diff --git a/include/text.php b/include/text.php
index e1e0407500..5456b5ad3e 100644
--- a/include/text.php
+++ b/include/text.php
@@ -225,6 +225,9 @@ if(! function_exists('paginate')) {
 function paginate(&$a) {
 	$o = '';
 	$stripped = preg_replace('/(&page=[0-9]*)/','',$a->query_string);
+
+//	$stripped = preg_replace('/&zrl=(.*?)([\?&]|$)/ism','',$stripped);
+
 	$stripped = str_replace('q=','',$stripped);
 	$stripped = trim($stripped,'/');
 	$pagenum = $a->pager['page'];
diff --git a/index.php b/index.php
index a51e33e260..e7227962f4 100755
--- a/index.php
+++ b/index.php
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ if((x($_SESSION,'language')) && ($_SESSION['language'] !== $lang)) {
 
 if(x($_GET,'zrl')) {
 	$_SESSION['my_url'] = $_GET['zrl'];
+	$a->query_string = preg_replace('/[\?&]zrl=(.*?)([\?&]|$)/is','',$a->query_string);
 }
 
 /**