diff --git a/ui/src/ui/app-settings.ts b/ui/src/ui/app-settings.ts
index c1d966eed2b..d192cbc13f0 100644
--- a/ui/src/ui/app-settings.ts
+++ b/ui/src/ui/app-settings.ts
@@ -442,10 +442,9 @@ export function setTabFromRoute(host: SettingsHost, next: Tab) {
 
 function updateBrowserHistory(url: URL, replace: boolean) {
   if (replace) {
-    window.history.replaceState({}, "", url.toString());
-    return;
+    return window.history.replaceState({}, "", url.toString());
   }
-  window.history.pushState({}, "", url.toString());
+  return window.history.pushState({}, "", url.toString());
 }
 
 function applyTabSelection(