diff --git a/js/browser.js b/js/browser.js
index 0176bffb8..7d655b8f4 100755
--- a/js/browser.js
+++ b/js/browser.js
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ import igvCss from "./embedCss.js"
 import {sampleInfoTileWidth, sampleInfoTileXShim} from "./sample/sampleInfoConstants.js"
 import QTLSelections from "./qtl/qtlSelections.js"
 import {inferFileFormat} from "./util/fileFormatUtils.js"
+import {convertToHubURL} from "./ucsc/ucscUtils.js"
 
 
 // css - $igv-scrollbar-outer-width: 14px;
@@ -824,6 +825,10 @@ class Browser {
      */
     async loadGenome(idOrConfig) {
 
+        if(idOrConfig.genarkAccession) {
+            idOrConfig.url = convertToHubURL(idOrConfig.genarkAccession)
+        }
+
         // Translate the generic "url" field, used by clients such as igv-webapp
         if (idOrConfig.url) {
             if (StringUtils.isString(idOrConfig.url) && idOrConfig.url.endsWith("/hub.txt")) {