diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/app/pages/single-post-viewer.js b/app/assets/javascripts/app/pages/single-post-viewer.js
index a145139b5..f12f45a33 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/app/pages/single-post-viewer.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/app/pages/single-post-viewer.js
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ app.pages.SinglePostViewer = app.views.Base.extend({
   initialize : function() {
     this.model = new app.models.Post(gon.post);
     this.initViews();
-    this.model.comments.fetch(); // async, yo, might want to throttle this later.
   },
 
   initViews : function() {
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/app/views/single-post-viewer/single_post_comment_stream.js b/app/assets/javascripts/app/views/single-post-viewer/single_post_comment_stream.js
index 49ddf11db..3e8ea0ea3 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/app/views/single-post-viewer/single_post_comment_stream.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/app/views/single-post-viewer/single_post_comment_stream.js
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ app.views.SinglePostCommentStream = app.views.CommentStream.extend({
     $(window).on('hashchange',this.highlightPermalinkComment);
     this.setupBindings();
     this.model.comments.on("reset", this.render, this);
+    this.model.comments.fetch({success: function() {
+      setTimeout(this.highlightPermalinkComment, 0);
+    }.bind(this)});
   },
 
   highlightPermalinkComment: function() {
@@ -17,14 +20,13 @@ app.views.SinglePostCommentStream = app.views.CommentStream.extend({
       $(".highlighted").removeClass("highlighted");
       element.addClass("highlighted");
       var pos = element.offset().top - headerSize;
-      window.scroll(0, pos);
+      $("html,body").animate({scrollTop: pos});
     }
   },
 
   postRenderTemplate: function() {
     app.views.CommentStream.prototype.postRenderTemplate.apply(this);
     this.$(".new-comment-form-wrapper").removeClass("hidden");
-    _.defer(this.highlightPermalinkComment);
   },
 
   presenter: function(){