diff --git a/static/css/directives/repo-view/repo-panel-tags.css b/static/css/directives/repo-view/repo-panel-tags.css
index e50f43a34..69fdd91a2 100644
--- a/static/css/directives/repo-view/repo-panel-tags.css
+++ b/static/css/directives/repo-view/repo-panel-tags.css
@@ -11,33 +11,29 @@
   position: relative;
 }
 
-.repo-panel-tags-element .image-track-dot:after {
-  content: "\f10c";
-  font-family: FontAwesome;
-
+.repo-panel-tags-element .image-track-dot {
   display: inline-block;
 
   position: absolute;
   top: 15px;
-  left: 0px;
-  width: 17px;
-
-  font-size: 11px;
-  text-align: center;
+  left: 2px;
+  width: 12px;
+  height: 12px;
 
   background: white;
   z-index: 300;
-  height: 13px;
+
+  border: 2px solid black;
+  border-radius: 50%;
 }
 
 .repo-panel-tags-element .image-track-line {
   position: absolute;
   top: 0px;
-  bottom: -11px;
+  bottom: -1px;
   left: 7px;
   width: 0px;
   display: inline-block;
-  height: 100%;
   border-left: 2px solid black;
 
   display: none;
diff --git a/static/directives/repo-view/repo-panel-changes.html b/static/directives/repo-view/repo-panel-changes.html
index 470fc5649..1922b49b9 100644
--- a/static/directives/repo-view/repo-panel-changes.html
+++ b/static/directives/repo-view/repo-panel-changes.html
@@ -60,5 +60,4 @@
 </div>
 
 <div class="tag-operations-dialog" repository="repository" images="images"
-     action-handler="tagActionHandler"
-     tag-changed="handleTagChanged(data)"></div>
\ No newline at end of file
+     action-handler="tagActionHandler" tag-changed="handleTagChanged(data)"></div>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/static/directives/repo-view/repo-panel-tags.html b/static/directives/repo-view/repo-panel-tags.html
index 11dc45847..43d1f725e 100644
--- a/static/directives/repo-view/repo-panel-tags.html
+++ b/static/directives/repo-view/repo-panel-tags.html
@@ -21,8 +21,9 @@
      </span>
 
      <span class="co-checked-actions" ng-if="checkedTags.checked.length">
-       <a ng-href="/repository/{{ repository.namespace }}/{{ repository.name }}?tab=changes&tags={{ getCheckedTagsString(checkedTags.checked) }}"
-          class="btn btn-default"><i class="fa fa-code-fork"></i> Visualize</a>
+       <a href="javascript:void(0)" class="btn btn-default" ng-click="setTab('changes')">
+         <i class="fa fa-code-fork"></i> Visualize
+       </a>
        <button class="btn btn-default" ng-click="askDeleteMultipleTags(checkedTags.checked)">
          <i class="fa fa-times"></i> Delete
        </button>
@@ -60,8 +61,9 @@
       <td><span am-time-ago="tag.last_modified"></span></td>
       <td>{{ tag.size | bytes }}</td>
       <td class="image-id-col">{{ tag.image_id.substr(0, 12) }}</td>
-      <td class="image-track" ng-repeat="it in imageTracks" ng-style="{'color': it.color}">
-        <span class="image-track-dot" ng-if="it.image_id == tag.image_id"></span>
+      <td class="image-track" ng-repeat="it in imageTracks">
+        <span class="image-track-dot" ng-if="it.image_id == tag.image_id"
+              ng-style="{'borderColor': it.color}"></span>
         <span class="image-track-line" ng-class="trackLineClass($parent.$index, it)"
               ng-style="{'borderColor': it.color}"></span>
       </td>
diff --git a/static/js/directives/repo-view/repo-panel-changes.js b/static/js/directives/repo-view/repo-panel-changes.js
index c85b19530..a2eee551c 100644
--- a/static/js/directives/repo-view/repo-panel-changes.js
+++ b/static/js/directives/repo-view/repo-panel-changes.js
@@ -87,33 +87,32 @@ angular.module('quay').directive('repoPanelChanges', function () {
     transclude: false,
     restrict: 'C',
     scope: {
-      'repository': '=repository'
+      'repository': '=repository',
+      'selectedTags': '=selectedTags',
+      'isEnabled': '=isEnabled'
     },
-    controller: function($scope, $element, $location, $timeout, ApiService, UtilService, ImageMetadataService) {
+    controller: function($scope, $element, $timeout, ApiService, UtilService, ImageMetadataService) {
 
