diff --git a/src/pagerouter/PageRouter.ts b/src/pagerouter/PageRouter.ts
index 9ea488b..0260601 100644
--- a/src/pagerouter/PageRouter.ts
+++ b/src/pagerouter/PageRouter.ts
@@ -70,11 +70,11 @@ export class PageRouter {
     this.currentPageID = pageID;
     this.currentPage = await this.pageList.getPage(pageID);
 
-    await this.currentPage.setRouterAndState(this, this.state);
-
     // Dispatch an event saying the page has been changed.
     this.onPageChange();
 
+    await this.currentPage.setRouterAndState(this, this.state);
+
     // Render the page.
     await this.renderPage();
   }
diff --git a/src/state/PageState.ts b/src/state/PageState.ts
index c88a8ee..4c9bd63 100644
--- a/src/state/PageState.ts
+++ b/src/state/PageState.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,11 @@ export class PageState {
   constructor() {
     const params = new URLSearchParams(window.location.search);
     if (params.has("reset")) this.storage.clear();
+    if (params.has("state"))  {
+      console.log("state owo")
+      this.loadState(JSON.parse(params.get("state")));
+    }
+
     if (params.has("incognito")) {
       this.storage = sessionStorage;
     } else {
@@ -13,6 +18,33 @@ export class PageState {
 
   private storage: StorageType;
 
+  dumpState(): { [key: string]: unknown } {
+    return {
+      "baseMount": this.baseMount,
+      "secretPath": this.secretPath,
+      "secretVersion": this.secretVersion,
+      "secretItem": this.secretItem,
+      "secretMountType": this.secretMountType,
+      "policyItem": this.policyItem,
+      "authPath": this.authPath,
+      "userPassUser": this.userPassUser,
+      "currentPage": this.currentPage,
+    }
+  }
+
+  loadState(newState: { [key: string]: unknown }) {
+    console.log(newState)
+    for (let prop in newState) {
+      console.log("WANTS", prop)
+      if (prop in this) {
+        console.log("HAS", prop.toString());
+        // @ts-ignore
+          this[prop] = newState[prop];
+      }
+  }
+
+  }
+
   // NOTE: When a item in the page state isn't a string (e.g it is a array or object),
   // you need to add helper methods to mutate it or else it wont save.
   // example: secretPath is a array so when you try to .push() to it
@@ -22,6 +54,9 @@ export class PageState {
   // by using a bunch of functions and modifying localStorage in order to remove some of
   // the clunkyness of this approach, but for now, this works.
 
+  // these are all ones that persist across browser sessions
+  // usually in localStorage unless in incognito.
+
   get apiURL(): string | null {
     const apiurl = this.storage.getItem("apiURL") || "";
     return apiurl.length > 0 ? apiurl : null;
@@ -52,6 +87,10 @@ export class PageState {
     this.storage.setItem("language", value);
   }
 
+  // all of these are sessionStorage and not persisted
+  // so can have multiple tabs open
+  // TODO: move to just local variables maybe
+
   get baseMount(): string {
     return sessionStorage.getItem("baseMount") || "";
   }
diff --git a/src/ui/elements/CopyStateLinkButton.tsx b/src/ui/elements/CopyStateLinkButton.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c259f9a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ui/elements/CopyStateLinkButton.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+import { Component, JSX, createRef } from "preact";
+import { addClipboardNotifications } from "../../pageUtils";
+import ClipboardJS from "clipboard";
+import { PageState } from "../../state/PageState";
+
+export type CopyStateLinkButtonProps = {
+    state: PageState;
+};
+
+export class CopyStateLinkButton extends Component<CopyStateLinkButtonProps, unknown> {
+    buttonRef = createRef();
+
+    componentDidMount(): void {
+        const clipboard = new ClipboardJS(this.buttonRef.current);
+        addClipboardNotifications(clipboard, 600);
+    }
+
+    render(): JSX.Element {
+        const newURL = new URL(window.location.toString());
+        newURL.searchParams.set("state", JSON.stringify(this.props.state.dumpState()));
+
+        return (
+            <a
+                ref={this.buttonRef}
+                class="uk-icon uk-margin-small-left"
+                uk-icon={"icon: copy"}
+                role="img"
+                aria-label="Copy Link"
+                data-clipboard-text={newURL.toString()}
+            ></a>
+        );
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/ui/pages/Secrets/SecretTitleElement.tsx b/src/ui/pages/Secrets/SecretTitleElement.tsx
index c5cc5e8..82f8d47 100644
--- a/src/ui/pages/Secrets/SecretTitleElement.tsx
+++ b/src/ui/pages/Secrets/SecretTitleElement.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 import { JSX } from "preact/jsx-runtime";
 import { Page } from "../../../types/Page";
+import { CopyStateLinkButton } from "../../elements/CopyStateLinkButton";
+
 
 function currentTitleSecretText(page: Page): string {
   let secretItemText = page.state.secretItem;
@@ -61,6 +63,7 @@ export function SecretTitleElement(props: SecretTitleElementProps): JSX.Element
       ))}
       {page.state.secretItem.length != 0 && <span>{currentTitleSecretText(page)}</span>}
       {suffix.length != 0 && <span>{suffix}</span>}
+      <CopyStateLinkButton state={page.state} />
     </div>
   );
 }