diff --git a/frontend-js/src/main/js/gui/leftPanel/GuiUtils.js b/frontend-js/src/main/js/gui/leftPanel/GuiUtils.js
index e06c5307248d80076325708909f46e2c4b2230e3..59be27c9c7631be7f9de3979458f884a019b5c59 100644
--- a/frontend-js/src/main/js/gui/leftPanel/GuiUtils.js
+++ b/frontend-js/src/main/js/gui/leftPanel/GuiUtils.js
@@ -674,23 +674,27 @@ GuiUtils.prototype.createHelpButton = function (toolTip, useXss) {
     content: '<span class="ui-icon ui-icon-help" style="margin-left: -0.5em;"/>',
     xss: false
   });
+  var helpDialogDiv = undefined;
   helpTipButton.onclick = function () {
-    var helpDialogDiv = Functions.createElement({
-      type: "div",
-      content: helpContent,
-      xss: false
-    });
-    $(helpDialogDiv).dialog({
-      close: function () {
-        $(this).dialog('destroy').remove();
-      },
-      position: {
-        my: "left top",
-        at: "left bottom",
-        of: helpTipButton
-      }
-    });
-    $('.ui-dialog').find("a").blur();
+    if (helpDialogDiv === undefined) {
+      helpDialogDiv = Functions.createElement({
+        type: "div",
+        content: helpContent,
+        xss: false
+      });
+      $(helpDialogDiv).dialog({
+        close: function () {
+          $(this).dialog('destroy').remove();
+          helpDialogDiv = undefined;
+        },
+        position: {
+          my: "left top",
+          at: "left bottom",
+          of: helpTipButton
+        }
+      });
+      $('.ui-dialog').find("a").blur();
+    }
   };
   return helpTipButton;
 };
diff --git a/frontend-js/src/test/js/gui/leftPanel/GuiUtils-test.js b/frontend-js/src/test/js/gui/leftPanel/GuiUtils-test.js
index d8194e12f81cea7f59beb461c423734b99ee95dd..078ec940fa008fa23dee36574751b8779acfe3b1 100644
--- a/frontend-js/src/test/js/gui/leftPanel/GuiUtils-test.js
+++ b/frontend-js/src/test/js/gui/leftPanel/GuiUtils-test.js
@@ -195,11 +195,25 @@ describe('GuiUtils', function () {
     });
 
   });
-  it('createHelpButton', function () {
-    var guiUtils = new GuiUtils(helper.getConfiguration());
-    var button = guiUtils.createHelpButton("test tooltip");
-    button.onclick();
-    $(".ui-dialog-titlebar-close").click();
+  describe('createHelpButton', function () {
+    it('default', function () {
+      var guiUtils = new GuiUtils(helper.getConfiguration());
+      var button = guiUtils.createHelpButton("test tooltip");
+      button.onclick();
+      $(".ui-dialog-titlebar-close").click();
+    });
+    it('click twice', function () {
+      var guiUtils = new GuiUtils(helper.getConfiguration());
+      var button = guiUtils.createHelpButton("test tooltip");
+      button.onclick();
+      // noinspection JSJQueryEfficiency
+      var counts = $("div").length;
+      button.onclick();
+      // noinspection JSJQueryEfficiency
+      var counts2 = $("div").length;
+      assert.equal(counts, counts2);
+      $(".ui-dialog-titlebar-close").click();
+    });
   });
 
   describe('createAnnotationList', function () {