diff --git a/static/js/pad2.js b/static/js/pad2.js
index fca3f6009..c4853c734 100644
--- a/static/js/pad2.js
+++ b/static/js/pad2.js
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ function handshake()
     var padId = document.location.pathname.substring(document.location.pathname.lastIndexOf("/") + 1);
     padId = decodeURIComponent(padId); // unescape neccesary due to Safari and Opera interpretation of spaces
 
-    document.title = document.title + " | " + padId.replace( /_/g, " " );
+    document.title = padId.replace( /_/g, " ") + " | " + document.title;
 
     var token = readCookie("token");
     if (token == null)
diff --git a/static/timeslider.html b/static/timeslider.html
index f64cf3cac..fddfb58ef 100644
--- a/static/timeslider.html
+++ b/static/timeslider.html
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
     padId = decodeURIComponent(urlParts[urlParts.length-2]);
         
     //set the title
-    document.title = document.title + " | " + padId.replace( /_/g, " ");
+    document.title = padId.replace( /_/g, " ") + " | " + document.title;
         
     //ensure we have a token
     token = readCookie("token");