diff --git a/src/octoprint/static/js/app/viewmodels/about.js b/src/octoprint/static/js/app/viewmodels/about.js
index 2d251b9c..8ebf6b9f 100644
--- a/src/octoprint/static/js/app/viewmodels/about.js
+++ b/src/octoprint/static/js/app/viewmodels/about.js
@@ -3,8 +3,12 @@ $(function() {
         var self = this;
 
         self.aboutDialog = undefined;
+        self.aboutContent = undefined;
+        self.aboutTabs = undefined;
 
         self.show = function() {
+            $("a:first", self.aboutTabs).tab("show");
+            self.aboutContent.scrollTop(0);
             self.aboutDialog.modal({
                 minHeight: function() { return Math.max($.fn.modal.defaults.maxHeight() - 80, 250); }
             }).css({
@@ -19,7 +23,13 @@ $(function() {
         };
 
         self.onStartup = function() {
-            self.aboutDialog = $('#about_dialog');
+            self.aboutDialog = $("#about_dialog");
+            self.aboutTabs = $("#about_dialog_tabs");
+            self.aboutContent = $("#about_dialog_content");
+
+            $('a[data-toggle="tab"]', self.aboutTabs).on("show", function() {
+                self.aboutContent.scrollTop(0);
+            });
         };
     }
 
diff --git a/src/octoprint/templates/dialogs/about.jinja2 b/src/octoprint/templates/dialogs/about.jinja2
index 832928ec..a33e85d0 100644
--- a/src/octoprint/templates/dialogs/about.jinja2
+++ b/src/octoprint/templates/dialogs/about.jinja2
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
         <div class="full-sized-box">
             <div class="tabbable row-fluid">
                 <div class="span3 scrollable" id="about_dialog_menu">
-                    <ul class="nav nav-list" id="aboutTabs">
+                    <ul class="nav nav-list" id="about_dialog_tabs">
                         {% set mark_active = True %}
                         {% for key in templates.about.order %}
                             {% set entry, data = templates.about.entries[key] %}