diff --git a/src/components/map/default-layers.js b/src/components/map/default-layers.js
index a3284081..76f3d5f1 100644
--- a/src/components/map/default-layers.js
+++ b/src/components/map/default-layers.js
@@ -134,7 +134,12 @@ export const DefaultLayers = () => {
         }
         return(data);
     };
-    useQuery( {queryKey: ['apsviz-default-data', data_url], queryFn: getDefaultLayers, enable: !!data_url});
+    useQuery({
+        queryKey: ['apsviz-default-data', data_url],
+        queryFn: getDefaultLayers,
+        enable: !!data_url,
+        refetchOnWindowFocus: false,
+    });
 
     // maybe should convert this one to use useQuery - not sure how to do that yet
     useEffect(() => {
diff --git a/src/components/trays/model-selection/synopticTab.js b/src/components/trays/model-selection/synopticTab.js
index b7c3239c..fea8455d 100644
--- a/src/components/trays/model-selection/synopticTab.js
+++ b/src/components/trays/model-selection/synopticTab.js
@@ -93,7 +93,9 @@ export const SynopticTabForm = () => {
 
             // return something
             return true;
-        }
+        },
+
+        refetchOnWindowFocus: false
     });
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/components/trays/model-selection/tropicalTab.js b/src/components/trays/model-selection/tropicalTab.js
index 1775a24a..c5124127 100644
--- a/src/components/trays/model-selection/tropicalTab.js
+++ b/src/components/trays/model-selection/tropicalTab.js
@@ -90,7 +90,10 @@ export const TropicalTabForm = () => {
 
             // return something
             return true;
-        }
+        },
+
+        refetchOnWindowFocus: false
+
     });
 
     /**