diff --git a/src/session/session.c b/src/session/session.c
index 4492781c..7f97317a 100644
--- a/src/session/session.c
+++ b/src/session/session.c
@@ -848,15 +848,16 @@ static void
 setup_session(struct session *ses, struct uri *uri, struct session *base)
 {
 	if (base && have_location(base)) {
-		struct location *loc = mem_calloc(1, sizeof(*loc));
+		ses_load(ses, get_uri_reference(cur_loc(base)->vs.uri),
+		         NULL, NULL, CACHE_MODE_ALWAYS, TASK_FORWARD);
+		if (ses->doc_view && ses->doc_view->vs
+		    && base->doc_view && base->doc_view->vs) {
+			struct view_state *vs = ses->doc_view->vs;
 
-		if (loc) {
-			copy_location(loc, cur_loc(base));
-			loc->download.data = ses;
-			loc->download.callback = (download_callback_T *) doc_loading_callback;
-			add_to_history(&ses->history, loc);
-			load_uri(loc->vs.uri, NULL, &loc->download, PRI_MAIN,
-			         CACHE_MODE_ALWAYS, -1);
+			destroy_vs(vs, 1);
+			copy_vs(vs, base->doc_view->vs);
+
+			ses->doc_view->vs = vs;
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/session/task.c b/src/session/task.c
index f360035b..5bb96f24 100644
--- a/src/session/task.c
+++ b/src/session/task.c
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ struct task {
 	struct session_task session_task;
 };
 
-static void
+void
 ses_load(struct session *ses, struct uri *uri, unsigned char *target_frame,
 	 struct location *target_location, enum cache_mode cache_mode,
 	 enum task_type task_type)
diff --git a/src/session/task.h b/src/session/task.h
index 08caff60..1b335bac 100644
--- a/src/session/task.h
+++ b/src/session/task.h
@@ -19,6 +19,10 @@ struct link_def {
 
 void abort_preloading(struct session *, int);
 
+void ses_load(struct session *ses, struct uri *uri, unsigned char *target_frame,
+              struct location *target_location, enum cache_mode cache_mode,
+              enum task_type task_type);
+
 void ses_goto(struct session *, struct uri *, unsigned char *,
 	      struct location *, enum cache_mode, enum task_type, int);
 struct view_state *ses_forward(struct session *, int);