diff --git a/plugins/ide-features-trainer/src/training/learn/OpenLessonActivities.kt b/plugins/ide-features-trainer/src/training/learn/OpenLessonActivities.kt
index ba87693601fd..51b857a18cea 100644
--- a/plugins/ide-features-trainer/src/training/learn/OpenLessonActivities.kt
+++ b/plugins/ide-features-trainer/src/training/learn/OpenLessonActivities.kt
@@ -316,13 +316,14 @@ internal object OpenLessonActivities {
         invokeLater {
           openReadme(project)
           hideOtherViews(project)
-          showLearnPanel(project)
+          val anchor = LangManager.getInstance().getLangSupport()?.getToolWindowAnchor() ?: ToolWindowAnchor.LEFT
+          showLearnPanel(project, anchor)
           CourseManager.instance.unfoldModuleOnInit = null
           // Try to fix PyCharm double startup indexing :(
           val openWhenSmart = {
-            showLearnPanel(project)
+            showLearnPanel(project, anchor)
             DumbService.getInstance(project).runWhenSmart {
-              showLearnPanel(project)
+              showLearnPanel(project, anchor)
             }
           }
           Alarm().addRequest(openWhenSmart, 500)
@@ -331,7 +332,7 @@ internal object OpenLessonActivities {
     }
   }
 
-  private fun showLearnPanel(project: Project, preferredAnchor: ToolWindowAnchor = ToolWindowAnchor.LEFT): Boolean {
+  private fun showLearnPanel(project: Project, preferredAnchor: ToolWindowAnchor): Boolean {
     val learn = learningToolWindow(project) ?: return false
     if (learn.anchor != preferredAnchor && learn.type == ToolWindowType.DOCKED) {
       learn.setAnchor(preferredAnchor, null)
diff --git a/plugins/ide-features-trainer/src/training/learn/course/LearningModule.kt b/plugins/ide-features-trainer/src/training/learn/course/LearningModule.kt
index d92adce67b55..30805767f0c4 100644
--- a/plugins/ide-features-trainer/src/training/learn/course/LearningModule.kt
+++ b/plugins/ide-features-trainer/src/training/learn/course/LearningModule.kt
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 package training.learn.course
 
 import com.intellij.openapi.project.Project
-import com.intellij.openapi.wm.ToolWindowAnchor
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nls
 import training.lang.LangSupport
 
@@ -16,5 +15,5 @@ class LearningModule(@Nls name: String,
   override val sanitizedName: String
     get() = sampleFileName ?: error("Module $name for ${primaryLanguage?.primaryLanguage} does not define its default name for samples.")
 
-  override fun preferredLearnWindowAnchor(project: Project) = ToolWindowAnchor.LEFT
+  override fun preferredLearnWindowAnchor(project: Project) = primaryLanguage!!.getToolWindowAnchor()
 }