.start_date && block.target_date;
 
-          return (
-            <div
-              key={`block-${block.id}`}
-              className={cn("relative h-11", {
-                "rounded bg-custom-background-80": activeBlock?.id === block.id,
-                "rounded-l border border-r-0 border-custom-primary-70 hover:border-custom-primary-70":
-                  peekIssue?.issueId === block.data.id,
-              })}
-              onMouseEnter={() => updateActiveBlock(block)}
-              onMouseLeave={() => updateActiveBlock(null)}
-            >
-              {isBlockVisibleOnChart ? (
-                <ChartDraggable
-                  block={block}
-                  blockToRender={blockToRender}
-                  handleBlock={(...args) => handleChartBlockPosition(block, ...args)}
-                  enableBlockLeftResize={enableBlockLeftResize}
-                  enableBlockRightResize={enableBlockRightResize}
-                  enableBlockMove={enableBlockMove}
-                />
-              ) : (
-                <ChartAddBlock block={block} blockUpdateHandler={blockUpdateHandler} />
-              )}
-            </div>
-          );
-        })}
+        return (
+          <div
+            key={`block-${block.id}`}
+            className={cn("relative h-11", {
+              "rounded bg-custom-background-80": activeBlock?.id === block.id,
+              "rounded-l border border-r-0 border-custom-primary-70 hover:border-custom-primary-70":
+                peekIssue?.issueId === block.data.id,
+            })}
+            onMouseEnter={() => updateActiveBlock(block)}
+            onMouseLeave={() => updateActiveBlock(null)}
+          >
+            {isBlockVisibleOnChart ? (
+              <ChartDraggable
+                block={block}
+                blockToRender={blockToRender}
+                handleBlock={(...args) => handleChartBlockPosition(block, ...args)}
+                enableBlockLeftResize={enableBlockLeftResize}
+                enableBlockRightResize={enableBlockRightResize}
+                enableBlockMove={enableBlockMove}
+              />
+            ) : (
+              <ChartAddBlock block={block} blockUpdateHandler={blockUpdateHandler} />
+            )}
+          </div>
+        );
+      })}
     </div>
   );
-};
+});
diff --git a/web/components/gantt-chart/chart/main-content.tsx b/web/components/gantt-chart/chart/main-content.tsx
index 8d5f9d5fe..084e13da6 100644
--- a/web/components/gantt-chart/chart/main-content.tsx
+++ b/web/components/gantt-chart/chart/main-content.tsx
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-import { useRef } from "react";
 // components
 import {
   BiWeekChartView,
   DayChartView,
   GanttChartBlocksList,
+  GanttChartSidebar,
   HourChartView,
   IBlockUpdateData,
   IGanttBlock,
@@ -51,16 +51,14 @@ export const GanttChartMainContent: React.FC<Props> = (props) => {
     title,
     updateCurrentViewRenderPayload,
   } = props;
-  // refs
-  const sidebarRef = useRef<HTMLDivElement>(null);
   // chart hook
   const { currentView, currentViewData, updateScrollLeft, updateScrollTop } = useChart();
-
   // handling scroll functionality
   const onScroll = (e: React.UIEvent<HTMLDivElement, UIEvent>) => {
     const { clientWidth: clientVisibleWidth, scrollLeft: currentLeftScrollPosition, scrollWidth } = e.currentTarget;
 
     updateScrollLeft(currentLeftScrollPosition);
+    updateScrollTop(e.currentTarget.scrollTop);
 
     const approxRangeLeft = scrollWidth >= clientVisibleWidth + 1000 ? 1000 : scrollWidth - clientVisibleWidth;
     const approxRangeRight = scrollWidth - (approxRangeLeft + clientVisibleWidth);
@@ -69,8 +67,6 @@ export const GanttChartMainContent: React.FC<Props> = (props) => {
     if (currentLeftScrollPosition <= approxRangeLeft) updateCurrentViewRenderPayload("left", currentView);
   };
 
