diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/app/router.js b/app/assets/javascripts/app/router.js
index e700c9cfd..d55b6a27d 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/app/router.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/app/router.js
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 app.Router = Backbone.Router.extend({
   routes: {
+    "help/:topic": "help",
+    "help/": "help",
     "help": "help",
     "contacts": "contacts",
     "conversations": "conversations",
@@ -36,10 +38,10 @@ app.Router = Backbone.Router.extend({
     this.route(/^bookmarklet(?:\?(.*))?/, "bookmarklet");
   },
 
-  help: function() {
+  help: function(topic) {
     app.help = new app.views.Help();
     $("#help").prepend(app.help.el);
-    app.help.render();
+    app.help.render(topic);
   },
 
   contacts: function() {
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/app/views/help_view.js b/app/assets/javascripts/app/views/help_view.js
index 4df60c68f..a6b0d4d3c 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/app/views/help_view.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/app/views/help_view.js
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ app.views.Help = app.views.StaticContentView.extend({
     "click .faq-link-sharing" : "sharing",
     "click .faq-link-posts-and-posting" : "postsAndPosting",
     "click .faq-link-tags": "tags",
-    "click .faq-link-keyboard-shortcuts" : "keyboardShortcuts",
+    "click .faq-link-keyboard-shortcuts" : "keyboardShortcuts"
   },
 
   initialize : function() {
@@ -19,19 +19,19 @@ app.views.Help = app.views.StaticContentView.extend({
       get_support_a_tutorials: { tutorials: this.linkHtml("https://diasporafoundation.org/tutorials", Diaspora.I18n.t( 'tutorials' ))},
       get_support_a_wiki: { link: this.linkHtml("https://wiki.diasporafoundation.org/Special:Search", Diaspora.I18n.t( 'wiki' ))},
       get_support_a_irc: { irc: this.linkHtml("https://wiki.diasporafoundation.org/How_We_Communicate#IRC", Diaspora.I18n.t( 'irc' ))},
-      get_support_a_hashtag: { question: this.linkHtml("/tags/question", "#question")},
+      get_support_a_hashtag: { question: this.linkHtml("/tags/question", "#question")}
 	};
 
     this.POSTS_AND_POSTING_SUBS = {
       format_text_a: {
         markdown: this.linkHtml("http://diasporafoundation.org/formatting", Diaspora.I18n.t( 'markdown' )),
-        here: this.linkHtml("http://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/syntax", Diaspora.I18n.t( 'here' )),
+        here: this.linkHtml("http://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/syntax", Diaspora.I18n.t( 'here' ))
       }
     };
 
     this.TAGS_SUBS = {
       filter_tags_a: {
-        third_party_tools: this.linkHtml("https://wiki.diasporafoundation.org/Tools_to_use_with_Diaspora", Diaspora.I18n.t( 'third_party_tools' )),
+        third_party_tools: this.linkHtml("https://wiki.diasporafoundation.org/Tools_to_use_with_Diaspora", Diaspora.I18n.t( 'third_party_tools' ))
       }
     };
 
@@ -51,19 +51,22 @@ app.views.Help = app.views.StaticContentView.extend({
       title_sharing: Diaspora.I18n.t( 'sharing.title' ),
       title_tags: Diaspora.I18n.t( 'tags.title' ),
       title_keyboard_shortcuts: Diaspora.I18n.t( 'keyboard_shortcuts.title' ),
-      title_miscellaneous: Diaspora.I18n.t( 'miscellaneous.title' ),
+      title_miscellaneous: Diaspora.I18n.t( 'miscellaneous.title' )
     };
 
     return this;
   },
 
-  render: function(){
+  render: function(topic){
     var section = app.views.Base.prototype.render.apply(this, arguments);
 
     // After render actions
     this.resetMenu(true);
     this.renderStaticSection("getting_help", "faq_getting_help", this.GETTING_HELP_SUBS);
 
+    var elTarget = this.findTopic(topic);
+    if(elTarget != null){ $(elTarget).click(); }
+
     return section;
   },
 
