diff --git a/static/js/pad.js b/static/js/pad.js
index 0ed2a5d08..4fa46ac6b 100644
--- a/static/js/pad.js
+++ b/static/js/pad.js
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ function handshake()
     padId = decodeURIComponent(padId); // unescape neccesary due to Safari and Opera interpretation of spaces
 
     if(!isReconnect)
-      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/js/timeslider.js b/static/js/timeslider.js
index b02fd22f2..a36bd628a 100644
--- a/static/js/timeslider.js
+++ b/static/js/timeslider.js
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ function init() {
     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");