diff --git a/build/NuSpecs/tools/trees.config.install.xdt b/build/NuSpecs/tools/trees.config.install.xdt
index 8cc3e5435f..59360041e1 100644
--- a/build/NuSpecs/tools/trees.config.install.xdt
+++ b/build/NuSpecs/tools/trees.config.install.xdt
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
   <add application="settings" alias="scripts" title="Scripts" type="Umbraco.Web.Trees.ScriptTreeController, umbraco" iconClosed="icon-folder" iconOpen="icon-folder" sortOrder="4" 
        xdt:Locator="Match(application,alias)" 
        xdt:Transform="SetAttributes()" />
-  <add application="settings" alias="dictionary" title="Dictionary" type="Umbraco.Web.Trees.SettingsDictionaryTreeController, umbraco" iconClosed="icon-folder" iconOpen="icon-folder" sortOrder="6" 
+  <add application="settings" alias="dictionary" title="Dictionary" type="Umbraco.Web.Trees.DictionaryTreeController, umbraco" iconClosed="icon-folder" iconOpen="icon-folder" sortOrder="6" 
        xdt:Locator="Match(application,alias)" 
        xdt:Transform="SetAttributes()" />
   <add alias="dictionary" application="settings"
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/config/trees.Release.config b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/config/trees.Release.config
index 83d518873b..f3761d2c96 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/config/trees.Release.config
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/config/trees.Release.config
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
   <add application="settings" alias="stylesheetProperty" title="Stylesheet Property" type="umbraco.loadStylesheetProperty, umbraco" iconClosed="" iconOpen="" initialize="false" sortOrder="0" />
   <add application="settings" alias="scripts" title="Scripts" type="Umbraco.Web.Trees.ScriptTreeController, umbraco" iconClosed="icon-folder" iconOpen="icon-folder" sortOrder="4" />
   <add application="settings" alias="languages" title="Languages" iconClosed="icon-folder" iconOpen="icon-folder-open" type="Umbraco.Web.Trees.LanguageTreeController, umbraco" sortOrder="5" />
-  <add application="settings" alias="dictionary" title="Dictionary" type="Umbraco.Web.Trees.SettingsDictionaryTreeController, umbraco" iconClosed="icon-folder" iconOpen="icon-folder" sortOrder="6" />
+  <add application="settings" alias="dictionary" title="Dictionary" type="Umbraco.Web.Trees.DictionaryTreeController, umbraco" iconClosed="icon-folder" iconOpen="icon-folder" sortOrder="6" />
   <add initialize="true" sortOrder="7" alias="mediaTypes" application="settings" title="Media Types" iconClosed="icon-folder" iconOpen="icon-folder-open" type="Umbraco.Web.Trees.MediaTypeTreeController, umbraco" />
   <add initialize="true" sortOrder="8" alias="contentBlueprints" application="settings" iconClosed="icon-folder" iconOpen="icon-folder-open" type="Umbraco.Web.Trees.ContentBlueprintTreeController, umbraco" />
   
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/config/trees.config b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/config/trees.config
index 0c51e39649..14f8fd9dcf 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/config/trees.config
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/config/trees.config
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
   <add application="settings" alias="stylesheetProperty" title="Stylesheet Property" type="umbraco.loadStylesheetProperty, umbraco" iconClosed="" iconOpen="" initialize="false" sortOrder="0" />
   <add application="settings" alias="scripts" title="Scripts" type="Umbraco.Web.Trees.ScriptTreeController, umbraco" iconClosed="icon-folder" iconOpen="icon-folder" sortOrder="4" />
   <add application="settings" alias="languages" title="Languages" iconClosed="icon-folder" iconOpen="icon-folder-open" type="Umbraco.Web.Trees.LanguageTreeController, umbraco" sortOrder="5" />
-  <add application="settings" alias="dictionary" title="Dictionary" type="Umbraco.Web.Trees.SettingsDictionaryTreeController, umbraco" iconClosed="icon-folder" iconOpen="icon-folder" sortOrder="6" />
+  <add application="settings" alias="dictionary" title="Dictionary" type="Umbraco.Web.Trees.DictionaryTreeController, umbraco" iconClosed="icon-folder" iconOpen="icon-folder" sortOrder="6" />
   <add initialize="true" sortOrder="7" alias="mediaTypes" application="settings" title="Media Types" iconClosed="icon-folder" iconOpen="icon-folder-open" type="Umbraco.Web.Trees.MediaTypeTreeController, umbraco" />
   <add initialize="true" sortOrder="8" alias="contentBlueprints" application="settings" iconClosed="icon-folder" iconOpen="icon-folder-open" type="Umbraco.Web.Trees.ContentBlueprintTreeController, umbraco" />
   <!--Developer-->
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web/Trees/DictionaryTreeBaseController.cs b/src/Umbraco.Web/Trees/DictionaryBaseController.cs
similarity index 78%
rename from src/Umbraco.Web/Trees/DictionaryTreeBaseController.cs
rename to src/Umbraco.Web/Trees/DictionaryBaseController.cs
