diff --git a/web/src/components/filter/CameraGroupSelector.tsx b/web/src/components/filter/CameraGroupSelector.tsx
index 326ce79465..7875cc3e05 100644
--- a/web/src/components/filter/CameraGroupSelector.tsx
+++ b/web/src/components/filter/CameraGroupSelector.tsx
@@ -6,9 +6,8 @@ import {
 import { isDesktop } from "react-device-detect";
 import useSWR from "swr";
 import { MdHome } from "react-icons/md";
-import useOverlayState from "@/hooks/use-overlay-state";
+import { usePersistedOverlayState } from "@/hooks/use-overlay-state";
 import { Button } from "../ui/button";
-import { useNavigate } from "react-router-dom";
 import { useCallback, useMemo, useState } from "react";
 import { Tooltip, TooltipContent, TooltipTrigger } from "../ui/tooltip";
 import { getIconForGroup } from "@/utils/iconUtil";
@@ -31,7 +30,6 @@ type CameraGroupSelectorProps = {
 };
 export function CameraGroupSelector({ className }: CameraGroupSelectorProps) {
   const { data: config } = useSWR<FrigateConfig>("config");
-  const navigate = useNavigate();
 
   // tooltip
 
@@ -54,7 +52,7 @@ export function CameraGroupSelector({ className }: CameraGroupSelectorProps) {
 
   // groups
 
-  const [group, setGroup] = useOverlayState("cameraGroup");
+  const [group, setGroup] = usePersistedOverlayState("cameraGroup");
 
   const groups = useMemo(() => {
     if (!config) {
@@ -89,7 +87,7 @@ export function CameraGroupSelector({ className }: CameraGroupSelectorProps) {
                 : "text-muted-foreground bg-secondary focus:text-muted-foreground focus:bg-secondary"
             }
             size="xs"
-            onClick={() => (group ? navigate(-1) : null)}
+            onClick={() => (group ? setGroup(undefined, true) : null)}
             onMouseEnter={() => (isDesktop ? showTooltip("home") : null)}
             onMouseLeave={() => (isDesktop ? showTooltip(undefined) : null)}
           >
diff --git a/web/src/hooks/use-overlay-state.tsx b/web/src/hooks/use-overlay-state.tsx
index 5f39c63116..12f87be579 100644
--- a/web/src/hooks/use-overlay-state.tsx
+++ b/web/src/hooks/use-overlay-state.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { useCallback, useMemo } from "react";
 import { useLocation, useNavigate } from "react-router-dom";
+import { usePersistence } from "./use-persistence";
 
 export default function useOverlayState<S extends string>(
   key: string,
@@ -27,3 +28,38 @@ export default function useOverlayState<S extends string>(
 
   return [overlayStateValue ?? defaultValue, setOverlayStateValue];
 }
+
+export function usePersistedOverlayState<S extends string>(
+  key: string,
+  defaultValue: S | undefined = undefined,
+): [S | undefined, (value: S | undefined, replace?: boolean) => void] {
+  const [persistedValue, setPersistedValue] = usePersistence<S>(
+    key,
+    defaultValue,
+  );
+  const location = useLocation();
+  const navigate = useNavigate();
+  const currentLocationState = location.state;
+
+  const setOverlayStateValue = useCallback(
+    (value: S | undefined, replace: boolean = false) => {
+      setPersistedValue(value);
+      const newLocationState = { ...currentLocationState };
+      newLocationState[key] = value;
+      navigate(location.pathname, { state: newLocationState, replace });
+    },
+    // we know that these deps are correct
+    // eslint-disable-next-line react-hooks/exhaustive-deps
+    [key, navigate],
+  );
+
+  const overlayStateValue = useMemo<S | undefined>(
+    () => location.state && location.state[key],
+    [location, key],
+  );
+
+  return [
+    overlayStateValue ?? persistedValue ?? defaultValue,
+    setOverlayStateValue,
+  ];
+}
diff --git a/web/src/hooks/use-persistence.ts b/web/src/hooks/use-persistence.ts
index 2f73023fd7..1b2f2a4d4e 100644
--- a/web/src/hooks/use-persistence.ts
+++ b/web/src/hooks/use-persistence.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { get as getData, set as setData } from "idb-keyval";
 
 type usePersistenceReturn<S> = [
   value: S | undefined,
-  setValue: (value: S) => void,
+  setValue: (value: S | undefined) => void,
   loaded: boolean,
 ];
 
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ export function usePersistence<S>(
   const [loaded, setLoaded] = useState<boolean>(false);
 
   const setValue = useCallback(
-    (value: S) => {
+    (value: S | undefined) => {
       setInternalValue(value);
       async function update() {
         await setData(key, value);
diff --git a/web/src/pages/Live.tsx b/web/src/pages/Live.tsx
index 2233c29cd6..4d7b58780e 100644
--- a/web/src/pages/Live.tsx
+++ b/web/src/pages/Live.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-import useOverlayState from "@/hooks/use-overlay-state";
+import useOverlayState, {
+  usePersistedOverlayState,
+} from "@/hooks/use-overlay-state";
 import { FrigateConfig } from "@/types/frigateConfig";
 import LiveCameraView from "@/views/live/LiveCameraView";
 import LiveDashboardView from "@/views/live/LiveDashboardView";
@@ -9,7 +11,7 @@ function Live() {
   const { data: config } = useSWR<FrigateConfig>("config");
 
   const [selectedCameraName, setSelectedCameraName] = useOverlayState("camera");
-  const [cameraGroup] = useOverlayState("cameraGroup");
+  const [cameraGroup] = usePersistedOverlayState("cameraGroup");
 
   const includesBirdseye = useMemo(() => {
     if (config && cameraGroup) {