       var update = function() {
-        if (!$scope.repository) { return; }
-
-        var tagString = $location.search()['tags'] || '';
-        if (!tagString) {
-          $scope.selectedTags = [];
-          return;
-        }
+        if (!$scope.repository || !$scope.selectedTags) { return; }
 
         $scope.currentImage = null;
-        $scope.currentImage = null;
-        $scope.selectedTags = tagString.split(',');
+        $scope.currentTag = null;
 
-        if (!$scope.imageResource) {
+        if (!$scope.imagesResource) {
           loadImages();
-        } else {
-          refreshTree();
         }
       };
 
-      $scope.$on('$routeUpdate', update);
+      $scope.$watch('selectedTags', update)
       $scope.$watch('repository', update);
 
+      $scope.$watch('isEnabled', function(isEnabled) {
+        if (isEnabled) {
+          refreshTree();
+        }
+      });
+
       var refreshTree = function() {
         if (!$scope.repository || !$scope.images) { return; }
 
@@ -157,10 +156,6 @@ angular.module('quay').directive('repoPanelChanges', function () {
           $scope.images = resp.images;
           $scope.tracker = new RepositoryImageTracker($scope.repository, $scope.images);
 
-          $scope.selectedTags = $.grep($scope.selectedTags, function(tag) {
-            return !!$scope.tracker.lookupTag(tag);
-          });
-
           if ($scope.selectedTags && $scope.selectedTags.length) {
             refreshTree();
           }
@@ -193,26 +188,16 @@ angular.module('quay').directive('repoPanelChanges', function () {
         $scope.tracker = new RepositoryImageTracker($scope.repository, $scope.images);
 
         data.removed.map(function(tag) {
-          $scope.selectedTags = $.grep($scope.selectedTags, function(cTag) {
-            return cTag != tag;
-          });
-
-          if ($scope.selectedTags.length) {
-            $location.search('tags', $scope.selectedTags.join(','));
-          } else {
-            $location.search('tags', null);
-          }
-
           $scope.currentImage = null;
           $scope.currentTag = null;
         });
 
         data.added.map(function(tag) {
           $scope.selectedTags.push(tag);
-          $location.search('tags', $scope.selectedTags.join(','));
-
           $scope.currentTag = tag;
         });
+
+        refreshTree();
       };
     }
   };
diff --git a/static/js/directives/repo-view/repo-panel-tags.js b/static/js/directives/repo-view/repo-panel-tags.js
index 9934eed18..5acdb9fed 100644
--- a/static/js/directives/repo-view/repo-panel-tags.js
+++ b/static/js/directives/repo-view/repo-panel-tags.js
@@ -10,9 +10,9 @@ angular.module('quay').directive('repoPanelTags', function () {
     restrict: 'C',
     scope: {
       'repository': '=repository',
-      'repositoryUpdated': '&repositoryUpdated'
+      'selectedTags': '=selectedTags'
     },
-    controller: function($scope, $element, $filter, ApiService, UIService) {
+    controller: function($scope, $element, $filter, $location, ApiService, UIService) {
       var orderBy = $filter('orderBy');
 
       $scope.checkedTags = UIService.createCheckStateController([]);
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ angular.module('quay').directive('repoPanelTags', function () {
       };
 
       var setTagState = function() {
-        if (!$scope.repository) { return; }
+        if (!$scope.repository || !$scope.selectedTags) { return; }
 
         var tags = [];
         var allTags = [];
@@ -60,21 +60,29 @@ angular.module('quay').directive('repoPanelTags', function () {
         }
 