index d56f0a1b13..2046bdbf05 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web/Trees/DictionaryTreeBaseController.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web/Trees/DictionaryBaseController.cs
@@ -5,11 +5,32 @@ using umbraco.BusinessLogic.Actions;
 using Umbraco.Core;
 using Umbraco.Core.Services;
 using Umbraco.Web.Models.Trees;
+using Umbraco.Web.WebApi.Filters;
 
 namespace Umbraco.Web.Trees
 {
-    public class DictionaryTreeBaseController : TreeController
+    [UmbracoTreeAuthorize(Constants.Trees.Dictionary)]
+    [Mvc.PluginController("UmbracoTrees")]
+    [CoreTree]
+    [Tree(Constants.Applications.Settings, Constants.Trees.Dictionary, null, sortOrder: 3)]
+    public class DictionaryTreeController : TreeController
     {
+        protected override TreeNode CreateRootNode(FormDataCollection queryStrings)
+        {
+            var root = base.CreateRootNode(queryStrings);
+
+            // the default section is settings, falling back to this if we can't
+            // figure out where we are from the querystring parameters
+            var section = Constants.Applications.Settings;
+            if (queryStrings["application"] != null)
+                section = queryStrings["application"];
+
+            // this will load in a custom UI instead of the dashboard for the root node
+            root.RoutePath = $"{section}/{Constants.Trees.Dictionary}/list";
+
+            return root;
+        }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// The method called to render the contents of the tree structure
         /// </summary>
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web/Trees/SettingsDictionaryTreeController.cs b/src/Umbraco.Web/Trees/SettingsDictionaryTreeController.cs
deleted file mode 100644
index edde759d49..0000000000
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web/Trees/SettingsDictionaryTreeController.cs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-using System.Net.Http.Formatting;
-using Umbraco.Core;
-using Umbraco.Web.Models.Trees;
-using Umbraco.Web.WebApi.Filters;
-
-namespace Umbraco.Web.Trees
-{
-    [UmbracoTreeAuthorize(Constants.Trees.Dictionary)]
-    [Tree(Constants.Applications.Settings, Constants.Trees.Dictionary, null, sortOrder: 3)]
-    [Mvc.PluginController("UmbracoTrees")]
-    [CoreTree]
-    public class SettingsDictionaryTreeController : DictionaryTreeBaseController
-    {
-        protected override TreeNode CreateRootNode(FormDataCollection queryStrings)
-        {
-            var root = base.CreateRootNode(queryStrings);
-
-            // this will load in a custom UI instead of the dashboard for the root node
-            root.RoutePath = $"{Constants.Applications.Settings}/{Constants.Trees.Dictionary}/list";
-
-            return root;
-        }
-    }
-}
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web/Trees/TranslationDictionaryTreeController.cs b/src/Umbraco.Web/Trees/TranslationDictionaryTreeController.cs
deleted file mode 100644
index 11658994a3..0000000000
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web/Trees/TranslationDictionaryTreeController.cs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-using System.Net.Http.Formatting;
-using Umbraco.Core;
-using Umbraco.Web.Models.Trees;
-using Umbraco.Web.WebApi.Filters;
-
-namespace Umbraco.Web.Trees
-{
-    [UmbracoTreeAuthorize(Constants.Trees.Dictionary)]
-    [Tree(Constants.Applications.Translation, Constants.Trees.Dictionary, null, sortOrder: 3)]
-    [Mvc.PluginController("UmbracoTrees")]
-    [CoreTree]
-    public class TranslationDictionaryTreeController : DictionaryTreeBaseController
-    {
-        protected override TreeNode CreateRootNode(FormDataCollection queryStrings)
-        {
-            var root = base.CreateRootNode(queryStrings);
-
-            // this will load in a custom UI instead of the dashboard for the root node
-            root.RoutePath = $"{Constants.Applications.Translation}/{Constants.Trees.Dictionary}/list";
-
-            return root;
-        }
-    }
-}
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web/Umbraco.Web.csproj b/src/Umbraco.Web/Umbraco.Web.csproj
index f25e553f35..c9ad24d4a1 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web/Umbraco.Web.csproj
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web/Umbraco.Web.csproj
@@ -528,9 +528,7 @@
     <Compile Include="Models\Mapping\PropertyTypeGroupResolver.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Security\Identity\PreviewAuthenticationMiddleware.cs" />
     <Compile Include="SingletonHttpContextAccessor.cs" />
-    <Compile Include="Trees\DictionaryTreeBaseController.cs" />
-    <Compile Include="Trees\SettingsDictionaryTreeController.cs" />
-    <Compile Include="Trees\TranslationDictionaryTreeController.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Trees\DictionaryBaseController.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Trees\MacroTreeController.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Trees\UserTreeController.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Suspendable.cs" />