diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index ac89a2d78..aac7ab6df 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/fatih/color v1.7.0
 	github.com/go-errors/errors v1.0.1
 	github.com/gogo/protobuf v1.2.1 // indirect
+	github.com/golang-collections/collections v0.0.0-20130729185459-604e922904d3
 	github.com/google/go-cmp v0.3.0 // indirect
 	github.com/gorilla/mux v1.7.3 // indirect
 	github.com/imdario/mergo v0.3.7
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index a3486c582..398ca4c25 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ github.com/go-errors/errors v1.0.1 h1:LUHzmkK3GUKUrL/1gfBUxAHzcev3apQlezX/+O7ma6
 github.com/go-errors/errors v1.0.1/go.mod h1:f4zRHt4oKfwPJE5k8C9vpYG+aDHdBFUsgrm6/TyX73Q=
 github.com/gogo/protobuf v1.2.1 h1:/s5zKNz0uPFCZ5hddgPdo2TK2TVrUNMn0OOX8/aZMTE=
 github.com/gogo/protobuf v1.2.1/go.mod h1:hp+jE20tsWTFYpLwKvXlhS1hjn+gTNwPg2I6zVXpSg4=
+github.com/golang-collections/collections v0.0.0-20130729185459-604e922904d3 h1:zN2lZNZRflqFyxVaTIU61KNKQ9C0055u9CAfpmqUvo4=
+github.com/golang-collections/collections v0.0.0-20130729185459-604e922904d3/go.mod h1:nPpo7qLxd6XL3hWJG/O60sR8ZKfMCiIoNap5GvD12KU=
 github.com/golang/glog v0.0.0-20160126235308-23def4e6c14b/go.mod h1:SBH7ygxi8pfUlaOkMMuAQtPIUF8ecWP5IEl/CR7VP2Q=
 github.com/golang/mock v1.1.1/go.mod h1:oTYuIxOrZwtPieC+H1uAHpcLFnEyAGVDL/k47Jfbm0A=
 github.com/golang/protobuf v1.2.0 h1:P3YflyNX/ehuJFLhxviNdFxQPkGK5cDcApsge1SqnvM=
diff --git a/pkg/gui/confirmation_panel.go b/pkg/gui/confirmation_panel.go
index 64753b74f..ff63cba13 100644
--- a/pkg/gui/confirmation_panel.go
+++ b/pkg/gui/confirmation_panel.go
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ func (gui *Gui) prepareConfirmationPanel(currentView *gocui.View, title, prompt
 		confirmationView.FgColor = gocui.ColorWhite
 	}
 	gui.g.Update(func(g *gocui.Gui) error {
-		return gui.switchFocus(gui.g, currentView, confirmationView)
+		return gui.switchFocus(gui.g, currentView, confirmationView, false)
 	})
 	return confirmationView, nil
 }
diff --git a/pkg/gui/gui.go b/pkg/gui/gui.go
index 1655420ab..5c8c892d3 100644
--- a/pkg/gui/gui.go
+++ b/pkg/gui/gui.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package gui
 
 import (
+	"github.com/golang-collections/collections/stack"
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
 
@@ -117,7 +118,7 @@ type panelStates struct {
 
 type guiState struct {
 	MenuItemCount    int // can't store the actual list because it's of interface{} type
-	PreviousView     string
+	PreviousViews    *stack.Stack
 	Platform         commands.Platform
 	Panels           *panelStates
 	SubProcessOutput string
@@ -144,7 +145,8 @@ func NewGui(log *logrus.Entry, dockerCommand *commands.DockerCommand, oSCommand
 			},
 			Project: &projectState{ContextIndex: 0},
 		},
-		SessionIndex: 0,
+		SessionIndex:  0,
+		PreviousViews: stack.New(),
 	}
 
 	cyclableViews := []string{"project", "containers", "images", "volumes"}
diff --git a/pkg/gui/layout.go b/pkg/gui/layout.go
index 789af0e1f..727b45a9b 100644
--- a/pkg/gui/layout.go
+++ b/pkg/gui/layout.go
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ func (gui *Gui) layout(g *gocui.Gui) error {
 	}
 