@@ -107,8 +110,12 @@ app.views.Help = app.views.StaticContentView.extend({
 
   menuClicked: function(e) {
     this.resetMenu();
+
     $(e.target).hide();
     $(e.target).next().show();
+
+    var data = $(e.target).data('section');
+    app.router.navigate('help/' + data);
   },
 
   clearItems: function() {
@@ -133,6 +140,18 @@ app.views.Help = app.views.StaticContentView.extend({
     this.$('#faq').append(help_section.render().el);
   },
 
+  /**
+   * Returns The section title whose data-section property equals the given query
+   * Returns null if nothing found
+   * @param dataValue Value for the data-section to find
+   * @returns {jQuery}
+   */
+  findTopic: function(dataValue){
+    var res = this.$('a[data-section=' + dataValue + ']');
+    if(res.length == 0){ return null; }
+    return res;
+  },
+
   gettingHelp: function(e) {
     this.renderStaticSection("getting_help", "faq_getting_help", this.GETTING_HELP_SUBS);
     this.menuClicked(e);
@@ -170,6 +189,6 @@ app.views.Help = app.views.StaticContentView.extend({
 
   linkHtml: function(url, text) {
     return "<a href=\"" + url + "\" target=\"_blank\">" + text + "</a>";
-  },
+  }
 });
-// @license-end
+// @license-end
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diff --git a/config/routes.rb b/config/routes.rb
index 1c245599b..8aa59a909 100644
--- a/config/routes.rb
+++ b/config/routes.rb
@@ -223,6 +223,7 @@ Diaspora::Application.routes.draw do
 
   # Help
   get 'help' => 'help#faq', :as => 'help'
+  get 'help/:topic' => 'help#faq'
 
   #Protocol Url
   get 'protocol' => redirect("http://wiki.diasporafoundation.org/Federation_Protocol_Overview")
diff --git a/spec/javascripts/app/views/help_view_spec.js b/spec/javascripts/app/views/help_view_spec.js
index 9561f998f..0ab8e1a26 100644
--- a/spec/javascripts/app/views/help_view_spec.js
+++ b/spec/javascripts/app/views/help_view_spec.js
@@ -86,5 +86,39 @@ describe("app.views.Help", function(){
       this.view.$el.find('a[data-section=miscellaneous]').trigger('click');
       expect(this.view.$el.find('#faq').children().first().hasClass('faq_question_miscellaneous')).toBeTruthy();
     });
+
+    it('should not find any topic', function(){
+      expect(this.view.findTopic('you_shall_not_pass')).toBeNull();
+    });
+
+    it('should find the miscellaneous topic', function(){
+      var topic = this.view.$el.find('a[data-section=miscellaneous]');
+      expect(this.view.findTopic('miscellaneous').html()).toBe(topic.html());
+    });
+
+    it('should find the keyboard_shortcuts topic', function(){
+      var topic = this.view.$el.find('a[data-section=keyboard_shortcuts]');
+      expect(this.view.findTopic('keyboard_shortcuts').html()).toBe(topic.html());
+    });
+
+    it('should find the miscellaneous topic', function(){
+      var topic = this.view.$el.find('a[data-section=tags]');
+      expect(this.view.findTopic('tags').html()).toBe(topic.html());
+    });
+
+    it('should rewrite route to help/tags', function(){
+      this.view.$el.find('a[data-section=tags]').trigger('click');
+      expect(window.location.href.toString().endsWith("help/tags")).toBeTruthy();
+    });
+
+    it('should rewrite route to help/keyboard_shortcuts', function(){
+      this.view.$el.find('a[data-section=keyboard_shortcuts]').trigger('click');
+      expect(window.location.href.toString().endsWith("help/keyboard_shortcuts")).toBeTruthy();
+    });
+
+    it('should rewrite route to help/sharing', function(){
+      this.view.$el.find('a[data-section=sharing]').trigger('click');
+      expect(window.location.href.toString().endsWith("help/sharing")).toBeTruthy();
+    });
   });
-});
+});
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