diff --git a/static/js/pandora/URL.js b/static/js/pandora/URL.js
index d8f5ea4e1..7dff8fcc3 100644
--- a/static/js/pandora/URL.js
+++ b/static/js/pandora/URL.js
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@ pandora.URL = (function() {
 
         } else {
 
-            state.type = pandora.user.ui.section == 'items' ? pandora.site.itemsSection : pandora.user.ui.section;
+            state.type = pandora.user.ui.section == 'items'
+                ? pandora.site.itemsSection : pandora.user.ui.section;
             state.item = pandora.user.ui[pandora.user.ui.section.slice(0, -1)];
 
             if (pandora.user.ui.section == 'items') {
@@ -119,6 +120,9 @@ pandora.URL = (function() {
             if (state.page) {
 
                 set.page = state.page;
+                if (state.page == 'help') {
+                    set.help = state.hash ? state.hash.anchor : '';
+                }
                 pandora.UI.set(set);
                 callback && callback();
 
diff --git a/static/js/pandora/helpDialog.js b/static/js/pandora/helpDialog.js
index ed645c4ec..1fd1388c7 100644
--- a/static/js/pandora/helpDialog.js
+++ b/static/js/pandora/helpDialog.js
@@ -3,10 +3,7 @@
 
 pandora.ui.helpDialog = function() {
 
-    var selected = pandora.user.ui.hash && pandora.user.ui.hash.anchor
-            ? pandora.user.ui.hash.anchor : 'help',
-
-        text = {},
+    var text = {},
 
         $loading = Ox.Element()
             .append(
@@ -64,7 +61,7 @@ pandora.ui.helpDialog = function() {
             resize: function() {
                 $list.size();
             },
-            'pandora_hash.anchor': function(data) {
+            'pandora_help': function(data) {
                 pandora.user.ui.page == 'help' &&
                     that.select(data.value == '' ? 'help' : data.value);
             }
@@ -105,14 +102,14 @@ pandora.ui.helpDialog = function() {
                 max: 1,
                 min: 1,
                 scrollbarVisible: true,
-                selected: [selected],
+                selected: [pandora.user.ui.help || 'help'],
                 sort: [{key: 'index', operator: '+'}],
                 unique: 'id'
             })
             .bindEvent({
                 select: function(data) {
-                    var id = data.ids[0];
-                    pandora.UI.set({'hash.anchor': id == 'help' ? '' : id});
+                    var id = data.ids[0] == 'help' ? '' : data.ids[0];
+                    pandora.UI.set({help: id, 'hash.anchor': id});
                 }
             });
 
@@ -134,13 +131,13 @@ pandora.ui.helpDialog = function() {
             orientation: 'horizontal'
         });
 
-        that.select(selected).options({content: $panel});
+        that.select(pandora.user.ui.help).options({content: $panel});
         $list.gainFocus();
         
     });
 
     that.select = function(id) {
-        $text.html(text[id]).scrollTop(0);
+        $text.html(text[id || 'help']).scrollTop(0);
         $text.find('img')
             .css({
                 width: '100%',
diff --git a/static/js/pandora/mainMenu.js b/static/js/pandora/mainMenu.js
index 7a30bf4da..949d843ce 100644
--- a/static/js/pandora/mainMenu.js
+++ b/static/js/pandora/mainMenu.js
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ pandora.ui.mainMenu = function() {
             click: function(data) {
                 if ([
                     'home', 'software', 'signup', 'signin', 'signout',
-                    'preferences', 'tv', 'help', 'api'
+                    'preferences', 'tv', 'api'
                 ].concat(
                     pandora.site.sitePages.map(function(page) {
                         return page.id;
@@ -352,6 +352,8 @@ pandora.ui.mainMenu = function() {
                         filters: pandora.site.user.ui.filters
                     });
                     pandora.$ui.contentPanel.replaceElement(0, pandora.$ui.browser = pandora.ui.browser());
+                } else if (data.id == 'help') {
+                    pandora.UI.set({page: 'help', 'hash.anchor': ui.help});
                 } else if (data.id == 'clearcache') {
                     Ox.Request.clearCache();
                 } else if (data.id == 'reloadapplication') {
@@ -420,7 +422,7 @@ pandora.ui.mainMenu = function() {
             },
             key_control_slash: function() {
                 if (!pandora.hasDialogOrScreen()) {
-                    pandora.UI.set({page: 'help'});
+                    pandora.UI.set({page: 'help', 'hash.anchor': ui.help});
                 }
             },
             key_control_space: function() {