 	currView := gui.g.CurrentView()
-	currentCyclebleView := gui.State.PreviousView
+	currentCyclebleView := gui.peekPreviousView()
 	if currView != nil {
 		viewName := currView.Name()
 		usePreviouseView := true
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ func (gui *Gui) layout(g *gocui.Gui) error {
 			}
 		}
 		if usePreviouseView {
-			currentCyclebleView = gui.State.PreviousView
+			currentCyclebleView = gui.peekPreviousView()
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ func (gui *Gui) layout(g *gocui.Gui) error {
 	}
 
 	if gui.g.CurrentView() == nil {
-		v, err := gui.g.View(gui.State.PreviousView)
+		v, err := gui.g.View(gui.peekPreviousView())
 		if err != nil {
 			viewName := gui.initiallyFocusedViewName()
 			v, err = gui.g.View(viewName)
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ func (gui *Gui) layout(g *gocui.Gui) error {
 			}
 		}
 
-		if err := gui.switchFocus(gui.g, nil, v); err != nil {
+		if err := gui.switchFocus(gui.g, nil, v, false); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/gui/main_panel.go b/pkg/gui/main_panel.go
index dc3e2a52e..6b59ef738 100644
--- a/pkg/gui/main_panel.go
+++ b/pkg/gui/main_panel.go
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ func (gui *Gui) handleEnterMain(g *gocui.Gui, v *gocui.View) error {
 	mainView := gui.getMainView()
 	mainView.ParentView = v
 
-	return gui.switchFocus(gui.g, v, mainView)
+	return gui.switchFocus(gui.g, v, mainView, false)
 }
 
 func (gui *Gui) handleExitMain(g *gocui.Gui, v *gocui.View) error {
@@ -122,5 +122,5 @@ func (gui *Gui) handleMainClick(g *gocui.Gui, v *gocui.View) error {
 		v.ParentView = currentView
 	}
 
-	return gui.switchFocus(gui.g, currentView, v)
+	return gui.switchFocus(gui.g, currentView, v, false)
 }
diff --git a/pkg/gui/menu_panel.go b/pkg/gui/menu_panel.go
index 0602bdabf..5406cf847 100644
--- a/pkg/gui/menu_panel.go
+++ b/pkg/gui/menu_panel.go
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ func (gui *Gui) createMenu(title string, items interface{}, itemCount int, handl
 			}
 		}
 		currentView := gui.g.CurrentView()
-		return gui.switchFocus(gui.g, currentView, menuView)
+		return gui.switchFocus(gui.g, currentView, menuView, false)
 	})
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/pkg/gui/subprocess.go b/pkg/gui/subprocess.go
index 7d2c72d04..61d3e1e99 100644
--- a/pkg/gui/subprocess.go
+++ b/pkg/gui/subprocess.go
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ func (gui *Gui) RunWithSubprocesses() error {
 				break
 			} else if err == gui.Errors.ErrSubProcess {
 				// preparing the state for when we return
-				gui.State.PreviousView = gui.currentViewName()
+				gui.pushPreviousView(gui.currentViewName())
 				// giving goEvery goroutines time to finish
 				gui.State.SessionIndex++
 
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ func (gui *Gui) RunWithSubprocesses() error {
 					return err
 				}
 
+				// pop here so we don't stack up view names
+				gui.popPreviousView()
 				// ensuring we render e.g. the logs of the currently selected item upon return
 				gui.State.Panels.Main.ObjectKey = ""
 			} else {
diff --git a/pkg/gui/view_helpers.go b/pkg/gui/view_helpers.go
index 797012b75..d7a327d42 100644
--- a/pkg/gui/view_helpers.go
+++ b/pkg/gui/view_helpers.go
@@ -41,7 +41,8 @@ func (gui *Gui) nextView(g *gocui.Gui, v *gocui.View) error {
 		panic(err)
 	}
 	gui.resetMainView()
-	return gui.switchFocus(g, v, focusedView)
+	gui.popPreviousView()
+	return gui.switchFocus(g, v, focusedView, false)
 }
 
 func (gui *Gui) previousView(g *gocui.Gui, v *gocui.View) error {
@@ -66,7 +67,8 @@ func (gui *Gui) previousView(g *gocui.Gui, v *gocui.View) error {
 		panic(err)
 	}
 	gui.resetMainView()
-	return gui.switchFocus(g, v, focusedView)
+	gui.popPreviousView()
+	return gui.switchFocus(g, v, focusedView, false)
 }
 
 func (gui *Gui) resetMainView() {
@@ -102,8 +104,29 @@ func (gui *Gui) newLineFocused(v *gocui.View) error {
 	}
 }
 
