diff --git a/src/components/ion-tabs/ion-tabs.ts b/src/components/ion-tabs/ion-tabs.ts
index 19f78a4fa..a3a6bb2cc 100644
--- a/src/components/ion-tabs/ion-tabs.ts
+++ b/src/components/ion-tabs/ion-tabs.ts
@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@ export class CoreIonTabsComponent extends Tabs {
         }
     }
 
+    @Input() selectedDisabled: boolean; // Whether the initial tab selected can be a disabled tab.
+
     @ViewChild('originalTabs') originalTabsRef: ElementRef;
 
     _loaded: boolean; // Whether tabs have been loaded.
@@ -135,7 +137,16 @@ export class CoreIonTabsComponent extends Tabs {
         if (!this.initialized && (this._loaded || typeof this._loaded == 'undefined')) {
             this.initialized = true;
 
-            return super.initTabs();
+            return super.initTabs().then(() => {
+                // Tabs initialized. Force select the tab if it's not enabled.
+                if (this.selectedDisabled && typeof this.selectedIndex != 'undefined') {
+                    const tab = this.getByIndex(this.selectedIndex);
+
+                    if (tab && (!tab.enabled || !tab.show)) {
+                        this.select(tab);
+                    }
+                }
+            });
         } else {
             // Tabs not loaded yet. Set the tab bar position so the tab bar is shown, it'll have a spinner.
             this.setTabbarPosition(-1, 0);
diff --git a/src/core/course/pages/section/section.ts b/src/core/course/pages/section/section.ts
index 3c5f55f39..fd17c61ca 100644
--- a/src/core/course/pages/section/section.ts
+++ b/src/core/course/pages/section/section.ts
@@ -333,13 +333,13 @@ export class CoreCourseSectionPage implements OnDestroy {
      * User entered the page.
      */
     ionViewDidEnter(): void {
-        this.formatComponent.ionViewDidEnter();
+        this.formatComponent && this.formatComponent.ionViewDidEnter();
     }
 
     /**
      * User left the page.
      */
     ionViewDidLeave(): void {
-        this.formatComponent.ionViewDidLeave();
+        this.formatComponent && this.formatComponent.ionViewDidLeave();
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/core/login/providers/helper.ts b/src/core/login/providers/helper.ts
index 8f20a9b08..c295ff14f 100644
--- a/src/core/login/providers/helper.ts
+++ b/src/core/login/providers/helper.ts
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 // limitations under the License.
 
 import { Injectable } from '@angular/core';
+import { Location } from '@angular/common';
 import { Platform } from 'ionic-angular';
 import { TranslateService } from '@ngx-translate/core';
 import { CoreAppProvider } from '@providers/app';
@@ -81,7 +82,8 @@ export class CoreLoginHelperProvider {
             private wsProvider: CoreWSProvider, private translate: TranslateService, private textUtils: CoreTextUtilsProvider,
             private eventsProvider: CoreEventsProvider, private appProvider: CoreAppProvider, private utils: CoreUtilsProvider,
             private urlUtils: CoreUrlUtilsProvider, private configProvider: CoreConfigProvider, private platform: Platform,
-            private initDelegate: CoreInitDelegate, private sitePluginsProvider: CoreSitePluginsProvider) {
+            private initDelegate: CoreInitDelegate, private sitePluginsProvider: CoreSitePluginsProvider,
+            private location: Location) {
         this.logger = logger.getInstance('CoreLoginHelper');
     }
 
@@ -408,6 +410,10 @@ export class CoreLoginHelperProvider {
      * @return {Promise<any>} Promise resolved when done.
      */
     goToSiteInitialPage(): Promise<any> {
+        // Due to DeepLinker, we need to remove the path from the URL before going to main menu.
+        // IonTabs checks the URL to determine which path to load for deep linking, so we clear the URL.
+        this.location.replaceState('');
+
         return this.appProvider.getRootNavController().setRoot('CoreMainMenuPage');
     }
 
@@ -597,6 +603,10 @@ export class CoreLoginHelperProvider {
      * @param {any} params Params to pass to the page.
      */
     protected loadPageInMainMenu(page: string, params: any): void {
+        // Due to DeepLinker, we need to remove the path from the URL before going to main menu.
+        // IonTabs checks the URL to determine which path to load for deep linking, so we clear the URL.
+        this.location.replaceState('');
+
         this.appProvider.getRootNavController().setRoot('CoreMainMenuPage', { redirectPage: page, redirectParams: params });
     }
 
diff --git a/src/core/mainmenu/pages/menu/menu.html b/src/core/mainmenu/pages/menu/menu.html
index 6dcee56ce..b12930640 100644
--- a/src/core/mainmenu/pages/menu/menu.html
+++ b/src/core/mainmenu/pages/menu/menu.html
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<core-ion-tabs #mainTabs [hidden]="!showTabs" [loaded]="loaded" [selectedIndex]="initialTab" tabsPlacement="bottom" tabsLayout="title-hide">
+<core-ion-tabs #mainTabs [hidden]="!showTabs" [loaded]="loaded" [selectedIndex]="initialTab" [selectedDisabled]="!!redirectPage" tabsPlacement="bottom" tabsLayout="title-hide">
     <core-ion-tab [enabled]="false" [show]="false" [root]="redirectPage" [rootParams]="redirectParams"></core-ion-tab>
     <core-ion-tab *ngFor="let tab of tabs" [root]="tab.page" [rootParams]="tab.pageParams" [tabTitle]="tab.title | translate" [tabIcon]="tab.icon" [tabBadge]="tab.badge" class="{{tab.class}}"></core-ion-tab>
     <core-ion-tab root="CoreMainMenuMorePage" [tabTitle]="'core.more' | translate" tabIcon="more"></core-ion-tab>