diff --git a/web/src/containers/logfile/LogFile.jsx b/web/src/containers/logfile/LogFile.jsx
index f8b198450e..7184646bd0 100644
--- a/web/src/containers/logfile/LogFile.jsx
+++ b/web/src/containers/logfile/LogFile.jsx
@@ -59,6 +59,11 @@ export default function LogFile({
     // Only highlight the lines if the log is present (otherwise it doesn't make
     // sense). Although, scrolling to the selected section only works once the
     // necessary log lines are part of the DOM tree.
+    // Additionally note that if we set highlightStart before the page content
+    // is available then the window scrolling won't match any lines and we won't
+    // scroll. Then when we try to set highlightStart after page content is loaded
+    // the value isn't different than what is set previously preventing the
+    // scroll event from firing.
     if (!isFetching) {
       // Get the line numbers to highlight from the URL and directly cast them to
       // a number. The substring(1) removes the '#' character.
diff --git a/web/src/reducers/initialState.js b/web/src/reducers/initialState.js
index ce74956e9e..d2e3060328 100644
--- a/web/src/reducers/initialState.js
+++ b/web/src/reducers/initialState.js
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ export default {
   logfile: {
     // Store files by buildId->filename->content
     files: {},
-    isFetching: false,
+    isFetching: true,
     url: null,
   },
   auth: {},