diff --git a/client/coral-embed-stream/src/containers/Stream.js b/client/coral-embed-stream/src/containers/Stream.js
index 4df7fc960..4415f5f94 100644
--- a/client/coral-embed-stream/src/containers/Stream.js
+++ b/client/coral-embed-stream/src/containers/Stream.js
@@ -118,7 +118,9 @@ class StreamContainer extends React.Component {
   };
 
   componentDidMount() {
-    this.props.data.refetch();
+    if (this.props.previousTab) {
+      this.props.data.refetch();
+    }
     this.countPoll = setInterval(() => {
       const {asset} = this.props.root;
       this.getCounts({
@@ -236,6 +238,7 @@ const mapStateToProps = state => ({
   assetId: state.stream.assetId,
   assetUrl: state.stream.assetUrl,
   activeTab: state.embed.activeTab,
+  previousTab: state.embed.previousTab,
 });
 
 const mapDispatchToProps = dispatch =>
diff --git a/client/coral-embed-stream/src/reducers/embed.js b/client/coral-embed-stream/src/reducers/embed.js
index e7fe5a533..0fd661543 100644
--- a/client/coral-embed-stream/src/reducers/embed.js
+++ b/client/coral-embed-stream/src/reducers/embed.js
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import * as actions from '../constants/embed';
 
 const initialState = {
   activeTab: 'stream',
+  previousTab: '',
 };
 
 export default function stream(state = initialState, action) {
@@ -10,6 +11,7 @@ export default function stream(state = initialState, action) {
     return {
       ...state,
       activeTab: action.tab,
+      previousTab: state.activeTab,
     };
   default:
     return state;