+func (gui *Gui) popPreviousView() string {
+	if gui.State.PreviousViews.Len() > 0 {
+		return gui.State.PreviousViews.Pop().(string)
+	}
+
+	return ""
+}
+
+func (gui *Gui) peekPreviousView() string {
+	if gui.State.PreviousViews.Len() > 0 {
+		return gui.State.PreviousViews.Peek().(string)
+	}
+
+	return ""
+}
+
+func (gui *Gui) pushPreviousView(name string) {
+	gui.State.PreviousViews.Push(name)
+}
+
 func (gui *Gui) returnFocus(g *gocui.Gui, v *gocui.View) error {
-	previousView, err := g.View(gui.State.PreviousView)
+	previousViewName := gui.popPreviousView()
+	previousView, err := g.View(previousViewName)
 	if err != nil {
 		// always fall back to services view if there's no 'previous' view stored
 		previousView, err = g.View(gui.initiallyFocusedViewName())
@@ -111,16 +134,16 @@ func (gui *Gui) returnFocus(g *gocui.Gui, v *gocui.View) error {
 			gui.Log.Error(err)
 		}
 	}
-	return gui.switchFocus(g, v, previousView)
+	return gui.switchFocus(g, v, previousView, true)
 }
 
 // pass in oldView = nil if you don't want to be able to return to your old view
 // TODO: move some of this logic into our onFocusLost and onFocus hooks
-func (gui *Gui) switchFocus(g *gocui.Gui, oldView, newView *gocui.View) error {
+func (gui *Gui) switchFocus(g *gocui.Gui, oldView, newView *gocui.View, returning bool) error {
 	// we assume we'll never want to return focus to a popup panel i.e.
 	// we should never stack popup panels
-	if oldView != nil && !gui.isPopupPanel(oldView.Name()) {
-		gui.State.PreviousView = oldView.Name()
+	if oldView != nil && !gui.isPopupPanel(oldView.Name()) && !returning {
+		gui.pushPreviousView(oldView.Name())
 	}
 
 	gui.Log.Info("setting highlight to true for view " + newView.Name())
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/golang-collections/collections/LICENSE b/vendor/github.com/golang-collections/collections/LICENSE
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..863a984da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vendor/github.com/golang-collections/collections/LICENSE
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+Copyright (c) 2012 Caleb Doxsey
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining
+a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the
+"Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including
+without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,
+distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to
+permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to
+the following conditions:
+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included
+in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
+EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
+MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.
+IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY
+CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT,
+TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE
+SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/golang-collections/collections/stack/stack.go b/vendor/github.com/golang-collections/collections/stack/stack.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..11f472a9b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vendor/github.com/golang-collections/collections/stack/stack.go
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+package stack
+
+type (
+	Stack struct {
+		top *node
+		length int
+	}
+	node struct {
+		value interface{}
+		prev *node
+	}	
+)
+// Create a new stack
+func New() *Stack {
+	return &Stack{nil,0}
+}
+// Return the number of items in the stack
+func (this *Stack) Len() int {
+	return this.length
+}
+// View the top item on the stack
+func (this *Stack) Peek() interface{} {
+	if this.length == 0 {
+		return nil
+	}
+	return this.top.value
+}
+// Pop the top item of the stack and return it
+func (this *Stack) Pop() interface{} {
+	if this.length == 0 {
+		return nil
+	}
+	
+	n := this.top
+	this.top = n.prev
+	this.length--
+	return n.value
+}
+// Push a value onto the top of the stack
+func (this *Stack) Push(value interface{}) {
+	n := &node{value,this.top}
+	this.top = n
+	this.length++
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/vendor/modules.txt b/vendor/modules.txt
index 8beae03e8..05142b33f 100644
--- a/vendor/modules.txt
+++ b/vendor/modules.txt
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ github.com/fatih/color
 github.com/go-errors/errors
 # github.com/gogo/protobuf v1.2.1
 github.com/gogo/protobuf/proto
+# github.com/golang-collections/collections v0.0.0-20130729185459-604e922904d3
+github.com/golang-collections/collections/stack
 # github.com/imdario/mergo v0.3.7
 github.com/imdario/mergo
 # github.com/integrii/flaggy v0.0.0-20190517180110-07ea7eb77404