diff --git a/js/components/datasets/redux/dispatchActions.js b/js/components/datasets/redux/dispatchActions.js
index 0f3a0dcc5..6d84221a6 100644
--- a/js/components/datasets/redux/dispatchActions.js
+++ b/js/components/datasets/redux/dispatchActions.js
@@ -204,7 +204,22 @@ export const addDatasetLigand = (
       representations: representations,
       datasetID: datasetID
     })
-  );
+  ).finally(() => {
+    const skipOrientation = false; //state.trackingReducers.skipOrientationChange;
+    if (!skipOrientation) {
+      const ligandOrientation = stage.viewerControls.getOrientation();
+      dispatch(setOrientation(VIEWS.MAJOR_VIEW, ligandOrientation));
+
+      dispatch(appendMoleculeOrientation(getDatasetMoleculeID(datasetID, data?.id), ligandOrientation));
+
+      // keep current orientation of NGL View
+      if (!skipOrientation) {
+        console.count(`Before applying orientation after loading dataset ligand.`);
+        stage.viewerControls.orient(currentOrientation);
+        console.count(`After applying orientation after loading dataset ligand.`);
+      }
+    }
+  });
 };
 
 export const removeDatasetLigand = (stage, data, colourToggle, datasetID, skipTracking = false) => dispatch => {
diff --git a/js/components/preview/projectHistoryPanel/ProjectHistory.js b/js/components/preview/projectHistoryPanel/ProjectHistory.js
index 14fdd6013..264de76c0 100644
--- a/js/components/preview/projectHistoryPanel/ProjectHistory.js
+++ b/js/components/preview/projectHistoryPanel/ProjectHistory.js
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ export const ProjectHistory = memo(({ showFullHistory, graphKey, expanded, onExp
       setTryToOpen(false);
       dispatch(changeSnapshot(sessionProjectID, transitionToSnapshot.hash));
     } else if (!isSnapshotDirty && tryToOpen && transitionToSnapshot) {
-      dispatch(changeSnapshot(sessionProjectID, transitionToSnapshot.hash));
+      // dispatch(changeSnapshot(sessionProjectID, transitionToSnapshot.hash, nglViewList, stage));
       setTryToOpen(false);
     }
   }, [dispatch, isSnapshotDirty, nglViewList, sessionProjectID, stage, transitionToSnapshot, tryToOpen]);