diff --git a/src/browser/browser.zig b/src/browser/browser.zig
index 65aafa83..e361838e 100644
--- a/src/browser/browser.zig
+++ b/src/browser/browser.zig
@@ -36,6 +36,9 @@ const apiweb = @import("../apiweb.zig");
 const Window = @import("../html/window.zig").Window;
 const Walker = @import("../dom/walker.zig").WalkerDepthFirst;
 
+const URL = @import("../url/url.zig").URL;
+const Location = @import("../html/location.zig").Location;
+
 const storage = @import("../storage/storage.zig");
 
 const FetchResult = @import("../http/Client.zig").Client.FetchResult;
@@ -102,7 +105,9 @@ pub const Session = struct {
     loader: Loader,
     env: Env = undefined,
     inspector: ?jsruntime.Inspector = null,
+
     window: Window,
+
     // TODO move the shed to the browser?
     storageShed: storage.Shed,
     page: ?Page = null,
@@ -201,6 +206,10 @@ pub const Page = struct {
     uri: std.Uri = undefined,
     origin: ?[]const u8 = null,
 
+    // html url and location
+    url: ?URL = null,
+    location: Location = .{},
+
     raw_data: ?[]const u8 = null,
 
     fn init(
@@ -244,6 +253,13 @@ pub const Page = struct {
         self.session.env.stop();
         // TODO unload document: https://html.spec.whatwg.org/#unloading-documents
 
+        if (self.url) |*u| u.deinit(self.arena.allocator());
+        self.url = null;
+        self.location.url = null;
+        self.session.window.replaceLocation(&self.location) catch |e| {
+            log.err("reset window location: {any}", .{e});
+        };
+
         // clear netsurf memory arena.
         parser.deinit();
 
@@ -308,6 +324,11 @@ pub const Page = struct {
         self.rawuri = try alloc.dupe(u8, uri);
         self.uri = std.Uri.parse(self.rawuri.?) catch try std.Uri.parseAfterScheme("", self.rawuri.?);
 
+        if (self.url) |*prev| prev.deinit(alloc);
+        self.url = try URL.constructor(alloc, self.rawuri.?, null);
+        self.location.url = &self.url.?;
+        try self.session.window.replaceLocation(&self.location);
+
         // prepare origin value.
         var buf = std.ArrayList(u8).init(alloc);
         defer buf.deinit();
diff --git a/src/html/location.zig b/src/html/location.zig
index b1ec2913..70e69025 100644
--- a/src/html/location.zig
+++ b/src/html/location.zig
@@ -114,8 +114,16 @@ pub fn testExecFn(
     js_env: *jsruntime.Env,
 ) anyerror!void {
     var location = [_]Case{
-        .{ .src = "location.href", .ex = "" },
-        .{ .src = "document.location.href", .ex = "" },
+        .{ .src = "location.href", .ex = "https://lightpanda.io/opensource-browser/" },
+        .{ .src = "document.location.href", .ex = "https://lightpanda.io/opensource-browser/" },
+
+        .{ .src = "location.host", .ex = "lightpanda.io" },
+        .{ .src = "location.hostname", .ex = "lightpanda.io" },
+        .{ .src = "location.origin", .ex = "https://lightpanda.io" },
+        .{ .src = "location.pathname", .ex = "/opensource-browser/" },
+        .{ .src = "location.hash", .ex = "" },
+        .{ .src = "location.port", .ex = "" },
+        .{ .src = "location.search", .ex = "" },
     };
     try checkCases(js_env, &location);
 }
diff --git a/src/html/window.zig b/src/html/window.zig
index b5530857..42aef90d 100644
--- a/src/html/window.zig
+++ b/src/html/window.zig
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ const Location = @import("location.zig").Location;
 
 const storage = @import("../storage/storage.zig");
 
+var emptyLocation = Location{};
+
 // https://dom.spec.whatwg.org/#interface-window-extensions
 // https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/nav-history-apis.html#window
 pub const Window = struct {
@@ -44,7 +46,7 @@ pub const Window = struct {
     document: ?*parser.DocumentHTML = null,
     target: []const u8,
     history: History = .{},
-    location: Location = .{},
+    location: *Location = &emptyLocation,
 
     storageShelf: ?*storage.Shelf = null,
 
@@ -62,17 +64,17 @@ pub const Window = struct {
         };
     }
 
-    pub fn replaceLocation(self: *Window, loc: Location) !void {
+    pub fn replaceLocation(self: *Window, loc: *Location) !void {
         self.location = loc;
 
-        if (self.doc != null) {
-            try parser.documentHTMLSetLocation(Location, self.doc.?, &self.location);
+        if (self.document != null) {
+            try parser.documentHTMLSetLocation(Location, self.document.?, self.location);
         }
     }
 
     pub fn replaceDocument(self: *Window, doc: *parser.DocumentHTML) !void {
         self.document = doc;
-        try parser.documentHTMLSetLocation(Location, doc, &self.location);
+        try parser.documentHTMLSetLocation(Location, doc, self.location);
     }
 
     pub fn setStorageShelf(self: *Window, shelf: *storage.Shelf) void {
@@ -88,7 +90,7 @@ pub const Window = struct {
     }
 
     pub fn get_location(self: *Window) *Location {
-        return &self.location;
+        return self.location;
     }
 
     pub fn get_self(self: *Window) *Window {
diff --git a/src/run_tests.zig b/src/run_tests.zig
index 7481d266..bc0b5631 100644
--- a/src/run_tests.zig
+++ b/src/run_tests.zig
@@ -29,8 +29,10 @@ const Window = @import("html/window.zig").Window;
 const xhr = @import("xhr/xhr.zig");
 const storage = @import("storage/storage.zig");
 const url = @import("url/url.zig");
+const URL = url.URL;
 const urlquery = @import("url/query.zig");
 const Client = @import("asyncio").Client;
+const Location = @import("html/location.zig").Location;
 
 const documentTestExecFn = @import("dom/document.zig").testExecFn;
 const HTMLDocumentTestExecFn = @import("html/document.zig").testExecFn;
@@ -98,6 +100,11 @@ fn testExecFn(
     // alias global as self and window
     var window = Window.create(null, null);
 
+    var u = try URL.constructor(alloc, "https://lightpanda.io/opensource-browser/", null);
+    defer u.deinit(alloc);
+    var location = Location{ .url = &u };
+    try window.replaceLocation(&location);
+
     try window.replaceDocument(doc);
     window.setStorageShelf(&storageShelf);