-  const onSidebarScroll = (e: React.UIEvent<HTMLDivElement, UIEvent>) => updateScrollTop(e.currentTarget.scrollTop);
-
   const CHART_VIEW_COMPONENTS: {
     [key in TGanttViews]: React.FC;
   } = {
@@ -82,58 +78,45 @@ export const GanttChartMainContent: React.FC<Props> = (props) => {
     quarter: QuarterChartView,
     year: YearChartView,
   };
+
+  if (!currentView) return null;
   const ActiveChartView = CHART_VIEW_COMPONENTS[currentView];
 
   return (
     <div
       // DO NOT REMOVE THE ID
       id="gantt-container"
-      className={cn("relative flex h-full w-full flex-1 overflow-hidden border-t border-custom-border-200", {
+      className={cn("relative h-full w-full flex flex-1 overflow-hidden border-t border-custom-border-200", {
         "mb-8": bottomSpacing,
       })}
     >
+      <GanttChartSidebar
+        blocks={blocks}
+        blockUpdateHandler={blockUpdateHandler}
+        enableReorder={enableReorder}
+        sidebarToRender={sidebarToRender}
+        title={title}
+      />
       <div
         // DO NOT REMOVE THE ID
-        id="gantt-sidebar"
-        className="flex h-full w-1/4 flex-col border-r border-custom-border-200"
+        id="scroll-container"
+        className="relative h-full w-full flex flex-col flex-1 overflow-hidden overflow-x-auto horizontal-scroll-enable"
+        onScroll={onScroll}
       >
-        <div className="box-border flex h-[60px] flex-shrink-0 items-end justify-between gap-2 border-b border-custom-border-200 pb-2 pl-10 pr-4 text-sm font-medium text-custom-text-300">
-          <h6>{title}</h6>
-          <h6>Duration</h6>
-        </div>
-
-        <div
-          id="gantt-sidebar-scroll-container"
-          className="max-h-full mt-[12px] overflow-y-auto pl-2.5"
-          onScroll={onSidebarScroll}
-          ref={sidebarRef}
-        >
-          {sidebarToRender && sidebarToRender({ title, blockUpdateHandler, blocks, enableReorder })}
-        </div>
+        <ActiveChartView />
+        {currentViewData && (
+          <GanttChartBlocksList
+            itemsContainerWidth={itemsContainerWidth}
+            blocks={chartBlocks}
+            blockToRender={blockToRender}
+            blockUpdateHandler={blockUpdateHandler}
+            enableBlockLeftResize={enableBlockLeftResize}
+            enableBlockRightResize={enableBlockRightResize}
+            enableBlockMove={enableBlockMove}
+            showAllBlocks={showAllBlocks}
+          />
+        )}
       </div>
-      {currentView && (
-        <div
-          // DO NOT REMOVE THE ID
-          id="scroll-container"
-          className="relative flex h-full w-full flex-1 flex-col overflow-hidden overflow-x-auto horizontal-scroll-enable"
-          onScroll={onScroll}
-        >
-          <ActiveChartView />
-          {/* blocks */}
-          {currentViewData && (
-            <GanttChartBlocksList
-              itemsContainerWidth={itemsContainerWidth}
-              blocks={chartBlocks}
-              blockToRender={blockToRender}
-              blockUpdateHandler={blockUpdateHandler}
-              enableBlockLeftResize={enableBlockLeftResize}
-              enableBlockRightResize={enableBlockRightResize}
-              enableBlockMove={enableBlockMove}
-              showAllBlocks={showAllBlocks}
-            />
-          )}
-        </div>
-      )}
     </div>
   );
 };
diff --git a/web/components/gantt-chart/chart/views/month.tsx b/web/components/gantt-chart/chart/views/month.tsx
index 0b605bfe2..afdb8b326 100644
--- a/web/components/gantt-chart/chart/views/month.tsx
+++ b/web/components/gantt-chart/chart/views/month.tsx
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ export const MonthChartView: FC<any> = () => {
 
   return (
     <>
-      <div className="absolute flex h-full flex-grow divide-x divide-custom-border-100/50">
+      <div className="absolute h-full flex flex-grow divide-x divide-custom-border-100/50">
         {monthBlocks?.map((block, rootIndex) => (
           <div key={`month-${block?.month}-${block?.year}`} className="relative flex flex-col">
             <div className="h-[60px] w-full">
diff --git a/web/components/gantt-chart/sidebar/cycle-sidebar.tsx b/web/components/gantt-chart/sidebar/cycles.tsx
similarity index 95%
rename from web/components/gantt-chart/sidebar/cycle-sidebar.tsx
rename to web/components/gantt-chart/sidebar/cycles.tsx
index 1af1529c2..b0254e4f1 100644
--- a/web/components/gantt-chart/sidebar/cycle-sidebar.tsx
+++ b/web/components/gantt-chart/sidebar/cycles.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import { useRouter } from "next/router";
 import { DragDropContext, Draggable, DropResult, Droppable } from "@hello-pangea/dnd";
 import { MoreVertical } from "lucide-react";
 // hooks
@@ -20,12 +19,8 @@ type Props = {
 };
 
