diff --git a/public/src/ajaxify.js b/public/src/ajaxify.js
index e60d80e83d..b63e2dbadf 100644
--- a/public/src/ajaxify.js
+++ b/public/src/ajaxify.js
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ $(document).ready(function() {
 		apiXHR = null;
 
 	window.onpopstate = function (event) {
-		if (event !== null && event.state && event.state.url !== undefined && !ajaxify.initialLoad) {
+		if (event !== null && event.state && event.state.url !== undefined) {
 			ajaxify.go(event.state.url, function() {
 				$(window).trigger('action:popstate', {url: event.state.url});
 			}, true);
@@ -19,10 +19,8 @@ $(document).ready(function() {
 	};
 
 	ajaxify.currentPage = null;
-	ajaxify.initialLoad = false;
 
 	ajaxify.go = function (url, callback, quiet) {
-		// "quiet": If set to true, will not call pushState
 		app.enterRoom('');
 
 		$(window).off('scroll');
@@ -31,23 +29,7 @@ $(document).ready(function() {
 			apiXHR.abort();
 		}
 
-		// Remove relative path and trailing slash
-		url = ajaxify.removeRelativePath(url.replace(/\/$/, ''));
-
-		$(window).trigger('action:ajaxify.start', {url: url});
-
-		var hash = '';
-		if(ajaxify.initialLoad) {
-			hash = window.location.hash ? window.location.hash : '';
-		}
-
-		ajaxify.currentPage = url;
-
-		if (window.history && window.history.pushState) {
-			window.history[!quiet ? 'pushState' : 'replaceState']({
-				url: url + hash
-			}, url, RELATIVE_PATH + '/' + url + hash);
-		}
+		url = ajaxify.start(url, quiet);
 
 		$('#footer, #content').removeClass('hide').addClass('ajaxifying');
 
@@ -73,6 +55,23 @@ $(document).ready(function() {
 		return true;
 	};
 
+	ajaxify.start = function(url, quiet) {
+		url = ajaxify.removeRelativePath(url.replace(/\/$/, ''));
+		var hash = window.location.hash;
+		var search = window.location.search;
+
+		ajaxify.currentPage = url;
+
+		$(window).trigger('action:ajaxify.start', {url: url});
+
+		if (window.history && window.history.pushState) {
+			window.history[!quiet ? 'pushState' : 'replaceState']({
+				url: url + search + hash
+			}, url, RELATIVE_PATH + '/' + url + search + hash);
+		}
+		return url;
+	};
+
 	function onAjaxError(err, url, callback, quiet) {
 		var data = err.data,
 			textStatus = err.textStatus;
@@ -110,24 +109,13 @@ $(document).ready(function() {
 				setTimeout(function() {
 					$('#content').html(translatedTemplate);
 
-					ajaxify.variables.parse();
-
-					ajaxify.widgets.render(tpl_url, url, function() {
-						$(window).trigger('action:ajaxify.end', {url: url});
-					});
-
-					$(window).trigger('action:ajaxify.contentLoaded', {url: url});
-
-					ajaxify.loadScript(tpl_url);
+					ajaxify.end(url, tpl_url);
 
 					if (typeof callback === 'function') {
 						callback();
 					}
 
-					app.processPage();
-
 					$('#content, #footer').removeClass('ajaxifying');
-					ajaxify.initialLoad = false;
 
 					app.refreshTitle(url);
 				}, animationDuration * 1000 - ((new Date()).getTime() - startTime));
@@ -135,6 +123,20 @@ $(document).ready(function() {
 		});
 	}
 
+	ajaxify.end = function(url, tpl_url) {
+		ajaxify.variables.parse();
+
+		ajaxify.loadScript(tpl_url);
+
+		ajaxify.widgets.render(tpl_url, url, function() {
+			$(window).trigger('action:ajaxify.end', {url: url});
+		});
+
+		$(window).trigger('action:ajaxify.contentLoaded', {url: url});
+
+		app.processPage();
+	};
+
 	ajaxify.removeRelativePath = function(url) {
 		if (url.indexOf(RELATIVE_PATH.slice(1)) === 0) {
 			url = url.slice(RELATIVE_PATH.length);
diff --git a/public/src/app.js b/public/src/app.js
index 8c5c0201a3..bd914e1e54 100644
--- a/public/src/app.js
+++ b/public/src/app.js
@@ -481,13 +481,8 @@ app.cacheBuster = null;
 
 	app.load = function() {
 		$('document').ready(function () {
-			var url = ajaxify.removeRelativePath(window.location.pathname.slice(1).replace(/\/$/, "")),
-				tpl_url = app.template,
-				search = window.location.search,
-				hash = window.location.hash,
-				$window = $(window);
-
-			$window.trigger('action:ajaxify.start', {url: url});
+			var url = ajaxify.start(window.location.pathname.slice(1), true);
+			ajaxify.end(url, app.template);
 
 			collapseNavigationOnClick();
 
@@ -511,28 +506,6 @@ app.cacheBuster = null;
 			createHeaderTooltips();
 			showEmailConfirmWarning();
 
-			ajaxify.variables.parse();
-			ajaxify.currentPage = url;
-
-			$window.trigger('action:ajaxify.contentLoaded', {
-				url: url
-			});
-
-			if (window.history && window.history.replaceState) {
-				window.history.replaceState({
-					url: url + search + hash
-				}, url, RELATIVE_PATH + '/' + url + search + hash);
-			}
-
-			ajaxify.loadScript(tpl_url, function() {
-				ajaxify.widgets.render(tpl_url, url, function() {
-					app.processPage();
-					$window.trigger('action:ajaxify.end', {
-						url: url
-					});
-				});
-			});
-
 			socket.removeAllListeners('event:nodebb.ready');
 			socket.on('event:nodebb.ready', function(cacheBusters) {
 				if (