diff --git a/public/src/ajaxify.js b/public/src/ajaxify.js
index d42a225a5a..36dcb16489 100644
--- a/public/src/ajaxify.js
+++ b/public/src/ajaxify.js
@@ -292,6 +292,9 @@ var ajaxify = ajaxify || {};
 			if (this.host === window.location.host) {
 				// Internal link
 				var url = this.href.replace(rootUrl + '/', '');
+				url = url + (url.match(/\?/) ? '&' : '?') + 'prefetched=true';
+				console.log(url);
+
 				ajaxify.loadData(url, function(err, data) {
 					ajaxify.preloader = {
 						url: url,
diff --git a/src/controllers/topics.js b/src/controllers/topics.js
index 1ddae407ae..fadfc47fba 100644
--- a/src/controllers/topics.js
+++ b/src/controllers/topics.js
@@ -163,15 +163,17 @@ topicsController.get = function(req, res, next) {
 		}
 
 
-		if (uid) {
-			topics.markAsRead(tid, uid, function(err) {
-				topics.pushUnreadCount(uid);
-				topics.markTopicNotificationsRead(tid, uid);
-			});
+		if (!req.query.prefetched) {
+			topics.increaseViewCount(tid);
+			
+			if (uid) {
+				topics.markAsRead(tid, uid, function(err) {
+					topics.pushUnreadCount(uid);
+					topics.markTopicNotificationsRead(tid, uid);
+				});
+			}
 		}
 
-		topics.increaseViewCount(tid);
-
 		// Paginator for noscript
 		data.pages = [];
 		for(var x=1; x<=data.pageCount; x++) {