         // Sort the tags by the predicate and the reverse, and map the information.
+        var imageIDs = [];
         var ordered = orderBy(tags, $scope.options.predicate, $scope.options.reverse);
+        var checked = [];
+
         for (var i = 0; i < ordered.length; ++i) {
           var tagInfo = ordered[i];
           if (!imageMap[tagInfo.image_id]) {
             imageMap[tagInfo.image_id] = [];
+            imageIDs.push(tagInfo.image_id)
           }
 
           imageMap[tagInfo.image_id].push(tagInfo);
+
+          if ($.inArray(tagInfo.name, $scope.selectedTags) >= 0) {
+            checked.push(tagInfo);
+          }
         };
 
         // Calculate the image tracks.
         var colors = d3.scale.category10();
         var index = 0;
 
-        for (var image_id in imageMap) {
+        imageIDs.sort().map(function(image_id) {
           if (imageMap[image_id].length >= 2){
             imageTracks.push({
               'image_id': image_id,
@@ -84,19 +92,34 @@ angular.module('quay').directive('repoPanelTags', function () {
             });
             ++index;
           }
-        }
+        });
 
         $scope.imageMap = imageMap;
         $scope.imageTracks = imageTracks;
+
         $scope.tags = ordered;
-        $scope.checkedTags = UIService.createCheckStateController(ordered);
         $scope.allTags = allTags;
-        $scope.iterationState = {};
+
+        $scope.checkedTags = UIService.createCheckStateController(ordered, checked);
+        $scope.checkedTags.listen(function(checked) {
+          $scope.selectedTags = checked.map(function(tag_info) {
+            return tag_info.name;
+          });
+        });
       }
 
       $scope.$watch('options.predicate', setTagState);
       $scope.$watch('options.reverse', setTagState);
       $scope.$watch('options.tagFilter', setTagState);
+
+      $scope.$watch('selectedTags', function(selectedTags) {
+        if (!selectedTags || !$scope.repository || !$scope.imageMap) { return; }
+
+        $scope.checkedTags.checked = selectedTags.map(function(tag) {
+          return $scope.repository.tags[tag];
+        });
+      }, true);
+
       $scope.$watch('repository', function(repository) {
         if (!repository) { return; }
 
@@ -175,10 +198,8 @@ angular.module('quay').directive('repoPanelTags', function () {
         return tag.image_id == image_id;
       };
 
-      $scope.getCheckedTagsString = function(checked) {
-        return checked.map(function(tag_info) {
-          return tag_info.name;
-        }).join(',');
+      $scope.setTab = function(tab) {
+        $location.search('tab', tab);
       };
     }
   };
diff --git a/static/js/directives/ui/tag-operations-dialog.js b/static/js/directives/ui/tag-operations-dialog.js
index 5deb538ef..f9645be4d 100644
--- a/static/js/directives/ui/tag-operations-dialog.js
+++ b/static/js/directives/ui/tag-operations-dialog.js
@@ -30,9 +30,14 @@ angular.module('quay').directive('tagOperationsDialog', function () {
 
           ApiService.listRepositoryImages(null, params).then(function(resp) {
             $scope.images = resp.images;
-            $scope.tagChanged({
-              'data': { 'added': added, 'removed': removed }
-            });
+
+            // Note: We need the timeout here so that Angular can $digest the images change
+            // on the parent scope before the tagChanged callback occurs.
+            $timeout(function() {
+              $scope.tagChanged({
+                'data': { 'added': added, 'removed': removed }
+              });
+            }, 1);
           })
         });
       };
@@ -72,7 +77,6 @@ angular.module('quay').directive('tagOperationsDialog', function () {
         ApiService.changeTagImage(data, params).then(function(resp) {
           $element.find('#createOrMoveTagModal').modal('hide');
           $scope.addingTag = false;
-
           markChanged([tag], []);
         }, errorHandler);
       };
diff --git a/static/js/pages/repo-view.js b/static/js/pages/repo-view.js
index c1b188739..34c575f85 100644
--- a/static/js/pages/repo-view.js
+++ b/static/js/pages/repo-view.js
@@ -13,25 +13,56 @@
     }, ['old-layout']);
   }]);
 
-  function RepoViewCtrl($scope, $routeParams, ApiService, UserService, AngularPollChannel) {
+  function RepoViewCtrl($scope, $routeParams, $location, ApiService, UserService, AngularPollChannel) {
     $scope.namespace = $routeParams.namespace;
     $scope.name = $routeParams.name;
 
