diff --git a/app/views/admin/sites/preference.html.erb b/app/views/admin/sites/preference.html.erb
index 7d7b30f6..02b2a275 100644
--- a/app/views/admin/sites/preference.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/admin/sites/preference.html.erb
@@ -275,20 +275,17 @@ delete locales;
     }); 
   </script>
 <% end %>
-<script>
-  $(document).ready(function () {
- 
-    if (location.hash.substr(0,2) == "#") {
-      $("a[href='#" + location.hash.substr(2) + "']").tab("show");
-    }
- 
-    $("a[data-toggle='tab']").on("shown", function (e) {
-        var hash = $(e.target).attr("href");
-        if (hash.substr(0,1) == "#") {
-          location.replace("#" + hash.substr(1));
-          console.log(location.hash);
-        }
-    });
- 
+<script type="text/javascript">
+$(function() { 
+  $('a[data-toggle="tab"]').on('click', function (e) {
+    var tab = $(this).attr('href');
+    localStorage.setItem('lastTab', tab);
   });
+
+  //go to the latest tab, if it exists:
+  var lastTab = localStorage.getItem('lastTab');
+  if (lastTab) {
+    $('a[href='+lastTab+']').click();
+  }
+});
 </script>
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