diff --git a/Changelog.md b/Changelog.md
index 570b47ba..cfc9a2e4 100644
--- a/Changelog.md
+++ b/Changelog.md
@@ -1,5 +1,16 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## v0.17.1
+
+*Dec 15, 2020*
+
+An unfortunate bug has made it into the previous release that makes
+the webapp near unusable. Therefore this release, containing only the
+fix for #508.
+
+Sorry for the inconvenience!
+
+
 ## v0.17.0
 
 *Dec 14, 2020*
diff --git a/modules/webapp/src/main/elm/App/Update.elm b/modules/webapp/src/main/elm/App/Update.elm
index 604a24fb..bd43e4d7 100644
--- a/modules/webapp/src/main/elm/App/Update.elm
+++ b/modules/webapp/src/main/elm/App/Update.elm
@@ -178,8 +178,11 @@ updateWithSub msg model =
                 page =
                     Page.fromUrl url
                         |> Maybe.withDefault (defaultPage model.flags)
+
+                ( m, c, s ) =
+                    initPage model page
             in
-            ( model, Page.goto page, Sub.none )
+            ( { m | page = page }, c, s )
 
         ToggleNavMenu ->
             ( { model
diff --git a/nix/release.nix b/nix/release.nix
index 6e6bf35f..90e8f2d4 100644
--- a/nix/release.nix
+++ b/nix/release.nix
@@ -1,18 +1,18 @@
 rec {
   cfg = {
-    v0_17_0 = rec {
-      version = "0.17.0";
+    v0_17_1 = rec {
+      version = "0.17.1";
       server = {
         url = "https://github.com/eikek/docspell/releases/download/v${version}/docspell-restserver-${version}.zip";
-        sha256 = "0bv7pzpwmdy2wnlvidl54gxfhdrns7n3pm7mcy3jyrqixjk360ic";
+        sha256 = "1mvzpf8cpc3kwlvvyib2gmbnls6dic7f7z525nvg7v2pm80yy1r5";
       };
       joex = {
         url = "https://github.com/eikek/docspell/releases/download/v${version}/docspell-joex-${version}.zip";
-        sha256 = "1wf29s9aabrkfln1ibna3g026iqghbj0640kh1fxk98s2dncxgm2";
+        sha256 = "0ymi2smwd5m0jqb6jrnld3xralyrq77h9r6m639wiwjdf4ka8s4a";
       };
       tools = {
         url = "https://github.com/eikek/docspell/releases/download/v${version}/docspell-tools-${version}.zip";
-        sha256 = "1sbvbxvdivrqllagrpfxcq284qrlj7kgg38qn6yzf7k7a6w2n78j";
+        sha256 = "1fncqw7aif1nv03cjckn401ykbm785hkiws00wbv2qmakymxl5y4";
       };
     };
     v0_16_0 = rec {
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ rec {
     };
   };
   pkg = v: import ./pkg.nix v;
-  currentPkg = pkg cfg.v0_17_0;
+  currentPkg = pkg cfg.v0_17_1;
   module-joex = ./module-joex.nix;
   module-restserver = ./module-server.nix;
   module-consumedir = ./module-consumedir.nix;