diff --git a/assets/js/menu.js b/assets/js/menu.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ec43bfcd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/assets/js/menu.js
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+/*
+    Closes the hamburger menu when a link is clicked.
+*/
+function close_menu() {
+    document.getElementById('menu-controller').checked=false
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/exampleSite/config/_default/params.toml b/exampleSite/config/_default/params.toml
index d828f120..af12c3de 100644
--- a/exampleSite/config/_default/params.toml
+++ b/exampleSite/config/_default/params.toml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ enableImageLazyLoading = true
 fingerprintAlgorithm = "sha256"
 
 [header]
-  layout = "basic" # valid options: basic, hamburger, hybrid, custom
+  layout = "hamburger" # valid options: basic, hamburger, hybrid, custom
   # logo = "img/logo.jpg"
   # logoDark = "img/dark-logo.jpg"
   showTitle = true
diff --git a/layouts/partials/head.html b/layouts/partials/head.html
index cbae8736..6a0c35fe 100644
--- a/layouts/partials/head.html
+++ b/layouts/partials/head.html
@@ -47,6 +47,10 @@
     {{ $jsCode := resources.Get "js/code.js" }}
     {{ $assets.Add "js" (slice $jsCode) }}
   {{ end }}
+  {{ if eq .Site.Params.header.layout "hamburger" }}
+    {{ $jsMenu := resources.Get "js/menu.js" }}
+    {{ $assets.Add "js" (slice $jsMenu) }}
+  {{ end }}
   {{ if eq (site.Language.LanguageDirection | default "ltr") "rtl" }}
     {{ $jsRTL := resources.Get "js/rtl.js" }}
     {{ $assets.Add "js" (slice $jsRTL) }}
diff --git a/layouts/partials/header/hamburger.html b/layouts/partials/header/hamburger.html
index 21aaca32..23cb4723 100644
--- a/layouts/partials/header/hamburger.html
+++ b/layouts/partials/header/hamburger.html
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@
                     <a
                       href="{{ .URL }}"
                       title="{{ .Title }}"
-                      onclick="document.getElementById('menu-controller').checked=false"
+                      onclick="close_menu()"
                       {{ with .Params.target }}target="{{ . }}"{{ end }}
                       >{{ with .Params.icon }}
                         <span