diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 2265178d7c..3acfa353ed 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ from setuptools import setup, find_packages
 
 setup(
     name="home-assistant-frontend",
-    version="20190917.2",
+    version="20190918.0",
     description="The Home Assistant frontend",
     url="https://github.com/home-assistant/home-assistant-polymer",
     author="The Home Assistant Authors",
diff --git a/src/panels/lovelace/hui-panel-view.ts b/src/panels/lovelace/hui-panel-view.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..dfdcf5d1ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/panels/lovelace/hui-panel-view.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+import {
+  property,
+  PropertyValues,
+  customElement,
+  UpdatingElement,
+} from "lit-element";
+
+import applyThemesOnElement from "../../common/dom/apply_themes_on_element";
+
+import { HomeAssistant } from "../../types";
+import { LovelaceCard } from "./types";
+import { createCardElement } from "./common/create-card-element";
+import { LovelaceViewConfig } from "../../data/lovelace";
+
+@customElement("hui-panel-view")
+export class HUIPanelView extends UpdatingElement {
+  @property() public hass?: HomeAssistant;
+  @property() public config?: LovelaceViewConfig;
+
+  protected firstUpdated(changedProperties: PropertyValues): void {
+    super.firstUpdated(changedProperties);
+    this.style.setProperty("background", "var(--lovelace-background)");
+  }
+
+  protected updated(changedProperties: PropertyValues): void {
+    super.updated(changedProperties);
+
+    const hass = this.hass!;
+    const hassChanged = changedProperties.has("hass");
+    const oldHass = changedProperties.get("hass") as this["hass"] | undefined;
+    const configChanged = changedProperties.has("config");
+
+    if (configChanged) {
+      this._createCard();
+    } else if (hassChanged) {
+      (this.lastChild! as LovelaceCard).hass = this.hass;
+    }
+
+    if (
+      configChanged ||
+      (hassChanged &&
+        oldHass &&
+        (hass.themes !== oldHass.themes ||
+          hass.selectedTheme !== oldHass.selectedTheme))
+    ) {
+      applyThemesOnElement(this, hass.themes, this.config!.theme);
+    }
+  }
+
+  private _createCard(): void {
+    if (this.lastChild) {
+      this.removeChild(this.lastChild);
+    }
+
+    const card: LovelaceCard = createCardElement(this.config!.cards![0]);
+    card.hass = this.hass;
+    card.isPanel = true;
+    this.append(card);
+  }
+}
+
+declare global {
+  interface HTMLElementTagNameMap {
+    "hui-panel-view": HUIPanelView;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/panels/lovelace/hui-root.ts b/src/panels/lovelace/hui-root.ts
index 939dba9c46..13ab3dbb79 100644
--- a/src/panels/lovelace/hui-root.ts
+++ b/src/panels/lovelace/hui-root.ts
@@ -39,12 +39,13 @@ import "./hui-view";
 // Not a duplicate import, this one is for type
 // tslint:disable-next-line
 import { HUIView } from "./hui-view";
-import { createCardElement } from "./common/create-card-element";
+import "./hui-panel-view";
+// tslint:disable-next-line
+import { HUIPanelView } from "./hui-panel-view";
 import { showEditViewDialog } from "./editor/view-editor/show-edit-view-dialog";
 import { showEditLovelaceDialog } from "./editor/lovelace-editor/show-edit-lovelace-dialog";
-import { Lovelace, LovelaceCard } from "./types";
+import { Lovelace } from "./types";
 import { afterNextRender } from "../../common/util/render-status";
-import applyThemesOnElement from "../../common/dom/apply_themes_on_element";
 import { haStyle } from "../../resources/styles";
 import { computeRTLDirection } from "../../common/util/compute_rtl";
 import { loadLovelaceResources } from "./common/load-resources";
@@ -369,18 +370,6 @@ class HUIRoot extends LitElement {
         #view.tabs-hidden {
           min-height: calc(100vh - 64px);
         }
-        #panel {
-          background: var(--lovelace-background);
-          min-height: calc(100vh - 112px);
-          display: flex;
-        }
-        #panel.tabs-hidden {
-          min-height: calc(100vh - 64px);
-        }
-        #panel > * {
-          flex: 1;
-          width: 100%;
-        }
         paper-item {
           cursor: pointer;
         }
@@ -392,9 +381,13 @@ class HUIRoot extends LitElement {
     super.updated(changedProperties);
 
     const view = this._viewRoot;
-    const huiView = view.lastChild as HUIView;
+    const huiView = view.lastChild as HUIView | HUIPanelView;
 
-    if (changedProperties.has("columns") && huiView) {
+    if (
+      changedProperties.has("columns") &&
+      huiView &&
+      huiView instanceof HUIView
+    ) {
       huiView.columns = this.columns;
     }
 
@@ -627,15 +620,8 @@ class HUIRoot extends LitElement {
       view = this._viewCache![viewIndex];
     } else {
       if (viewConfig.panel && viewConfig.cards && viewConfig.cards.length > 0) {
-        view = document.createElement("div");
-        view.id = "panel";
-        if (viewConfig.theme) {
-          applyThemesOnElement(view, this.hass!.themes, viewConfig.theme);
-        }
-        const card = createCardElement(viewConfig.cards[0]);
-        card.hass = this.hass;
-        (card as LovelaceCard).isPanel = true;
-        view.append(card);
+        view = document.createElement("hui-panel-view");
+        view.config = viewConfig;
       } else {
         view = document.createElement("hui-view");
         view.lovelace = this.lovelace;