diff --git a/src/flavors/default/config.yml b/src/flavors/default/config.yml
index a9466c043..dcfd98b4f 100644
--- a/src/flavors/default/config.yml
+++ b/src/flavors/default/config.yml
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ pages:
   - title: _(About)
     slug: about
     name: overview
-    # start_page: true
+    start_page: true
 
   - title: _(Why Shareabouts?)
     slug: why
diff --git a/src/sa_web/static/js/routes.js b/src/sa_web/static/js/routes.js
index fb15fa12c..a865b6aa4 100644
--- a/src/sa_web/static/js/routes.js
+++ b/src/sa_web/static/js/routes.js
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ var Shareabouts = Shareabouts || {};
       Backbone.history.start(historyOptions);
 
       // Load the default page only if there is no page already in the url
-      if (Backbone.history.getFragment() === '') {
+      if (this.isMapRoute(Backbone.history.getFragment())) {
         startPageConfig = _.find(options.pagesConfig, function(pageConfig) {
           return pageConfig.start_page === true;
         });
@@ -110,6 +110,16 @@ var Shareabouts = Shareabouts || {};
 
     showList: function() {
       this.appView.showListView();
+    },
+
+    isMapRoute: function(fragment) {
+      // This is a little hacky. I attempted to use Backbone.history.handlers,
+      // but there is currently no way to map the route, at this point
+      // transformed into a regex, back to the route name. This may change
+      // in the future.
+      return (fragment === '' || (fragment.indexOf('place') === -1 &&
+        fragment.indexOf('page') === -1 &&
+        fragment.indexOf('list') === -1));
     }
   });
 
diff --git a/src/sa_web/static/js/views/app-view.js b/src/sa_web/static/js/views/app-view.js
index 436805d82..53030302e 100644
--- a/src/sa_web/static/js/views/app-view.js
+++ b/src/sa_web/static/js/views/app-view.js
@@ -407,11 +407,6 @@ var Shareabouts = Shareabouts || {};
         _.defer(function() {
           self.mapView.map.setView(ll, parseInt(zoom, 10));
         });
-      } else {
-        // If not, set it to the current map location but don't trigger the route
-        zoom = this.mapView.map.getZoom();
-        ll = this.mapView.map.getCenter();
-        this.setLocationRoute(zoom, ll.lat, ll.lng);
       }
 
       this.hidePanel();