diff --git a/src/biomon/static/biomon/js/biomon.patientdetail.js b/src/biomon/static/biomon/js/biomon.patientdetail.js
index 349b616..b26b460 100644
--- a/src/biomon/static/biomon/js/biomon.patientdetail.js
+++ b/src/biomon/static/biomon/js/biomon.patientdetail.js
@@ -23,10 +23,9 @@
         Last visited tab
     */
     $("div#tabs").tabs();
-    var tab_active;
     $('a.patient-tab').click(function() {
         $.cookie('patient-last-tab', $(this).attr('id'), { path: location.pathname });
-        tab_active = $(this).attr('id');
+        var tab_active = $(this).attr('id');
         if ( tab_active == 'tab-alert' ) {
             ALERTS.refresh_alerts();
         } else {
@@ -39,8 +38,9 @@
         }
     });
     if ($.cookie('patient-last-tab')) {
-        tab_active = $.cookie('patient-last-tab');
         $('a#' + $.cookie('patient-last-tab')).click();
+    } else {
+        $('a#tab-dashboard').click();
     };
 
     /*