Head over to Menu>Nova Settings>Restart Launcher and that takes care of it...for me at least. After that it doesn't come back. I prefer doing that every once in a while over Apex (homescreen transitions feel smoother on Nova).
I actually hated Apex on a friends SGS2 but then love it on my device. It does lag a little but then I think I am gonna be fine with it. Putting the apk in the system>apps folder helps. Thanks for the suggestion though.
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