diff --git a/web/js/refresh.js.php b/web/js/refresh.js.php
index ebae4eccd4..6e46d5cb2b 100644
--- a/web/js/refresh.js.php
+++ b/web/js/refresh.js.php
@@ -21,27 +21,17 @@
 var intervalId;
 
 <?php
-// If the table container hasn't already been scrolled, and it's scrollable,
-// then scroll so that the current time is visible.
+// If the table container is scrollable, then scroll so that the current time is visible.
 ?>
 function scrollToCurrentSlot() {
   var table = $('.dwm_main');
   var timelineVertical = table.find('thead').data('timeline-vertical');
   var container = table.parent();
-  var scroll, scrollTo, scrollable;
+  var scrollTo, scrollable;
 
-  if (timelineVertical)
-  {
-    scroll = container.scrollLeft();
-    scrollable = container.isHScrollable();
-  }
-  else
-  {
-    scroll = container.scrollTop();
-    scrollable = container.isVScrollable();
-  }
+  scrollable = (timelineVertical) ? container.isHScrollable() : container.isVScrollable();
 
-  if ((scroll === 0) && scrollable)
+  if (scrollable)
   {
     var slots = table.find('thead').data('slots');
     var nowSlotIndices = Timeline.search(slots);
@@ -595,9 +585,14 @@ function getIndices(slots, time) {
       var bottom = $('.dwm_main thead tr:first th:first').outerHeight();
       $('.dwm_main thead tr:nth-child(2) th').css('top', bottom + 'px');
 
-      scrollToCurrentSlot();
-
     }).trigger('tableload');
 
+  <?php
+  // Do this on page_ready, rather than tableload, so that the scrolling doesn't happen after
+  // every automatic refresh.  That would be a problem if the user has deliberately scrolled
+  // somewhere else after the automatic scroll.
+  ?>
+  scrollToCurrentSlot();
+
 });