diff --git a/demo/js/app.js b/demo/js/app.js
index 470f7b34..33431f4f 100755
--- a/demo/js/app.js
+++ b/demo/js/app.js
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ $(function() {
     el: window.$container
     , model: dataset
   });
+  Backbone.history.start();
   setupLoadFromWebstore(function(dataset) {
     window.dataExplorer.remove();
     window.dataExplorer = null;
diff --git a/src/view.js b/src/view.js
index 025e6f3d..064795f5 100644
--- a/src/view.js
+++ b/src/view.js
@@ -98,7 +98,6 @@ my.DataExplorer = Backbone.View.extend({
 
     this.router = new Backbone.Router();
     this.setupRouting();
-    Backbone.history.start();
 
     // retrieve basic data like headers etc
     // note this.model and dataset returned are the same