diff --git a/static/js/URL.js b/static/js/URL.js
index 372d38874..4ba7107ee 100644
--- a/static/js/URL.js
+++ b/static/js/URL.js
@@ -446,7 +446,7 @@ pandora.URL = (function() {
             title = pandora.getPageTitle(stateOrURL)
                 || pandora.getDocumentTitle(),
             url;
-        pandora.expandURL = expandURL;
+        pandora.replaceURL = expandURL;
         if (Ox.isObject(stateOrURL)) {
             state = stateOrURL;
         } else {
@@ -486,7 +486,7 @@ pandora.URL = (function() {
         } else {
             if (
                 !pandora.$ui.appPanel
-                || pandora.expandURL
+                || pandora.replaceURL
                 || keys.every(function(key) {
                     return [
                             'listColumnWidth', 'listColumns', 'listSelection',
@@ -505,7 +505,7 @@ pandora.URL = (function() {
                 state,
                 pandora.getPageTitle(state) || pandora.getDocumentTitle()
             );
-            pandora.expandURL = false;
+            pandora.replaceURL = false;
         }
     };
 
diff --git a/static/js/utils.js b/static/js/utils.js
index 0d61a7abc..aef559b1b 100644
--- a/static/js/utils.js
+++ b/static/js/utils.js
@@ -1723,6 +1723,9 @@ pandora.renameList = function(oldId, newId, newName, folder) {
     pandora.$ui.folderList[folder].value(oldId, 'id', newId);
     if (pandora.user.ui.section == 'items') {
         pandora.$ui.toolbar.updateListName(newId);
+        // fixme: ugly
+        // ... does this always coincide with triggerEvents = false, as below?
+        pandora.replaceURL = true;
         pandora.UI.set({
             find: {
                 conditions: [{key: 'list', value: newId, operator: '=='}],
@@ -1730,6 +1733,7 @@ pandora.renameList = function(oldId, newId, newName, folder) {
             }
         }, false);
     } else {
+        pandora.replaceURL = true;
         pandora.UI.set(pandora.user.ui.section.slice(0, -1), newId);
     }
 };