diff --git a/src/core/js/tour.js b/src/core/js/tour.js
index 7b47dd37239c29b5c5e7edb67f1d16fe43bf8ad6..cfe65519eef0f34f708461bca3658e76f5530eff 100644
--- a/src/core/js/tour.js
+++ b/src/core/js/tour.js
@@ -630,6 +630,7 @@ var tour = new function() {
                 content: markdown_content,
                 placement: placement,
                 html: true,
+                sanitize: false,
                 trigger: 'manual',
                 template: popover_template,
             });
@@ -934,8 +935,6 @@ var tour = new function() {
                 tour_overview.append(next);
             }
 
-            panel.hover(undefined, ()=>{panel.collapse('hide');});
-
             panel.append(tour_overview);
 
             this.leave_tour_button.on("click", () => {this.deactivate();});
@@ -981,6 +980,9 @@ var tour = new function() {
             tour._instance.set_tour_button_text("Tour");
         }
         $('#caosdb-query-panel').before(tour._instance.panel);
+        // hide, when the mouse leaves the navbar
+        $('nav.navbar').hover(undefined, ()=>{$(tour._instance.panel).collapse('hide');});
+
     }