diff --git a/static/js/URL.js b/static/js/URL.js
index 2cf76871c..91dd643f4 100644
--- a/static/js/URL.js
+++ b/static/js/URL.js
@@ -19,7 +19,12 @@ pandora.URL = (function() {
             if (Ox.contains(Object.keys(pandora.site.user.ui.part), state.page)) {
                 state.part = pandora.user.ui.part[state.page];
             }
-
+            //fixme: pass zoom/center for images too
+            if (state.page == 'documents'
+                && pandora.user.ui.documents[state.part]
+                && pandora.user.ui.documents[state.part].page) {
+                state.parts = [pandora.user.ui.documents[state.part].page];
+            }
         } else {
 
             state.type = pandora.user.ui.section == 'items'
@@ -135,6 +140,10 @@ pandora.URL = (function() {
                 if (Ox.contains(Object.keys(pandora.site.user.ui.part), state.page) && state.part) {
                     set['part.' + state.page] = state.part;
                 }
+                //fixme: parse zoom/center for images too
+                if (state.page == 'documents' && state.parts && state.parts.length == 1) {
+                    set['documents.' + state.part + '.page'] = state.parts[0];
+                }
                 pandora.UI.set(set);
                 callback && callback();
 
diff --git a/static/js/utils.js b/static/js/utils.js
index ae3108a14..d75c07d9b 100644
--- a/static/js/utils.js
+++ b/static/js/utils.js
@@ -1412,7 +1412,7 @@ pandora.getPageTitle = function(stateOrURL) {
         : null;
 };
 
-pandora.getPart = function(state, str, callback) {
+pandora.getPart = function(state, str, parts, callback) {
     if (state.page == 'api') {
         pandora.api.api(function(result) {
             if (Ox.contains(Object.keys(result.data.actions), str)) {
@@ -1476,7 +1476,8 @@ pandora.getPart = function(state, str, callback) {
             }, function(result) {
                 if (result.data.items) {
                     state.part = str;
-                    //fixme set page/zoom/center here
+                    //page/zoom/center get parsed in URL.js
+                    state.parts = parts;
                 } else {
                     state.page = '';
                 }