diff --git a/web/gui/src/main/webapp/app/view/topo2/topo2Force.js b/web/gui/src/main/webapp/app/view/topo2/topo2Force.js
index 56ba42f..d034b7a 100644
--- a/web/gui/src/main/webapp/app/view/topo2/topo2Force.js
+++ b/web/gui/src/main/webapp/app/view/topo2/topo2Force.js
@@ -71,7 +71,6 @@
 
     function allInstances(data) {
         $log.debug('>> topo2AllInstances event:', data);
-        doTmpCurrentLayout(data);
         t2is.allInstances(data);
     }
 
@@ -84,14 +83,12 @@
 
     function currentRegion(data) {
         $log.debug('>> topo2CurrentRegion event:', data);
-        doTmpCurrentRegion(data);
         t2rs.addRegion(data);
         t2ls.createForceLayout();
     }
 
     function topo2PeerRegions(data) {
         $log.debug('>> topo2PeerRegions event:', data);
-        doTmpPeerRegions(data);
     }
 
     function modelEvent(data) {
@@ -184,14 +181,15 @@
 
     angular.module('ovTopo2')
     .factory('Topo2ForceService', [
-        '$log', 'WebSocketService', 'Topo2InstanceService',
+        '$log', '$location', 'WebSocketService', 'Topo2InstanceService',
         'Topo2RegionService', 'Topo2LayoutService', 'Topo2ViewService',
         'Topo2BreadcrumbService', 'Topo2ZoomService', 'Topo2SelectService',
         'Topo2BackgroundService',
-        function (_$log_, _wss_, _t2is_, _t2rs_, _t2ls_,
+        function (_$log_, _$loc_, _wss_, _t2is_, _t2rs_, _t2ls_,
             _t2vs_, _t2bcs_, zoomService, _t2ss_, _t2bgs_) {
 
             $log = _$log_;
+            $loc = _$loc_;
             wss = _wss_;
             t2is = _t2is_;
             t2rs = _t2rs_;
diff --git a/web/gui/src/main/webapp/onos.js b/web/gui/src/main/webapp/onos.js
index 2e893d3..f7c8046 100644
--- a/web/gui/src/main/webapp/onos.js
+++ b/web/gui/src/main/webapp/onos.js
@@ -151,11 +151,13 @@
                     $routeProvider.when('/' + vid, {
                         controller: viewCtrlName(vid),
                         controllerAs: 'ctrl',
-                        templateUrl: viewTemplateUrl(vid)
+                        templateUrl: viewTemplateUrl(vid),
 
                         // Disable reload on $loc.hash() changes for bookmarked topo regions
-                        // reloadOnSearch: (vid !== 'topo2')
+                        reloadOnSearch: (vid !== 'topo2')
                         // <SDH> assume this is not needed for ?regionId=... query string
+                        // <SBM> Yes this is still needed. Without it the page will reload when navigating between
+                        //       regions which loads the new regions without a clean transition to it.
                     });
                 }
             });