diff --git a/assets/templates/base.njk b/assets/templates/base.njk
index 02bf99e..659434a 100644
--- a/assets/templates/base.njk
+++ b/assets/templates/base.njk
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 <meta name="apple-mobile-web-app-title" content="Bible">
 </head>
 <body class="{% block body_class %}{% endblock %} bg-body-tertiary"
-      hx-boost="true" hx-target="#content" hx-swap="innerHTML">
+      hx-boost="true" hx-target="#content" hx-swap="innerHTML show:window:top">
 
 <nav class="site-header navbar navbar-expand-lg bg-dark sticky-top"
      data-bs-theme="dark">
diff --git a/utils/compile_bible.py b/utils/compile_bible.py
index 31c976d..e0524ea 100644
--- a/utils/compile_bible.py
+++ b/utils/compile_bible.py
@@ -471,7 +471,11 @@ def render_inline(nodes, book, chapter, out):
         elif kind == "br":
             out.append("<br>")
         elif kind == "ref":
-            out.append('<a class="ref" href="%s">' % ref_href(node, book, chapter))
+            # htmx does not scroll to a fragment, so a reference into another
+            # book has to be a real navigation for the browser to do it.
+            href = ref_href(node, book, chapter)
+            boost = "" if href.startswith("#") else ' hx-boost="false"'
+            out.append('<a class="ref" href="%s"%s>' % (href, boost))
             render_inline(node.get("c", []), book, chapter, out)
             out.append("</a>")
         elif kind in INLINE_TAGS: