diff --git a/app/src/main/javascript/bundles/experiment-page/src/TSnePlotViewRoute.js b/app/src/main/javascript/bundles/experiment-page/src/TSnePlotViewRoute.js
index 21f982fa1..9d0b4803e 100644
--- a/app/src/main/javascript/bundles/experiment-page/src/TSnePlotViewRoute.js
+++ b/app/src/main/javascript/bundles/experiment-page/src/TSnePlotViewRoute.js
@@ -104,19 +104,27 @@ class TSnePlotViewRoute extends React.Component {
             }
           }
           plotTypeDropdown={plotTypeDropdown}
-          selectedPlotOptionLabel={this.state.selectedPlotOptionLabel}
+          selectedPlotOptionLabel={search.plotOption ?
+              search.plotType ?
+                  Object.keys(_find(plotTypeDropdown,
+                      (plot) => plot.plotType.toLowerCase() === search.plotType).plotOptions[0])[0] + `: ` + search.plotOption
+                  :
+                  Object.keys(_find(plotTypeDropdown,
+                      (plot) => plot.plotType.toLowerCase() === this.state.selectedPlotType).plotOptions[0])[0] + `: ` + search.plotOption
+              :
+              this.state.selectedPlotOptionLabel}
           onChangePlotTypes={
             (plotOption) => {
               this.setState({
                 selectedPlotType: plotOption.value,
-                selectedPlotOption: defaultPlotMethodAndParameterisation[plotOption.value],
+                selectedPlotOption: Object.values(defaultPlotMethodAndParameterisation[plotOption.value])[0],
                 selectedPlotOptionLabel: Object.keys(defaultPlotMethodAndParameterisation[plotOption.value])[0]
                     + ": " + Object.values(defaultPlotMethodAndParameterisation[plotOption.value])[0],
               })
 
               const query = new URLSearchParams(history.location.search)
               query.set(`plotType`, plotOption.value)
-              query.set(`plotOption`, defaultPlotMethodAndParameterisation[plotOption.value])
+              query.set(`plotOption`, Object.values(defaultPlotMethodAndParameterisation[plotOption.value])[0])
               resetHighlightClusters(query)
               updateUrlWithParams(query)
               }