     $scope.logsShown = 0;
+    $scope.viewScope = {
+      'selectedTags': [],
+      'repository': null,
+      'builds': null,
+      'changesVisible': false
+    };
 
     var buildPollChannel = null;
 
     // Make sure we track the current user.
     UserService.updateUserIn($scope);
 
+    // Watch the selected tags and update the URL accordingly.
+    $scope.$watch('viewScope.selectedTags', function(selectedTags) {
+      if (!selectedTags || !$scope.viewScope.repository) { return; }
+
+      var tags = filterTags(selectedTags);
+      if (!tags.length) {
+        $location.search('tag', null);
+        return;
+      }
+
+      $location.search('tag', tags.join(','));
+    }, true);
+
+    // Watch the repository to filter any tags removed.
+    $scope.$watch('viewScope.repository', function(repository) {
+      if (!repository) { return; }
+      $scope.viewScope.selectedTags = filterTags($scope.viewScope.selectedTags);
+    });
+
+    var filterTags = function(tags) {
+      return (tags || []).filter(function(tag) {
+        return !!$scope.viewScope.repository.tags[tag];
+      });
+    };
+
     var loadRepository = function() {
       var params = {
         'repository': $scope.namespace + '/' + $scope.name
       };
 
       $scope.repositoryResource = ApiService.getRepoAsResource(params).get(function(repo) {
-        $scope.repository = repo;
-        $scope.setTag($routeParams.tag);
+        $scope.viewScope.repository = repo;
+        $scope.setTags($routeParams.tag);
 
         // Track builds.
         buildPollChannel = AngularPollChannel.create($scope, loadRepositoryBuilds, 5000 /* 5s */);
@@ -49,7 +80,7 @@
       };
 
       $scope.repositoryBuildsResource = ApiService.getRepoBuildsAsResource(params, /* background */true).get(function(resp) {
-        $scope.builds = resp.builds;
+        $scope.viewScope.builds = resp.builds;
         callback(true);
       }, errorHandler);
     };
@@ -57,14 +88,22 @@
     // Load the repository.
     loadRepository();
 
+    $scope.setTags = function(tagNames) {
+      if (!tagNames) {
+        $scope.viewScope.selectedTags = [];
+        return;
+      }
 
-    $scope.setTag = function(tagName) {
-      window.console.log('set tag')
+      $scope.viewScope.selectedTags = $.unique(tagNames.split(','));
     };
 
     $scope.showLogs = function() {
       $scope.logsShown++;
     };
+
+    $scope.handleChangesState = function(value) {
+      $scope.viewScope.changesVisible = value;
+    };
   }
 
   function OldRepoViewCtrl($scope, $sanitize, Restangular, ImageMetadataService, ApiService, $routeParams, $rootScope, $location, $timeout, Config, UtilService) {
diff --git a/static/js/services/ui-service.js b/static/js/services/ui-service.js
index 1f084c6d6..2e857e8fa 100644
--- a/static/js/services/ui-service.js
+++ b/static/js/services/ui-service.js
@@ -2,9 +2,14 @@
  * Service which provides helper methods for performing some simple UI operations.
  */
 angular.module('quay').factory('UIService', [function() {
-  var CheckStateController = function(items) {
+  var CheckStateController = function(items, opt_checked) {
     this.items = items;
-    this.checked = [];
+    this.checked = opt_checked || [];
+    this.listeners_ = [];
+  };
+
+  CheckStateController.prototype.listen = function(callback) {
+    this.listeners_.push(callback);
   };
 
   CheckStateController.prototype.isChecked = function(item) {
@@ -25,22 +30,32 @@ angular.module('quay').factory('UIService', [function() {
     } else {
       this.checked = this.items.slice();
     }
+    this.callListeners_();
   };
 
   CheckStateController.prototype.checkByFilter = function(filter) {
     this.checked = $.grep(this.items, filter);
+    this.callListeners_();
   };
 
   CheckStateController.prototype.checkItem = function(item) {
     this.checked.push(item);
+    this.callListeners_();
   };
 
