diff --git a/src/app/boards/controller/board_detail_controller.js b/src/app/boards/controller/board_detail_controller.js
index 1d623ce5..756a22a9 100644
--- a/src/app/boards/controller/board_detail_controller.js
+++ b/src/app/boards/controller/board_detail_controller.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 2015-2016 Codethink Limited
+ * Copyright (c) 2019 Adam Coldrick
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
  * not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
@@ -22,6 +23,8 @@ angular.module('sb.board').controller('BoardDetailController',
               BoardHelper, DueDate, $document, User, $q, moment) {
         'use strict';
 
+        $scope.board = new Board();
+
         /**
          * Load the board. If onlyContents is true then assume $scope.board
          * is a board and reload its contents.
@@ -35,6 +38,7 @@ angular.module('sb.board').controller('BoardDetailController',
                 };
             });
             Board.get(params, function(board) {
+                var offsets = BoardHelper.recordLaneScrollbars($scope.board);
                 $scope.board = board;
                 $scope.owners = [];
                 $scope.users = [];
@@ -44,6 +48,7 @@ angular.module('sb.board').controller('BoardDetailController',
                 angular.forEach(board.users, function(id) {
                     $scope.users.push(User.get({id: id}));
                 });
+                BoardHelper.scrollLanes(board, offsets);
             });
         }
 
diff --git a/src/app/boards/service/board_helper.js b/src/app/boards/service/board_helper.js
index 33aafe3e..636515b6 100644
--- a/src/app/boards/service/board_helper.js
+++ b/src/app/boards/service/board_helper.js
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
  * A service to help with use of a kanban board.
  */
 angular.module('sb.board').factory('BoardHelper',
-    function($document, $window, Worklist) {
+    function($document, $window, $timeout, Worklist) {
         'use strict';
 
         /**
@@ -73,9 +73,47 @@ angular.module('sb.board').factory('BoardHelper',
             });
         }
 
+        /**
+         * Function to record scrollbar positions for the lanes of a board.
+         *
+         * This is used to track where a user has scrolled each lane to before
+         * refreshing the board UI. It returns a mapping of lane IDs to scroll
+         * offsets which can later be used to re-scroll to the correct point.
+         */
+        function recordLaneScrollbars(board) {
+            var scrollbars = {};
+            angular.forEach(board.lanes, function(lane) {
+                var elem = $document[0].getElementById('lane-' + lane.id);
+                if (!!elem) {
+                    scrollbars[lane.id] = elem.scrollTop;
+                }
+            });
+            return scrollbars;
+        }
+
+        /**
+         * Function to scroll lanes to a previously recorded position.
+         *
+         * Takes a board and a mapping of lane IDs to scroll offsets as
+         * produced by `recordLaneScrollbars` and scrolls the corresponding
+         * lane containers by the given offsets.
+         */
+        function scrollLanes(board, scrollbars) {
+            angular.forEach(board.lanes, function(lane) {
+                $timeout(function() {
+                    var elem = $document[0].getElementById('lane-' + lane.id);
+                    if (!!elem) {
+                        elem.scrollTop = scrollbars[lane.id];
+                    }
+                });
+            });
+        }
+
         return {
             maybeScrollContainer: scrollFunction,
-            moveCard: moveCard
+            moveCard: moveCard,
+            recordLaneScrollbars: recordLaneScrollbars,
+            scrollLanes: scrollLanes
         };
     }
 );
diff --git a/src/app/boards/template/board_contents/kanban_lane_contents.html b/src/app/boards/template/board_contents/kanban_lane_contents.html
index a0ee00ad..31001836 100644
--- a/src/app/boards/template/board_contents/kanban_lane_contents.html
+++ b/src/app/boards/template/board_contents/kanban_lane_contents.html
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@
   -->
 <div as-sortable="cardsSortable"
      ng-model="lane.worklist.items"
-     class="kanban-lane-contents">
+     class="kanban-lane-contents"
+     id="lane-{{ lane.id }}">
     <div class="kanban-card"
          ng-class="{'kanban-card-due': isDue(item), 'kanban-card-late': isLate(item)}"
          as-sortable-item
diff --git a/src/app/boards/template/board_contents/kanban_lane_contents_static.html b/src/app/boards/template/board_contents/kanban_lane_contents_static.html
index bad9d244..3e3b6c91 100644
--- a/src/app/boards/template/board_contents/kanban_lane_contents_static.html
+++ b/src/app/boards/template/board_contents/kanban_lane_contents_static.html
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@
   ~ License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
   ~ under the License.
   -->
-<div class="kanban-lane-contents-readonly">
+<div class="kanban-lane-contents-readonly"
+     id="lane-{{ lane.id }}">
     <div class="kanban-card-readonly"
          ng-class="{'kanban-card-due': isDue(item), 'kanban-card-late': isLate(item)}"
          ng-repeat="item in lane.worklist.items"