diff --git a/app/src/Controller/CosController.php b/app/src/Controller/CosController.php
index 6b52e61f0..646de9281 100644
--- a/app/src/Controller/CosController.php
+++ b/app/src/Controller/CosController.php
@@ -42,6 +42,21 @@ class CosController extends StandardController {
     ]
   ];
   
+  /**
+   * Callback run prior to the view rendering.
+   *
+   * @since  COmanage Registry v5.0.0
+   * @param  EventInterface $event Cake Event
+   */
+    
+  public function beforeRender(\Cake\Event\EventInterface $event) {
+    // In order to get the sidebar to render we need to set the current CO,
+    // which for cos is the COmanage CO.
+    $this->set('vv_cur_co', $this->Cos->find('COmanageCO')->firstOrFail());
+    
+    return parent::beforeRender($event);
+  }
+  
   /*
    * XXX implement, also REST API
    *
diff --git a/app/src/Model/Table/CosTable.php b/app/src/Model/Table/CosTable.php
index 673452a9a..816130336 100644
--- a/app/src/Model/Table/CosTable.php
+++ b/app/src/Model/Table/CosTable.php
@@ -164,6 +164,18 @@ public function duplicate($id) {
     // XXX document AR-CO-4, use TableMetaTrait to determine which tables are configuration
   }*/
   
+  /**
+   * Find the COmanage CO.
+   *
+   * @since  COmanage Registry v5.0.0
+   * @param  \Cake\ORM\Query $query Query
+   * @return \Cake\ORM\Query        Query
+   */
+  
+  public function findCOmanageCO(Query $query): Query {
+    return $query->where(['lower(name)' => 'comanage']);
+  }
+  
   /**
    * Determine if this is a Read Only record.
    *
@@ -172,7 +184,7 @@ public function duplicate($id) {
    * @return boolean         true if the entity is read only, false otherwise
    */
   
-  public function isReadOnly($entity) {
+  public function isReadOnly($entity): bool {
     // The COmanage CO is read only
     
     return $entity->isCOmanageCO();
@@ -187,7 +199,7 @@ public function isReadOnly($entity) {
    * @return boolean          true if the Rule check passes, false otherwise
    */
   
-  public function ruleIsCOmanageCO($entity, $options) {
+  public function ruleIsCOmanageCO($entity, $options): bool {
     // We want negative logic since we want to fail if we're editing the COmanage CO
     if($entity->isCOmanageCO()) {
       return __d('error', 'edit.comanage');
@@ -205,7 +217,7 @@ public function ruleIsCOmanageCO($entity, $options) {
    * @return boolean          true if the Rule check passes, false otherwise
    */
   
-  public function ruleIsActive($entity, $options) {
+  public function ruleIsActive($entity, $options): bool {
     // We want negative logic since we want to fail if the record is Active
     if($entity->status == TemplateableStatusEnum::Active) {
       return __d('error', 'delete.active');
@@ -222,7 +234,7 @@ public function ruleIsActive($entity, $options) {
    * @return bool     True on success
    */
   
-  public function setup(int $id) {
+  public function setup(int $id): bool {
     $Types = TableRegistry::getTableLocator()->get('Types');
     
     // AR-Type-1 Set up the default values for extended types