 export const CycleGanttSidebar: React.FC<Props> = (props) => {
-  // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unused-vars
-  const { title, blockUpdateHandler, blocks, enableReorder } = props;
-
-  const router = useRouter();
-  const { cycleId } = router.query;
-
+  const { blockUpdateHandler, blocks, enableReorder } = props;
+  // chart hook
   const { activeBlock, dispatch } = useChart();
 
   // update the active block on hover
@@ -85,7 +80,6 @@ export const CycleGanttSidebar: React.FC<Props> = (props) => {
       <Droppable droppableId="gantt-sidebar">
         {(droppableProvided) => (
           <div
-            id={`gantt-sidebar-${cycleId}`}
             className="mt-3 max-h-full overflow-y-auto pl-2.5"
             ref={droppableProvided.innerRef}
             {...droppableProvided.droppableProps}
diff --git a/web/components/gantt-chart/sidebar/index.ts b/web/components/gantt-chart/sidebar/index.ts
index 8b1d72237..8a068a7c5 100644
--- a/web/components/gantt-chart/sidebar/index.ts
+++ b/web/components/gantt-chart/sidebar/index.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-export * from "./cycle-sidebar";
-export * from "./module-sidebar";
-export * from "./sidebar";
-export * from "./project-view-sidebar";
+export * from "./cycles";
+export * from "./issues";
+export * from "./modules";
+export * from "./project-views";
+export * from "./root";
diff --git a/web/components/gantt-chart/sidebar/sidebar.tsx b/web/components/gantt-chart/sidebar/issues.tsx
similarity index 97%
rename from web/components/gantt-chart/sidebar/sidebar.tsx
rename to web/components/gantt-chart/sidebar/issues.tsx
index b140f72eb..94fdda9ea 100644
--- a/web/components/gantt-chart/sidebar/sidebar.tsx
+++ b/web/components/gantt-chart/sidebar/issues.tsx
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { observer } from "mobx-react";
 import { DragDropContext, Draggable, Droppable, DropResult } from "@hello-pangea/dnd";
 import { MoreVertical } from "lucide-react";
 // hooks
@@ -30,7 +31,7 @@ type Props = {
   showAllBlocks?: boolean;
 };
 
-export const IssueGanttSidebar: React.FC<Props> = (props) => {
+export const IssueGanttSidebar: React.FC<Props> = observer((props) => {
   const {
     blockUpdateHandler,
     blocks,
@@ -101,7 +102,7 @@ export const IssueGanttSidebar: React.FC<Props> = (props) => {
     <DragDropContext onDragEnd={handleOrderChange}>
       <Droppable droppableId="gantt-sidebar">
         {(droppableProvided) => (
-          <div id={`gantt-sidebar-${viewId}`} ref={droppableProvided.innerRef} {...droppableProvided.droppableProps}>
+          <div ref={droppableProvided.innerRef} {...droppableProvided.droppableProps}>
             <>
               {blocks ? (
                 blocks.map((block, index) => {
@@ -189,4 +190,4 @@ export const IssueGanttSidebar: React.FC<Props> = (props) => {
       </Droppable>
     </DragDropContext>
   );
-};
+});
diff --git a/web/components/gantt-chart/sidebar/module-sidebar.tsx b/web/components/gantt-chart/sidebar/modules.tsx
similarity index 95%
rename from web/components/gantt-chart/sidebar/module-sidebar.tsx
rename to web/components/gantt-chart/sidebar/modules.tsx
index 30f146dc5..58ca1ff6f 100644
--- a/web/components/gantt-chart/sidebar/module-sidebar.tsx
+++ b/web/components/gantt-chart/sidebar/modules.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import { useRouter } from "next/router";
 import { DragDropContext, Draggable, Droppable, DropResult } from "@hello-pangea/dnd";
 import { MoreVertical } from "lucide-react";
 // hooks
@@ -20,12 +19,8 @@ type Props = {
 };
 
 export const ModuleGanttSidebar: React.FC<Props> = (props) => {
-  // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unused-vars
-  const { title, blockUpdateHandler, blocks, enableReorder } = props;
-
-  const router = useRouter();
-  const { cycleId } = router.query;
-
+  const { blockUpdateHandler, blocks, enableReorder } = props;
+  // chart hook
   const { activeBlock, dispatch } = useChart();
 
