diff --git a/web/client/static/graph.js b/web/client/static/graph.js
index 7ae1bad1..ff511506 100644
--- a/web/client/static/graph.js
+++ b/web/client/static/graph.js
@@ -87,16 +87,30 @@ Graph.prototype.inLineage = function(addr, qaddr, seen) {
   return false;
 };
 
+var gPos = {};
+
 // this runs sugiyama...
 Graph.prototype.render = function() {
+  var name = Object.keys(this.vertices).toString();
   var send = "digraph graphname {\n";
 
+  // record the old gbox position
+  var oldgbox = $("#gbox");
+  if (oldgbox.length > 0) {
+    gPos[oldgbox[0].className] = [fdec(oldgbox.css("margin-left")), fdec(oldgbox.css("margin-top"))];
+  }
+
   var outergbox = $('<div id="outergbox"></div>');
   $("#staticpanel").html("");
   gbox = document.createElement('div');
   outergbox[0].appendChild(gbox);
   document.getElementById("staticpanel").appendChild(outergbox[0]);
   gbox.id = 'gbox';
+  gbox.className = name;
+  if (name in gPos) {
+    $("#gbox").css("margin-left", gPos[name][0]);
+    $("#gbox").css("margin-top", gPos[name][1]);
+  }
 
   for (addr in this.vertices) {
     var r = this.vertices[addr].rendered;
diff --git a/web/index.html b/web/index.html
index b6b94357..a212b5ea 100644
--- a/web/index.html
+++ b/web/index.html
@@ -54,3 +54,4 @@
   <div class="col" id="staticpanel"></div>
 </body>
 </html>
+