diff --git a/containers/marketplace/resources/site/index.html b/containers/marketplace/resources/site/index.html
index 28bc8a4..c5e0c26 100644
--- a/containers/marketplace/resources/site/index.html
+++ b/containers/marketplace/resources/site/index.html
@@ -278,11 +278,15 @@
   // their own marketplace set this to their repo (a <meta name="lp-repo"> wins).
   var REPO_URL = (document.querySelector('meta[name="lp-repo"]') || {}).content || 'https://github.com/librelad/LibrePortal';
 
-  function readFocus() {
+  // The hash is either a view (#view=submit) or an app focus (#<slug>).
+  function parseHash() {
     var h = (window.location.hash || '').replace(/^#/, '');
-    return /^[a-z0-9][a-z0-9_]{0,31}$/.test(h) ? h : '';
+    if (/^view=(howto|submit|submissions)$/.test(h)) return { view: h.slice(5), focus: '' };
+    if (/^[a-z0-9][a-z0-9_]{0,31}$/.test(h)) return { view: 'browse', focus: h };
+    return { view: 'browse', focus: '' };
   }
-  var state = { view: 'browse', apps: [], cat: 'all', q: '', focus: readFocus(),
+  var _ph = parseHash();
+  var state = { view: _ph.view, apps: [], cat: 'all', q: '', focus: _ph.focus,
                 idx: null, channel: 'stable', signed: false, submissions: null };
   var main = document.getElementById('main');
   var cats = document.getElementById('cats');
@@ -430,12 +434,20 @@
     else if (state.view === 'submissions') main.innerHTML = submissionsHtml();
     else renderBrowse();
   }
-  function go(view) { state.view = view; window.scrollTo(0, 0); render(); }
+  function setHash(h) {
+    try { history.replaceState(null, '', h ? ('#' + h) : (window.location.pathname + window.location.search)); }
+    catch (_) { window.location.hash = h; }
+  }
+  function go(view) {
+    state.view = view; state.focus = '';
+    setHash(view === 'browse' ? '' : ('view=' + view));
+    window.scrollTo(0, 0); render();
+  }
   function toBrowse() { state.view = 'browse'; }
   function clearFocus() {
-    if (!state.focus) return;
+    if (!state.focus && state.view === 'browse') return;
     state.focus = '';
-    if (window.location.hash) { try { history.replaceState(null, '', window.location.pathname + window.location.search); } catch (_) { window.location.hash = ''; } }
+    if (window.location.hash) setHash('');
   }
 
   // ---- data ----
@@ -503,7 +515,7 @@
     if (e.target.closest('#showall')) { clearFocus(); render(); }
   });
   document.getElementById('q').addEventListener('input', function (e) { clearFocus(); toBrowse(); state.q = e.target.value; render(); });
-  window.addEventListener('hashchange', function () { state.focus = readFocus(); if (state.focus) toBrowse(); render(); });
+  window.addEventListener('hashchange', function () { var ph = parseHash(); state.view = ph.view; state.focus = ph.focus; render(); });
 
   render();
   load();