diff --git a/src/js/common/utils/historyPush.js b/src/js/common/utils/historyPush.js
index 96daf3c47..0461c4de2 100644
--- a/src/js/common/utils/historyPush.js
+++ b/src/js/common/utils/historyPush.js
@@ -4,8 +4,9 @@ import webAppConfig from '../../config';
 // See v5: https://reactrouter.com/native/api/Hooks/usehistory
 // IMPORTANT:  The HTML5 window.history, is very different from the react-router V5 history, don't use window.history!
 // removePriorPathname determines whether the route  should be pushed or replace the previous entry in the history stack.
-export default function historyPush (route, removePriorPathname = false) {
-  if (route !== global.weVoteGlobalHistory.location.pathname) {
+// doNotPushHistory tells whether the history needs to be updated or not.
+export default function historyPush (route, removePriorPathname = false, doNotPushToHistory = false) {
+  if (route !== global.weVoteGlobalHistory.location.pathname && !doNotPushToHistory) {
     if (removePriorPathname) {
       global.weVoteGlobalHistory.replace(route);
     } else {
diff --git a/src/js/components/Share/ShareButtonDesktopTablet.jsx b/src/js/components/Share/ShareButtonDesktopTablet.jsx
index 97efa45ee..4307d01bb 100644
--- a/src/js/components/Share/ShareButtonDesktopTablet.jsx
+++ b/src/js/components/Share/ShareButtonDesktopTablet.jsx
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ class ShareButtonDesktopTablet extends Component {
     if (!stringContains('/modal/share', pathname) && isWebApp()) {
       const pathnameWithModalShare = `${pathname}${pathname.endsWith('/') ? '' : '/'}modal/share`;
       // console.log('Navigation ShareButtonDesktopTablet openShareModal ', pathnameWithModalShare)
-      historyPush(pathnameWithModalShare);
+      historyPush(pathnameWithModalShare, false, true);
     }
   }