diff --git a/src/lib/webview/webpage.cpp b/src/lib/webview/webpage.cpp
index 9bc4bba58..0fd565c52 100644
--- a/src/lib/webview/webpage.cpp
+++ b/src/lib/webview/webpage.cpp
@@ -620,6 +620,10 @@ void WebPage::cleanBlockedObjects()
 
     QWebElement bodyElement = docElement.findFirst("body");
     bodyElement.appendInside("<style type=\"text/css\">\n/* AdBlock for QupZilla */\n" + elementHiding);
+
+    if (!view()->isVisible() && !url().fragment().isEmpty()) {
+        mainFrame()->scrollToAnchor(url().fragment());
+    }
 }
 
 QString WebPage::userAgentForUrl(const QUrl &url) const
diff --git a/src/lib/webview/webtab.cpp b/src/lib/webview/webtab.cpp
index 233b5de2c..67726eecc 100644
--- a/src/lib/webview/webtab.cpp
+++ b/src/lib/webview/webtab.cpp
@@ -255,8 +255,14 @@ void WebTab::p_restoreTab(const WebTab::SavedTab &tab)
 
 QPixmap WebTab::renderTabPreview()
 {
+    TabbedWebView* currentWebView = p_QupZilla->weView();
     WebPage* page = m_view->page();
-    QSize oldSize = page->viewportSize();
+    const QSize oldSize = currentWebView ? currentWebView->page()->viewportSize() : page->viewportSize();
+    const QPoint originalScrollPosition = page->mainFrame()->scrollPosition();
+
+    // Hack to ensure rendering the same preview before and after the page was shown for the first tie
+    // This can occur eg. with opening background tabs
+    page->setViewportSize(oldSize);
 
     const int previewWidth = 230;
     const int previewHeight = 150;
@@ -276,6 +282,9 @@ QPixmap WebTab::renderTabPreview()
     p.end();
 
     page->setViewportSize(oldSize);
+    // Restore also scrollbar positions, to prevent messing scrolling to anchor links
+    page->mainFrame()->setScrollBarValue(Qt::Vertical, originalScrollPosition.y());
+    page->mainFrame()->setScrollBarValue(Qt::Horizontal, originalScrollPosition.x());
 
     return pageImage.scaled(previewWidth, previewHeight, Qt::IgnoreAspectRatio, Qt::SmoothTransformation);
 }