diff --git a/static/js/app.mjs b/static/js/app.mjs
index 0842b03..7a9ac52 100644
--- a/static/js/app.mjs
+++ b/static/js/app.mjs
@@ -195,8 +195,7 @@ export class App {
 		// This is a bad idea when quickly navigating the tree, since the arrow navigation
 		// has collapsed nodes which the event calling goToNode can come to undo, if the
 		// event processing lags behind.
-		if (!dontExpand)
-			await this.sidebar.makeVisible(node, ancestors)
+		await this.sidebar.makeVisible(node, ancestors, dontExpand)
 
 		_mbus.dispatch('CRUMBS_SET', ancestors, () => this.crumbsElement.replaceChildren(this.crumbs.render()))
 		_mbus.dispatch('NODE_UI_OPEN', { node, eventSequence: this.showNodeEventSequence.next() })
diff --git a/static/js/sidebar.mjs b/static/js/sidebar.mjs
index 9c06e81..d1263a3 100644
--- a/static/js/sidebar.mjs
+++ b/static/js/sidebar.mjs
@@ -429,12 +429,14 @@ export class N2Sidebar extends CustomHTMLElement {
 		if (!state)
 			await this.setNodeExpanded(node, false)
 	}//}}}
-	async makeVisible(node, providedAncestors) {// {{{
+	async makeVisible(node, providedAncestors, dontExpand) {// {{{
 		const treenode = this.treeNodeComponents[node.UUID]
 
-		const ancestors = providedAncestors || await nodeStore.getNodeAncestry(node)
-		for (const ancestor of ancestors.reverse()) {
-			this.setNodeExpanded(ancestor, true)
+		if (!dontExpand) {
+			const ancestors = providedAncestors || await nodeStore.getNodeAncestry(node)
+			for (const ancestor of ancestors.reverse()) {
+				this.setNodeExpanded(ancestor, true)
+			}
 		}
 
 		treenode?.scrollIntoView({ block: 'nearest' })