   // update the active block on hover
@@ -85,7 +80,6 @@ export const ModuleGanttSidebar: React.FC<Props> = (props) => {
       <Droppable droppableId="gantt-sidebar">
         {(droppableProvided) => (
           <div
-            id={`gantt-sidebar-${cycleId}`}
             className="mt-3 max-h-full overflow-y-auto pl-2.5"
             ref={droppableProvided.innerRef}
             {...droppableProvided.droppableProps}
diff --git a/web/components/gantt-chart/sidebar/project-view-sidebar.tsx b/web/components/gantt-chart/sidebar/project-views.tsx
similarity index 95%
rename from web/components/gantt-chart/sidebar/project-view-sidebar.tsx
rename to web/components/gantt-chart/sidebar/project-views.tsx
index da7382859..a17c27dfe 100644
--- a/web/components/gantt-chart/sidebar/project-view-sidebar.tsx
+++ b/web/components/gantt-chart/sidebar/project-views.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import { useRouter } from "next/router";
 import { DragDropContext, Draggable, Droppable, DropResult } from "@hello-pangea/dnd";
 import { MoreVertical } from "lucide-react";
 // hooks
@@ -21,12 +20,8 @@ type Props = {
 };
 
 export const ProjectViewGanttSidebar: React.FC<Props> = (props) => {
-  // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unused-vars
-  const { title, blockUpdateHandler, blocks, enableReorder } = props;
-
-  const router = useRouter();
-  const { cycleId } = router.query;
-
+  const { blockUpdateHandler, blocks, enableReorder } = props;
+  // chart hook
   const { activeBlock, dispatch } = useChart();
 
   // update the active block on hover
@@ -86,7 +81,6 @@ export const ProjectViewGanttSidebar: React.FC<Props> = (props) => {
       <Droppable droppableId="gantt-sidebar">
         {(droppableProvided) => (
           <div
-            id={`gantt-sidebar-${cycleId}`}
             className="mt-3 max-h-full overflow-y-auto pl-2.5"
             ref={droppableProvided.innerRef}
             {...droppableProvided.droppableProps}
diff --git a/web/components/gantt-chart/sidebar/root.tsx b/web/components/gantt-chart/sidebar/root.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f72d3c277
--- /dev/null
+++ b/web/components/gantt-chart/sidebar/root.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+import { useRef } from "react";
+// components
+import { IBlockUpdateData, IGanttBlock, useChart } from "components/gantt-chart";
+
+type Props = {
+  blocks: IGanttBlock[] | null;
+  blockUpdateHandler: (block: any, payload: IBlockUpdateData) => void;
+  enableReorder: boolean;
+  sidebarToRender: (props: any) => React.ReactNode;
+  title: string;
+};
+
+export const GanttChartSidebar: React.FC<Props> = (props) => {
+  const { blocks, blockUpdateHandler, enableReorder, sidebarToRender, title } = props;
+  // refs
+  const sidebarRef = useRef<HTMLDivElement>(null);
+  // chart hook
+  const { updateScrollTop } = useChart();
+
+  const onSidebarScroll = (e: React.UIEvent<HTMLDivElement, UIEvent>) => updateScrollTop(e.currentTarget.scrollTop);
+
+  return (
+    <div
+      // DO NOT REMOVE THE ID
+      id="gantt-sidebar"
+      className="flex h-full w-1/4 flex-col border-r border-custom-border-200"
+    >
+      <div className="box-border h-[60px] flex-shrink-0 flex items-end justify-between gap-2 border-b border-custom-border-200 pb-2 pl-10 pr-4 text-sm font-medium text-custom-text-300">
+        <h6>{title}</h6>
+        <h6>Duration</h6>
+      </div>
+
+      <div
+        id="gantt-sidebar-scroll-container"
+        className="max-h-full mt-[12px] pl-2.5 overflow-hidden overflow-y-auto"
+        onScroll={onSidebarScroll}
+        ref={sidebarRef}
+      >
+        {sidebarToRender && sidebarToRender({ title, blockUpdateHandler, blocks, enableReorder })}
+      </div>
+    </div>
+  );
+};