diff --git a/static/js/pandora/URL.js b/static/js/pandora/URL.js
index deb9c0d4f..671117e79 100644
--- a/static/js/pandora/URL.js
+++ b/static/js/pandora/URL.js
@@ -126,6 +126,12 @@ pandora.URL = (function() {
                 if (!state.item) {
                     set.find = state.find;
                 }
+            } else {
+                if (!pandora.$ui.appPanel) {
+                    // on page load without find, clear find, so that
+                    // removing query and reloading works as expected
+                    set.find = pandora.site.user.ui.find;
+                }
             }
 
             Ox.Request.cancel();
diff --git a/static/js/pandora/home.padma.js b/static/js/pandora/home.padma.js
index a7ebbced8..fde816515 100644
--- a/static/js/pandora/home.padma.js
+++ b/static/js/pandora/home.padma.js
@@ -379,7 +379,8 @@ pandora.ui.home = function() {
                                     scrollToPosition(position - 1, true);
                                 },
                                 mouserepeat: function() {
-                                    if (counter++ % 10 == 0) {
+                                    // fixme: arbitrary
+                                    if (counter++ % 5 == 0) {
                                         scrollToPosition(position - 1, false);
                                     }
                                 }
@@ -403,9 +404,8 @@ pandora.ui.home = function() {
                                     scrollToPosition(position + 1, true);
                                 },
                                 mouserepeat: function() {
-                                    Ox.print('---------------------------')
-                                    if (counter++ % 10 == 0) {
-                                        Ox.print('YES')
+                                    // fixme: arbitrary
+                                    if (counter++ % 5 == 0) {
                                         scrollToPosition(position + 1, false);
                                     }
                                 }
@@ -427,7 +427,8 @@ pandora.ui.home = function() {
                                 });
                             },
                             mousewheel: function(e, delta, deltaX, deltaY) {
-                                Ox.print('mwd', deltaX)
+                                Ox.print('mwd', deltaX);
+                                // fixme: arbitrary
                                 scrollToPosition(position + Math.round(deltaX * 2), true);
                             }
                         });