diff --git a/explore/src/app/app.component.ts b/explore/src/app/app.component.ts
index 5292ea5c..c92c2699 100644
--- a/explore/src/app/app.component.ts
+++ b/explore/src/app/app.component.ts
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ import {LayoutService} from './openaireLibrary/dashboard/sharedComponents/sideba
               </span></a>
     </cookie-law>
     <bottom id="bottom" #bottom *ngIf="isClient && properties" [properties]="properties"></bottom>
-		<quick-contact #quickContact *ngIf="showQuickContact && contactForm" (sendEmitter)="send($event)"
+		<quick-contact #quickContact *ngIf="bottomNotIntersecting && displayQuickContact && showQuickContact && contactForm" (sendEmitter)="send($event)"
 			[contactForm]="contactForm" [sending]="sending" [contact]="'Help'" class="uk-visible@m"></quick-contact>
 		<modal-alert #modal [overflowBody]="false"></modal-alert>
   `
@@ -65,7 +65,10 @@ export class AppComponent {
   properties: EnvProperties = properties;
   user: User;
   header: Header;
-	public showQuickContact: boolean;
+  /* Contact */
+  public showQuickContact: boolean;
+  public bottomNotIntersecting: boolean;
+  public displayQuickContact: boolean;  // intersecting with specific section in home page
 	public contactForm: FormGroup;
 	public sending: boolean = false;
 	@ViewChild('quickContact') quickContact: QuickContactComponent;
@@ -85,10 +88,6 @@ export class AppComponent {
     if (typeof document !== 'undefined') {
       this.isClient = true;
     }
-		this.subscriptions.push(this.layoutService.hasQuickContact.subscribe(hasQuickContact => {
-      this.showQuickContact = hasQuickContact;
-      this.cdr.detectChanges();
-    }));
     this.configurationService.initCommunityInformation(this.properties, this.properties.adminToolsCommunity);
     this.feedbackmail = this.properties.feedbackmail;
     if (this.properties.environment == "production" || this.properties.environment == "development") {
@@ -111,9 +110,18 @@ export class AppComponent {
         badge: true
       };
 			this.reset();
+    }));
+    this.subscriptions.push(this.layoutService.hasQuickContact.subscribe(hasQuickContact => {
+      if(this.showQuickContact !== hasQuickContact) {
+        this.showQuickContact = hasQuickContact;
+        this.cdr.detectChanges();
+      }
     }));
 		this.subscriptions.push(this.quickContactService.isDisplayed.subscribe(display => {
-      this.showQuickContact = display;
+      if(this.displayQuickContact !== display) {
+        this.displayQuickContact = display;
+        this.cdr.detectChanges();
+      }
     }));
   }
   
@@ -121,6 +129,8 @@ export class AppComponent {
     this.subscriptions.forEach(subscription => {
       if (subscription instanceof Subscriber) {
         subscription.unsubscribe();
+      } else if (typeof IntersectionObserver !== "undefined" && subscription instanceof IntersectionObserver) {
+        subscription.disconnect();
       }
     });
     this.configurationService.clearSubscriptions();
@@ -142,12 +152,9 @@ export class AppComponent {
 		};
 		let intersectionObserver = new IntersectionObserver(entries => {
 			entries.forEach(entry => {
-        if (entry.isIntersecting && this.showQuickContact) {
-          this.showQuickContact = false;
-          this.quickContactService.setDisplay(this.showQuickContact);
-        } else if (!entry.isIntersecting && !this.showQuickContact) {
-          this.showQuickContact = true;
-          this.quickContactService.setDisplay(this.showQuickContact);
+        if(this.bottomNotIntersecting !== (!entry.isIntersecting)) {
+          this.bottomNotIntersecting = !entry.isIntersecting;
+          this.cdr.detectChanges();
         }
       });
 		}, options);
diff --git a/explore/src/app/home/home.component.ts b/explore/src/app/home/home.component.ts
index c05576ed..c4a40ced 100644
--- a/explore/src/app/home/home.component.ts
+++ b/explore/src/app/home/home.component.ts
@@ -121,7 +121,6 @@ export class HomeComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy, AfterViewInit {
   public properties: EnvProperties = properties;
   public openaireEntities = OpenaireEntities;
   public readMore: boolean = false;
-  public showQuickContact: boolean;
 	@ViewChild('contact') contact: ElementRef;
   subscriptions: any[] = [];
   @ViewChildren('scrolling_element') elements: QueryList<ElementRef>;
@@ -173,6 +172,7 @@ export class HomeComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy, AfterViewInit {
     this._meta.updateTag({content: description}, "name='description'");
     this._meta.updateTag({content: description}, "property='og:description'");
     this._meta.updateTag({content: title}, "property='og:title'");
+    this.quickContactService.setDisplay(false);
   }
   
   private getPageContents() {
@@ -281,6 +281,7 @@ export class HomeComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy, AfterViewInit {
   
   
   public ngOnDestroy() {
+    this.quickContactService.setDisplay(true);
     this.clear();
   }
   
@@ -298,13 +299,7 @@ export class HomeComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy, AfterViewInit {
     };
     let intersectionObserver = new IntersectionObserver(entries => {
       entries.forEach(entry => {
-        if (entry.isIntersecting && this.showQuickContact) {
-          this.showQuickContact = false;
-          this.quickContactService.setDisplay(this.showQuickContact);
-        } else if (!entry.isIntersecting && !this.showQuickContact) {
-          this.showQuickContact = true;
-          this.quickContactService.setDisplay(this.showQuickContact);
-        }
+        this.quickContactService.setDisplay(!entry.isIntersecting);
       });
     }, options);
 		intersectionObserver.observe(this.contact.nativeElement);
diff --git a/explore/src/app/openaireLibrary b/explore/src/app/openaireLibrary
index ea1b054b..8b14aaf3 160000
--- a/explore/src/app/openaireLibrary
+++ b/explore/src/app/openaireLibrary
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit ea1b054b63502fe0cd9dcc7a5559b456ea2a1fc7
+Subproject commit 8b14aaf325c4c18691be36a89dca882b945d8eb0