diff --git a/Zotlabs/Lib/ThreadItem.php b/Zotlabs/Lib/ThreadItem.php
index 2bab4a0ca..ef73ed793 100644
--- a/Zotlabs/Lib/ThreadItem.php
+++ b/Zotlabs/Lib/ThreadItem.php
@@ -403,6 +403,7 @@ class ThreadItem {
 			'comment' => $this->get_comment_box($indent),
 			'previewing' => ($conv->is_preview() ? ' preview ' : ''),
 			'wait' => t('Please wait'),
+			'submid' => substr($item['mid'],0,32),
 			'thread_level' => $thread_level
 		);
 
diff --git a/view/js/main.js b/view/js/main.js
index 227f0b7fe..1c6798c36 100644
--- a/view/js/main.js
+++ b/view/js/main.js
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ var divmore_height = 400;
 var last_filestorage_id = null;
 var mediaPlaying = false;
 var contentHeightDiff = 0;
-var gotoAnchor = ((document.location.hash.includes('item_')) ? document.location.hash : '');
+
 
 $(function() {
 	$.ajaxSetup({cache: false});
@@ -651,9 +651,13 @@ function updateConvItems(mode,data) {
 		collapseHeight();
 	}
 
-	if(gotoAnchor != '') {
-		document.location.hash = gotoAnchor;
-		gotoAnchor = '';
+	// auto-scroll to a particular comment in a thread (designated by mid) when in single-thread mode
+	if(bParam_mid && mode == 'replace') {
+		$('html, body').animate({ scrollTop: $('.item_' + bParam_mid.substring(0,32)).offset().top }, 'slow');
+		var scrolltoid = $('.collapsed-comments').attr('id').substring(19);
+		$('#collapsed-comments-' + scrolltoid).slideDown();
+		$('#hide-comments-' + scrolltoid).html(aStr.showfewer);
+		$('#hide-comments-total-' + scrolltoid).hide();
 	}
 
 }
diff --git a/view/tpl/conv_item.tpl b/view/tpl/conv_item.tpl
index 5bf4bc5b6..79c22b4c1 100755
--- a/view/tpl/conv_item.tpl
+++ b/view/tpl/conv_item.tpl
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 </div>
 <div id="collapsed-comments-{{$item.id}}" class="collapsed-comments" style="display: none;">
 {{/if}}
-	<div id="thread-wrapper-{{$item.id}}" class="thread-wrapper{{if $item.toplevel}} {{$item.toplevel}} generic-content-wrapper h-entry {{else}} u-comment h-cite {{/if}}">
+	<div id="thread-wrapper-{{$item.id}}" class="thread-wrapper{{if $item.toplevel}} {{$item.toplevel}} generic-content-wrapper h-entry {{else}} u-comment h-cite {{/if}} item_{{$item.submid}}">
 		<a name="item_{{$item.id}}" ></a>
 		<div class="wall-item-outside-wrapper {{$item.indent}}{{$item.previewing}}" id="wall-item-outside-wrapper-{{$item.id}}" >
 			<div class="wall-item-content-wrapper {{$item.indent}}" id="wall-item-content-wrapper-{{$item.id}}" style="clear:both;">