diff --git a/src/c3nav/editor/views/base.py b/src/c3nav/editor/views/base.py
index 02485538..2567abc6 100644
--- a/src/c3nav/editor/views/base.py
+++ b/src/c3nav/editor/views/base.py
@@ -192,6 +192,22 @@ class APIHybridFormTemplateResponse(APIHybridResponse):
         return render(request, self.template, self.ctx)
 
 
+class APIHybridTemplateContextResponse(APIHybridResponse):
+    def __init__(self, template: str, ctx: dict, fields=None):
+        self.template = template
+        self.ctx = ctx
+        self.fields = fields
+
+    def get_api_response(self, request):
+        result = self.ctx
+        if self.fields:
+            result = {name: value for name, value in result.items() if name in self.fields}
+        return result
+
+    def get_html_response(self, request):
+        return render(request, self.template, self.ctx)
+
+
 class NoAPIHybridResponse(Exception):
     pass
 
diff --git a/src/c3nav/editor/views/edit.py b/src/c3nav/editor/views/edit.py
index 121b9fde..eda2e357 100644
--- a/src/c3nav/editor/views/edit.py
+++ b/src/c3nav/editor/views/edit.py
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@ from django.views.decorators.http import etag
 
 from c3nav.editor.forms import GraphEdgeSettingsForm, GraphEditorActionForm
 from c3nav.editor.views.base import (APIHybridError, APIHybridFormTemplateResponse, APIHybridLoginRequiredResponse,
-                                     APIHybridMessageRedirectResponse, etag_func, sidebar_view)
+                                     APIHybridMessageRedirectResponse, APIHybridTemplateContextResponse, etag_func,
+                                     sidebar_view)
 from c3nav.mapdata.models.access import AccessPermission
 from c3nav.mapdata.utils.user import can_access_editor
 
@@ -39,11 +40,11 @@ def child_model(request, model: typing.Union[str, models.Model], kwargs=None, pa
     }
 
 
-@sidebar_view
+@sidebar_view(api_hybrid=True)
 @etag(etag_func)
 def main_index(request):
     Level = request.changeset.wrap_model('Level')
-    return render(request, 'editor/index.html', {
+    return APIHybridTemplateContextResponse('editor/index.html', {
         'levels': Level.objects.filter(Level.q_for_request(request), on_top_of__isnull=True),
         'can_create_level': (request.user_permissions.can_access_base_mapdata and
                              request.changeset.can_edit(request)),
@@ -55,7 +56,7 @@ def main_index(request):
             child_model(request, 'AccessRestrictionGroup'),
             child_model(request, 'Source'),
         ],
-    })
+    }, fields=('can_create_level', 'child_models'))
 
 
 @sidebar_view