diff --git a/SideMenuController.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj b/SideMenuController.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
index b4f1c50..f8dafd7 100644
--- a/SideMenuController.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
+++ b/SideMenuController.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
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 		13F653281D3E007300700656 /* SideMenuController+SideOver.swift in Sources */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; fileRef = 13F653251D3E007300700656 /* SideMenuController+SideOver.swift */; };
 		13F653291D3E007300700656 /* SideMenuController+SideUnder.swift in Sources */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; fileRef = 13F653261D3E007300700656 /* SideMenuController+SideUnder.swift */; };
+		5E4FD4E9A8CF329050F77FD9 /* CenterReplaceSegue.swift in Sources */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; fileRef = 5E4FDD3F512CE5D638BB4D6E /* CenterReplaceSegue.swift */; };
 /* End PBXBuildFile section */
 
 /* Begin PBXContainerItemProxy section */
@@ -45,6 +46,7 @@
 		13F653241D3E007300700656 /* SideMenuController+CustomTypes.swift */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; fileEncoding = 4; lastKnownFileType = sourcecode.swift; name = "SideMenuController+CustomTypes.swift"; path = "Source/SideMenuController+CustomTypes.swift"; sourceTree = SOURCE_ROOT; };
 		13F653251D3E007300700656 /* SideMenuController+SideOver.swift */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; fileEncoding = 4; lastKnownFileType = sourcecode.swift; name = "SideMenuController+SideOver.swift"; path = "Source/SideMenuController+SideOver.swift"; sourceTree = SOURCE_ROOT; };
 		13F653261D3E007300700656 /* SideMenuController+SideUnder.swift */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; fileEncoding = 4; lastKnownFileType = sourcecode.swift; name = "SideMenuController+SideUnder.swift"; path = "Source/SideMenuController+SideUnder.swift"; sourceTree = SOURCE_ROOT; };
+		5E4FDD3F512CE5D638BB4D6E /* CenterReplaceSegue.swift */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; fileEncoding = 4; lastKnownFileType = sourcecode.swift; name = CenterReplaceSegue.swift; path = Source/CenterReplaceSegue.swift; sourceTree = SOURCE_ROOT; };
 /* End PBXFileReference section */
 
 /* Begin PBXFrameworksBuildPhase section */
@@ -119,6 +121,7 @@
 			children = (
 				134E94E31D159C56001C1F7D /* CenterContainmentSegue.swift */,
 				13A7586C1D12A61B004488DA /* SideContainmentSegue.swift */,
+				5E4FDD3F512CE5D638BB4D6E /* CenterReplaceSegue.swift */,
 			);
 			name = Segues;
 			sourceTree = "<group>";
@@ -252,6 +255,7 @@
 				13F653291D3E007300700656 /* SideMenuController+SideUnder.swift in Sources */,
 				13F653271D3E007300700656 /* SideMenuController+CustomTypes.swift in Sources */,
 				134E94E51D159C56001C1F7D /* CenterContainmentSegue.swift in Sources */,
+				5E4FD4E9A8CF329050F77FD9 /* CenterReplaceSegue.swift in Sources */,
 			);
 			runOnlyForDeploymentPostprocessing = 0;
 		};
diff --git a/Source/CenterContainmentSegue.swift b/Source/CenterContainmentSegue.swift
index 14578e5..bd8912f 100644
--- a/Source/CenterContainmentSegue.swift
+++ b/Source/CenterContainmentSegue.swift
@@ -21,14 +21,20 @@
 //  OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
 //  SOFTWARE.
 
+import UIKit
+
 open class CenterContainmentSegue: UIStoryboardSegue{
+
+    var needCloseSidePanel: Bool {
+	    return true
+    }
     
     override open func perform() {
         if let sideController = self.source as? SideMenuController {
             guard let destinationController = destination as? UINavigationController else {
                 fatalError("Destination controller needs to be an instance of UINavigationController")
             }
-            sideController.embed(centerViewController: destinationController)
+            sideController.embed(centerViewController: destinationController, hideSidePanel: needCloseSidePanel)
         } else {
             fatalError("This type of segue must only be used from a SideMenuController")
         }
diff --git a/Source/CenterReplaceSegue.swift b/Source/CenterReplaceSegue.swift
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ca0fe0f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Source/CenterReplaceSegue.swift
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+//
+// Created by Alexander Zalutskiy on 16.12.16.
+// Copyright (c) 2016 teodorpatras. All rights reserved.
+//
+
+import Foundation
+
+open class CenterReplaceSegue: CenterContainmentSegue {
+
+	override var needCloseSidePanel: Bool {
+		return false
+	}
+
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Source/SideMenuController.swift b/Source/SideMenuController.swift
index a4f1aa9..70b07d1 100644
--- a/Source/SideMenuController.swift
+++ b/Source/SideMenuController.swift
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ public extension SideMenuController {
      - parameter centerViewController: controller to be embedded
      - parameter cacheIdentifier: identifier for the view controllers cache
      */
-    public func embed(centerViewController controller: UIViewController, cacheIdentifier: String? = nil) {
+    public func embed(centerViewController controller: UIViewController, cacheIdentifier: String? = nil, hideSidePanel: Bool = true) {
         
         if let id = cacheIdentifier {
             controllersCache[id] = controller
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ public extension SideMenuController {
                 completion()
             }
             
-            if sidePanelVisible {
+            if sidePanelVisible && hideSidePanel {
                 animate(toReveal: false)
             }
         }