diff --git a/src/Registry.ts b/src/Registry.ts
index dabde3d..052d8fa 100644
--- a/src/Registry.ts
+++ b/src/Registry.ts
@@ -161,7 +161,9 @@ class Registry {
     }));
 
     // Process entries of the HASS area registry.
-    if (!Registry.strategyOptions.areas._?.hidden) {
+    if (Registry.strategyOptions.areas._?.hidden) {
+      Registry._areas = [];
+    } else {
       // Create and add the undisclosed area if not hidden in the strategy options.
       if (!Registry.strategyOptions.areas.undisclosed?.hidden) {
         Registry.areas.push(ConfigurationDefaults.areas.undisclosed);
@@ -179,8 +181,6 @@ class Registry {
       // Remove hidden areas if configured as so and sort them by name.
 
       Registry._areas = new RegistryFilter(Registry.areas).isNotHidden().orderBy(['order', 'name'], 'asc').toList();
-    } else {
-      Registry._areas = [];
     }
 
     // Sort views by order first and then by title.
diff --git a/src/utilities/RegistryFilter.ts b/src/utilities/RegistryFilter.ts
index f109800..bf331a5 100644
--- a/src/utilities/RegistryFilter.ts
+++ b/src/utilities/RegistryFilter.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+// noinspection JSUnusedGlobalSymbols
+
 import { Registry } from '../Registry';
 import { DeviceRegistryEntry } from '../types/homeassistant/data/device_registry';
 import { EntityCategory, EntityRegistryEntry } from '../types/homeassistant/data/entity_registry';
@@ -25,7 +27,7 @@ class RegistryFilter<T extends RegistryEntry, K extends keyof T = keyof T> {
   constructor(entries: T[]) {
     this.entries = entries;
     this.entryIdentifier = (
-      entries.length == 0 || 'entity_id' in entries[0] ? 'entity_id' : 'floor_id' in entries[0] ? 'floor_id' : 'id'
+      entries.length === 0 || 'entity_id' in entries[0] ? 'entity_id' : 'floor_id' in entries[0] ? 'floor_id' : 'id'
     ) as ('entity_id' | 'floor_id' | 'id') & K;
   }
 
diff --git a/src/utilities/debug.ts b/src/utilities/debug.ts
index 43b706b..b14bdde 100644
--- a/src/utilities/debug.ts
+++ b/src/utilities/debug.ts
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ export enum DebugLevel {
   Fatal = 5,
 }
 
+// noinspection JSUnusedGlobalSymbols
 /**
  * Individually exported log level constants.
  *
diff --git a/src/views/HomeView.ts b/src/views/HomeView.ts
index 5bee410..847013a 100644
--- a/src/views/HomeView.ts
+++ b/src/views/HomeView.ts
@@ -249,9 +249,9 @@ class HomeView extends AbstractView {
     // FIXME: The columns are too narrow when having HASS area cards.
     return {
       type: 'vertical-stack',
-      title: !(Registry.strategyOptions.home_view.hidden as HomeViewSections[]).includes('areasTitle')
-        ? localize('generic.areas')
-        : undefined,
+      title: (Registry.strategyOptions.home_view.hidden as HomeViewSections[]).includes('areasTitle')
+        ? undefined
+        : localize('generic.areas'),
       cards: Registry.stackHorizontal(cardConfigurations, 2),
     };
   }