diff --git a/docs/advanced/creating components.md b/docs/advanced/creating components.md
index 628d5aa29..3384834d3 100644
--- a/docs/advanced/creating components.md	
+++ b/docs/advanced/creating components.md	
@@ -161,6 +161,15 @@ document.addEventListener("nav", () => {
 })
 ```
 
+You can also add the equivalent of a `beforeunload` event for [[SPA Routing]] via the `prenav` event.
+
+```ts
+document.addEventListener("prenav", () => {
+  // executed after an SPA navigation is triggered but
+  // before the page is replaced
+})
+```
+
 It is best practice to track any event handlers via `window.addCleanup` to prevent memory leaks.
 This will get called on page navigation.
 
diff --git a/index.d.ts b/index.d.ts
index a6c594fff..8e524af03 100644
--- a/index.d.ts
+++ b/index.d.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ declare module "*.scss" {
 
 // dom custom event
 interface CustomEventMap {
+  prenav: CustomEvent<{}>
   nav: CustomEvent<{ url: FullSlug }>
   themechange: CustomEvent<{ theme: "light" | "dark" }>
 }
diff --git a/quartz/components/OverflowList.tsx b/quartz/components/OverflowList.tsx
index 2d32ec3a9..d74c5c255 100644
--- a/quartz/components/OverflowList.tsx
+++ b/quartz/components/OverflowList.tsx
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ document.addEventListener("nav", (e) => {
   const observer = new IntersectionObserver((entries) => {
     for (const entry of entries) {
       const parentUl = entry.target.parentElement
-      console.log(parentUl)
       if (entry.isIntersecting) {
         parentUl.classList.remove("gradient-active")
       } else {
diff --git a/quartz/components/scripts/explorer.inline.ts b/quartz/components/scripts/explorer.inline.ts
index 2a8a0cc91..c1e72cd66 100644
--- a/quartz/components/scripts/explorer.inline.ts
+++ b/quartz/components/scripts/explorer.inline.ts
@@ -193,6 +193,12 @@ async function setupExplorer(currentSlug: FullSlug) {
     }
     explorerUl.insertBefore(fragment, explorerUl.firstChild)
 
+    // restore explorer scrollTop position if it exists
+    const scrollTop = sessionStorage.getItem("explorerScrollTop")
+    if (scrollTop) {
+      explorerUl.scrollTop = parseInt(scrollTop)
+    }
+
     // Set up event handlers
     const explorerButtons = explorer.querySelectorAll(
       "button.explorer-toggle",
@@ -225,6 +231,13 @@ async function setupExplorer(currentSlug: FullSlug) {
   }
 }
 
+document.addEventListener("prenav", async (e: CustomEventMap["prenav"]) => {
+  // save explorer scrollTop position
+  const explorer = document.getElementById("explorer-ul")
+  if (!explorer) return
+  sessionStorage.setItem("explorerScrollTop", explorer.scrollTop.toString())
+})
+
 document.addEventListener("nav", async (e: CustomEventMap["nav"]) => {
   const currentSlug = e.detail.url
   const mobileExplorer = document.querySelector("#mobile-explorer")
diff --git a/quartz/components/scripts/spa.inline.ts b/quartz/components/scripts/spa.inline.ts
index df48f0403..77900a639 100644
--- a/quartz/components/scripts/spa.inline.ts
+++ b/quartz/components/scripts/spa.inline.ts
@@ -75,6 +75,10 @@ async function navigate(url: URL, isBack: boolean = false) {
 
   if (!contents) return
 
+  // notify about to nav
+  const event: CustomEventMap["prenav"] = new CustomEvent("prenav", { detail: {} })
+  document.dispatchEvent(event)
+
   // cleanup old
   cleanupFns.forEach((fn) => fn())
   cleanupFns.clear()
@@ -108,7 +112,7 @@ async function navigate(url: URL, isBack: boolean = false) {
     }
   }
 
-  // now, patch head
+  // now, patch head, re-executing scripts
   const elementsToRemove = document.head.querySelectorAll(":not([spa-preserve])")
   elementsToRemove.forEach((el) => el.remove())
   const elementsToAdd = html.head.querySelectorAll(":not([spa-preserve])")