diff --git a/client/app/scripts/charts/nodes-chart.js b/client/app/scripts/charts/nodes-chart.js
index da979a293..96d3d223f 100644
--- a/client/app/scripts/charts/nodes-chart.js
+++ b/client/app/scripts/charts/nodes-chart.js
@@ -350,6 +350,10 @@ const NodesChart = React.createClass({
   },
 
   restoreLayout: function(state) {
+    // undo any pan/zooming that might have happened
+    this.zoom.scale(state.scale);
+    this.zoom.translate(state.panTranslate);
+
     const nodes = state.nodes.map(node => {
       return node.merge({
         x: node.get('px'),