diff --git a/src/app/shared/comcol/comcol-page-browse-by/comcol-page-browse-by.component.ts b/src/app/shared/comcol/comcol-page-browse-by/comcol-page-browse-by.component.ts
index c69d4ae3920..c61be492cd3 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/comcol/comcol-page-browse-by/comcol-page-browse-by.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/comcol/comcol-page-browse-by/comcol-page-browse-by.component.ts
@@ -25,7 +25,10 @@ import {
   Subscription,
 } from 'rxjs';
 import {
+  distinctUntilChanged,
+  filter,
   map,
+  startWith,
   take,
 } from 'rxjs/operators';
 
@@ -36,6 +39,7 @@ import { PaginatedList } from '../../../core/data/paginated-list.model';
 import { RemoteData } from '../../../core/data/remote-data';
 import { BrowseDefinition } from '../../../core/shared/browse-definition.model';
 import { getFirstCompletedRemoteData } from '../../../core/shared/operators';
+import { isNotEmpty } from '../../empty.util';
 
 export interface ComColPageNavOption {
   id: string;
@@ -122,13 +126,16 @@ export class ComcolPageBrowseByComponent implements OnDestroy, OnInit {
 
     this.subs.push(combineLatest([
       this.allOptions$,
-      this.router.events,
-    ]).subscribe(([navOptions, scrollEvent]: [ComColPageNavOption[], Scroll]) => {
-      if (scrollEvent.type === EventType.Scroll) {
-        for (const option of navOptions) {
-          if (option.routerLink === scrollEvent.routerEvent.urlAfterRedirects.split('?')[0]) {
-            this.currentOption$.next(option);
-          }
+      this.router.events.pipe(
+        startWith(this.router),
+        filter((next: Router|Scroll) => (isNotEmpty((next as Router)?.url) || (next as Scroll)?.type === EventType.Scroll)),
+        map((next: Router|Scroll) => (next as Router)?.url || (next as Scroll).routerEvent.urlAfterRedirects),
+        distinctUntilChanged(),
+      ),
+    ]).subscribe(([navOptions, url]: [ComColPageNavOption[], string]) => {
+      for (const option of navOptions) {
+        if (option.routerLink === url?.split('?')[0]) {
+          this.currentOption$.next(option);
         }
       }
     }));