diff --git a/js/browser.js b/js/browser.js
index 0fcfbdc7b..4e5381258 100755
--- a/js/browser.js
+++ b/js/browser.js
@@ -1453,13 +1453,11 @@ class Browser {
             referenceFrame.end = referenceFrame.start + referenceFrame.bpPerPixel * width
         }
 
-        if (this.chromosomeSelectWidget) {
-            this.chromosomeSelectWidget.select.value = referenceFrameList.length === 1 ? this.referenceFrameList[0].chr : ''
-        }
+        const chrName = referenceFrameList.length === 1 ? this.referenceFrameList[0].chr : ''
 
         const loc = this.referenceFrameList.map(rf => rf.getLocusString()).join(' ')
 
-        this.navbar.updateLocus(loc)
+        this.navbar.updateLocus(loc, chrName)
 
         this.fireEvent('locuschange', [this.referenceFrameList])
     }
diff --git a/js/responsiveNavbar.js b/js/responsiveNavbar.js
index b70cf106b..43c055366 100644
--- a/js/responsiveNavbar.js
+++ b/js/responsiveNavbar.js
@@ -244,8 +244,13 @@ class ResponsiveNavbar {
         }
     }
 
-    updateLocus(loc) {
-        this.$searchInput.val(loc)
+    updateLocus(loc, chrName) {
+        if(this.$searchInput) {
+            this.$searchInput.val(loc)
+        }
+        if (this.chromosomeSelectWidget) {
+            this.chromosomeSelectWidget.select.value = chrName
+        }
     }
 
     currentNavbarButtonClass() {