   CheckStateController.prototype.uncheckItem = function(item) {
     this.checked = $.grep(this.checked, function(cItem) {
       return cItem != item;
     });
+    this.callListeners_();
   };
 
+  CheckStateController.prototype.callListeners_ = function() {
+    var checked = this.checked;
+    this.listeners_.map(function(listener) {
+      listener(checked);
+    });
+  };
 
   var uiService = {};
 
@@ -73,8 +88,8 @@ angular.module('quay').factory('UIService', [function() {
     }
   };
 
-  uiService.createCheckStateController = function(items) {
-    return new CheckStateController(items);
+  uiService.createCheckStateController = function(items, opt_checked) {
+    return new CheckStateController(items, opt_checked);
   };
 
   return uiService;
diff --git a/static/partials/repo-view.html b/static/partials/repo-view.html
index c7fdb5b54..5d00dc98c 100644
--- a/static/partials/repo-view.html
+++ b/static/partials/repo-view.html
@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@
     <div class="cor-title">
       <span class="cor-title-link"></span>
       <span class="cor-title-content">
-        <span class="repo-circle no-background" repo="repository"></span>
+        <span class="repo-circle no-background" repo="viewScope.repository"></span>
         {{ namespace }} / {{ name }}
-        <span class="repo-star" repository="repository" ng-if="!user.anonymous"></span>
+        <span class="repo-star" repository="viewScope.repository" ng-if="!user.anonymous"></span>
       </span>
     </div>
 
@@ -25,18 +25,19 @@
           <i class="fa fa-tasks"></i>
         </span>
 
-        <span class="cor-tab" tab-title="Visualize" tab-target="#changes">
+        <span class="cor-tab" tab-title="Visualize" tab-target="#changes"
+              tab-shown="handleChangesState(true)" tab-hidden="handleChangesState(false)">
           <i class="fa fa-code-fork"></i>
         </span>
 
         <!-- Admin Only Tabs -->
         <span class="cor-tab" tab-title="Usage Logs" tab-target="#logs" tab-init="showLogs()"
-              ng-if="repository.can_admin">
+              ng-if="viewScope.repository.can_admin">
           <i class="fa fa-bar-chart"></i>
         </span>
 
         <span class="cor-tab" tab-title="Settings" tab-target="#settings"
-              ng-if="repository.can_admin">
+              ng-if="viewScope.repository.can_admin">
           <i class="fa fa-gear"></i>
         </span>
       </div> <!-- /cor-tabs -->
@@ -44,12 +45,16 @@
       <div class="cor-tab-content">
         <!-- Information -->
         <div id="info" class="tab-pane active">
-          <div class="repo-panel-info" repository="repository" builds="builds"></div>
+          <div class="repo-panel-info"
+               repository="viewScope.repository"
+               builds="viewScope.builds"></div>
         </div>
 
         <!-- Tags -->
         <div id="tags" class="tab-pane">
-          <div class="repo-panel-tags" repository="repository"></div>
+          <div class="repo-panel-tags"
+               repository="viewScope.repository"
+               selected-tags="viewScope.selectedTags"></div>
         </div>
 
         <!-- Builds -->
@@ -59,16 +64,19 @@
 
         <!-- Changes -->
         <div id="changes" class="tab-pane">
-          <div class="repo-panel-changes" repository="repository"></div>
+          <div class="repo-panel-changes"
+               repository="viewScope.repository"
+               selected-tags="viewScope.selectedTags"
+               is-enabled="viewScope.changesVisible"></div>
         </div>
 
         <!-- Usage Logs -->
-        <div id="logs" class="tab-pane" ng-if="repository.can_admin">
-          <div class="logs-view" repository="repository" makevisible="logsShown"></div>
+        <div id="logs" class="tab-pane" ng-if="viewScope.repository.can_admin">
+          <div class="logs-view" repository="viewScope.repository" makevisible="logsShown"></div>
         </div>
 
         <!-- Settings -->
-        <div id="settings" class="tab-pane" ng-if="repository.can_admin">
+        <div id="settings" class="tab-pane" ng-if="viewScope.repository.can_admin">
           settings
         </div>