diff --git a/src/app/slices/mainSlice.ts b/src/app/slices/mainSlice.ts
index c7299e649..98fd12d6e 100644
--- a/src/app/slices/mainSlice.ts
+++ b/src/app/slices/mainSlice.ts
@@ -48,11 +48,10 @@ export const mainSlice = createSlice({
       tabs[currentTab].playing = false;
 
       const currSnapshot = tabs[currentTab].snapshots[tabs[currentTab].currLocation.index]; // current snapshot
-      const currAxSnapshot = tabs[currentTab].axSnapshots[tabs[currentTab].currLocation.index]; // current snapshot
+      const currAxSnapshot = tabs[currentTab].axSnapshots[tabs[currentTab].currLocation.index]; // current accessibility tree snapshot
 
-      tabs[currentTab].hierarchy.stateSnapshot = { ...currSnapshot }; // resets hierarchy to page current snapshot
-      // not sure why shallow deep copy
-      tabs[currentTab].hierarchy.axSnapshot = currAxSnapshot; // resets hierarchy to current snapshot
+      tabs[currentTab].hierarchy.stateSnapshot = { ...currSnapshot }; // resets hierarchy to current snapshot
+      tabs[currentTab].hierarchy.axSnapshot = { ...currAxSnapshot }; // resets hierarchy to current accessibility tree snapshot
       tabs[currentTab].hierarchy.children = []; // resets hierarchy
       tabs[currentTab].snapshots = [currSnapshot]; // resets snapshots to current snapshot
       tabs[currentTab].axSnapshots = [currAxSnapshot]; // resets snapshots to current snapshot
@@ -61,6 +60,7 @@ export const mainSlice = createSlice({
       tabs[currentTab].index = 1;
       tabs[currentTab].currParent = 0;
       tabs[currentTab].currBranch = 1;
+      tabs[currentTab].currLocation = tabs[currentTab].hierarchy; // reset currLocation
       tabs[currentTab].seriesSavedStatus = false;
     },
 
diff --git a/src/extension/background.js b/src/extension/background.js
index 59b001c80..210950082 100644
--- a/src/extension/background.js
+++ b/src/extension/background.js
@@ -368,10 +368,11 @@ chrome.runtime.onConnect.addListener((port) => {
         tabsObj[tabId].axSnapshots = [
           tabsObj[tabId].axSnapshots[tabsObj[tabId].currLocation.index],
         ]; // resets axSnapshots to current page state
-        tabsObj[tabId].hierarchy.axSnapshot = tabsObj[tabId].axSnapshots[0]; // resets hierarchy to ax tree of current page state
+        tabsObj[tabId].hierarchy.axSnapshot = tabsObj[tabId].axSnapshots[0]; // resets hierarchy to accessibility tree of current page state
         tabsObj[tabId].index = 1; //reset index
         tabsObj[tabId].currParent = 0; // reset currParent
         tabsObj[tabId].currBranch = 1; // reset currBranch
+        tabsObj[tabId].currLocation = tabsObj[tabId].hierarchy; // reset currLocation
 
         return true; // return true so that port remains open