diff --git a/static/js/pandora.js b/static/js/pandora.js
index ff53100fe..f73c2db1a 100644
--- a/static/js/pandora.js
+++ b/static/js/pandora.js
@@ -86,7 +86,8 @@ Ox.load({
                 });
                 // fixme: this should not happen
                 if (!pandora.user.ui.lists[pandora.user.ui.list]) {
-                    pandora.user.ui.lists[pandora.user.ui.list] = pandora.user.ui.lists[''];
+                    Ox.print('THIS SHOULD NOT HAPPEN', pandora.site.user.ui.lists[''])
+                    pandora.user.ui.lists[pandora.user.ui.list] = pandora.site.user.ui.lists[''];
                 }
 
                 if (data.user.level == 'guest' && $.browser.mozilla) {
diff --git a/static/js/pandora/Query.js b/static/js/pandora/Query.js
index 30c050e65..0db63cb77 100644
--- a/static/js/pandora/Query.js
+++ b/static/js/pandora/Query.js
@@ -226,9 +226,11 @@ pandora.Query = (function() {
             Ox.print(Ox.repeat('-', 120));
             Ox.print('STATE', data);
             Ox.print(Ox.repeat('-', 120));
+            Ox.print('@@@@@', data.list, pandora.user.ui.lists[data.list])
             !pandora.user.ui.lists[data.list] && pandora.UI.set(
-                'lists|' + data.list, pandora.site.user.lists['']
+                'lists|' + data.list, pandora.site.user.ui.lists['']
             );
+            Ox.print('@@@@@', data.lists, pandora.user.ui.lists[data.list])
             pandora.UI.set({list: data.list});
             pandora.user.ui.find = data.find;
             pandora.user.ui.groupsData = data.groups;
diff --git a/static/js/pandora/URL.js b/static/js/pandora/URL.js
index e90cf73ab..35f39f469 100644
--- a/static/js/pandora/URL.js
+++ b/static/js/pandora/URL.js
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ pandora.URL = (function() {
                 } else {
                     if (!search && pandora.user.ui.showHome) {
                         pandora.$ui.home = pandora.ui.home().showScreen();
+                        Ox.print('LIST', pandora.user.ui.list)
                         pandora.user.ui.list && pandora.Query.fromString(
                             'find=list:' + pandora.user.ui.list
                         );
@@ -54,7 +55,7 @@ pandora.URL = (function() {
                     section: 'items',
                     item: ''
                 });
-                pandora.UI.set(['lists', pandora.user.ui.list, 'listView'].join('|'), pathname);
+                pandora.UI.set('lists|' + pandora.user.ui.list + '|listView', pathname);
                 pandora.Query.fromString(search);
             },
             '^[0-9A-Z]': function(pathname, search) {