diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/app/app.js b/app/assets/javascripts/app/app.js
index 21849fcac..4e361e477 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/app/app.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/app/app.js
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ var app = {
     Backbone.history.start({pushState: true});
 
     // there's probably a better way to do this...
-    $("a[rel=backbone]").bind("click", function(evt){
+    $("a[rel=backbone]").live("click", function(evt){
       evt.preventDefault();
       var link = $(this);
 
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/app/pages/post-viewer.js b/app/assets/javascripts/app/pages/post-viewer.js
index d1213e3c7..e58f26b90 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/app/pages/post-viewer.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/app/pages/post-viewer.js
@@ -11,12 +11,7 @@ app.pages.PostViewer = app.views.Base.extend({
   initialize : function(options) {
     this.model = new app.models.Post({ id : options.id });
     this.model.preloadOrFetch().done(_.bind(this.initViews, this));
-
-    this.prepIdleHooks();
-
-    $(document).bind("keypress", _.bind(this.commentAnywhere, this))
-    $(document).bind("keypress", _.bind(this.invokePane, this))
-    $(document).bind("keyup", _.bind(this.closePane, this))
+    this.bindEvents()
   },
 
   initViews : function() {
@@ -29,6 +24,23 @@ app.pages.PostViewer = app.views.Base.extend({
     this.render();
   },
 
+  bindEvents : function(){
+    this.prepIdleHooks();
+    this.bindNavHooks();
+
+    $(document).bind("keypress", _.bind(this.commentAnywhere, this))
+    $(document).bind("keypress", _.bind(this.invokePane, this))
+    $(document).bind("keyup", _.bind(this.closePane, this))
+  },
+
+  unbind : function(){
+    $(document).unbind("idle.idleTimer")
+    $(document).unbind("active.idleTimer")
+    $(document).unbind('keydown')
+    $(document).unbind('keypress')
+    $(document).unbind('keyup')
+  },
+
   prepIdleHooks : function () {
     $.idleTimer(3000);
 
@@ -41,14 +53,6 @@ app.pages.PostViewer = app.views.Base.extend({
     });
   },
 
-  postRenderTemplate : function() {
-    /* set the document title, if it has one */
-    if(this.model.get("title")){
-      document.title = this.model.get("title");
-    }
-    this.bindNavHooks();
-  },
-
   bindNavHooks : function() {
     var model = this.model;
     $(document).keydown(function(evt){
@@ -66,6 +70,10 @@ app.pages.PostViewer = app.views.Base.extend({
     })
   },
 
+  postRenderTemplate : function() {
+    if(this.model.get("title")){ document.title = this.model.get("title"); }
+  },
+
   commentAnywhere : function(evt) {
     /* ignore enter, space bar, arrow keys */
     if(_.include([13, 32, 37, 38, 39, 40], evt.keyCode)) { return }
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/app/router.js b/app/assets/javascripts/app/router.js
index fad9951ab..1af163bc0 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/app/router.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/app/router.js
@@ -42,19 +42,19 @@ app.Router = Backbone.Router.extend({
   },
 
   newProfile : function(personId) {
-    this.renderPage(new app.pages.Profile({ personId : personId }));
+    this.renderPage(function(){ return new app.pages.Profile({ personId : personId })});
   },
 
   composer : function(){
-    this.renderPage(new app.pages.Composer());
+    this.renderPage(function(){ return new app.pages.Composer()});
   },
 
   framer : function(){
-    this.renderPage(new app.pages.Framer());
+    this.renderPage(function(){ return new app.pages.Framer()});
   },
 
   singlePost : function(id) {
-    this.renderPage(new app.pages.PostViewer({ id: id }));
+    this.renderPage(function(){ return new app.pages.PostViewer({ id: id })});
   },
 
   profile : function(page) {
@@ -85,8 +85,9 @@ app.Router = Backbone.Router.extend({
    return query.search("ex=true") != -1
   },
 
-  renderPage : function(page){
-    app.page = page
+  renderPage : function(pageConstructor){
+    app.page && app.page.unbind && app.page.unbind() //old page might mutate global events $(document).keypress, so unbind before creating
+    app.page = pageConstructor() //create new page after the world is clean (like that will ever happen)
     $("#container").html(app.page.render().el)
   }
 });