From bbdeda951acd52ec85248d4c79b36911516ac398 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bryce Allen <ballen@ci.uchicago.edu>
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 2015 23:19:16 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] fix recommends history bug on direct load

---
 web/recommends.html | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/web/recommends.html b/web/recommends.html
index 62c1eda..32239e3 100644
--- a/web/recommends.html
+++ b/web/recommends.html
@@ -63,7 +63,8 @@
           // the state to history
           var item_name = $.trim($("#item").val());
           var normalized_name = normalize_name(item_name);
-          if (window.history.state["item_name"] == normalized_name) {
+          if (window.history.state
+          &&  window.history.state["item_name"] == normalized_name) {
               console.log("item not changed, skipping update");
               return;
           }