diff --git a/src/components/main/constellation.rs b/src/components/main/constellation.rs
index 20768b2d3a8..e5f2a99ddc0 100644
--- a/src/components/main/constellation.rs
+++ b/src/components/main/constellation.rs
@@ -320,8 +320,7 @@ impl Constellation {
                 if url.path.ends_with(".js") {
                     pipeline.script_chan.send(ExecuteMsg(pipeline.id, url));
                 } else {
-                    pipeline.load(url);
-                    pipeline.navigation_type = Some(constellation_msg::Load);
+                    pipeline.load(url, Some(constellation_msg::Load));
 
                     self.pending_frames.push(FrameChange{
                         before: None,
@@ -374,6 +373,7 @@ impl Constellation {
                 source's Url is None. There should never be a LoadUrlIframeMsg from a pipeline
                 that was never given a url to load.");
 
+                // FIXME(tkuehn): Need to follow the standardized spec for checking same-origin
                 let pipeline = @mut if (source_url.host == url.host &&
                                        source_url.port == url.port) {
                     // Reuse the script task if same-origin url's
@@ -400,8 +400,7 @@ impl Constellation {
                 if url.path.ends_with(".js") {
                     pipeline.execute(url);
                 } else {
-                    pipeline.load(url);
-                    pipeline.navigation_type = None;
+                    pipeline.load(url, None);
                 }
                 frame_tree.children.push(@mut FrameTree {
                     pipeline: pipeline,
@@ -445,8 +444,7 @@ impl Constellation {
                 if url.path.ends_with(".js") {
                     pipeline.script_chan.send(ExecuteMsg(pipeline.id, url));
                 } else {
-                    pipeline.load(url);
-                    pipeline.navigation_type = Some(constellation_msg::Load);
+                    pipeline.load(url, Some(constellation_msg::Load));
 
                     let parent = if self.current_frame().get_ref().pipeline.id == source_id {
                         // source_id is the root of the current frame tree; replace whole tree
@@ -494,8 +492,7 @@ impl Constellation {
 
                 for destination_frame.iter().advance |frame| {
                     let pipeline = &frame.pipeline;
-                    pipeline.navigation_type = Some(constellation_msg::Navigate);
-                    pipeline.reload();
+                    pipeline.reload(Some(constellation_msg::Navigate));
                 }
                 self.compositor_chan.send(SetIds(destination_frame.to_sendable(), self.chan.clone()));
 
diff --git a/src/components/main/pipeline.rs b/src/components/main/pipeline.rs
index 645fb051b7d..ec17e01ef21 100644
--- a/src/components/main/pipeline.rs
+++ b/src/components/main/pipeline.rs
@@ -137,8 +137,9 @@ impl Pipeline {
         }
     }
 
-    pub fn load(&mut self, url: Url) {
+    pub fn load(&mut self, url: Url, navigation_type: Option<NavigationType>) {
         self.url = Some(url.clone());
+        self.navigation_type = navigation_type;
         self.script_chan.send(LoadMsg(self.id, url));
     }
 
@@ -155,9 +156,10 @@ impl Pipeline {
         self.render_chan.send(PaintPermissionRevoked);
     }
 
-    pub fn reload(&self) {
-        for self.url.iter().advance |url| {
-            self.script_chan.send(LoadMsg(self.id, url.clone()));
+    pub fn reload(&mut self, navigation_type: Option<NavigationType>) {
+        if self.url.is_some() {
+            let url = self.url.get_ref().clone();
+            self.load(url, navigation_type);
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/components/script/html/hubbub_html_parser.rs b/src/components/script/html/hubbub_html_parser.rs
index e1ad1c28d34..d3b94d2fe3f 100644
--- a/src/components/script/html/hubbub_html_parser.rs
+++ b/src/components/script/html/hubbub_html_parser.rs
@@ -241,6 +241,7 @@ pub fn parse_html(cx: *JSContext,
                   url: Url,
                   resource_task: ResourceTask,
                   image_cache_task: ImageCacheTask) -> HtmlParserResult {
+    debug!("Hubbub: parsing %?", url);
     // Spawn a CSS parser to receive links to CSS style sheets.
     let resource_task2 = resource_task.clone();
 
diff --git a/src/components/script/script_task.rs b/src/components/script/script_task.rs
index bd52d3f8e20..9e2b6a7984b 100644
--- a/src/components/script/script_task.rs
+++ b/src/components/script/script_task.rs
@@ -560,6 +560,8 @@ impl ScriptTask {
     /// The entry point to document loading. Defines bindings, sets up the window and document
     /// objects, parses HTML and CSS, and kicks off initial layout.
     fn load(&mut self, pipeline_id: PipelineId, url: Url) {
+        debug!("ScriptTask: loading %?", url);
+
         let page = self.page_tree.find(pipeline_id).expect("ScriptTask: received a load
             message for a layout channel that is not associated with this script task. This
             is a bug.").page;
@@ -569,8 +571,8 @@ impl ScriptTask {
             if *last_loaded_url == url {
                 if needs_reflow {
                     page.reflow_all(ReflowForDisplay, self.chan.clone(), self.compositor);
-                    page.url = Some((last_loaded_url.clone(), false));
                 }
+                page.url = Some((last_loaded_url.clone(), false));
                 return;
             }
         }
@@ -758,10 +760,11 @@ impl ScriptTask {
         // if the node's element is "a," load url from href attr
         let href = element.get_attr("href");
         for href.iter().advance |href| {
-            debug!("clicked on link to %s", *href);
+            debug!("ScriptTask: clicked on link to %s", *href);
             let current_url = do page.url.map |&(ref url, _)| {
                 url.clone()
             };
+            debug!("ScriptTask: current url is %?", current_url);
             let url = make_url(href.to_owned(), current_url);
             self.constellation_chan.send(LoadUrlMsg(page.id, url, from_value(page.window_size.get())));
         }