diff --git a/src/browser/html/History.zig b/src/browser/html/History.zig
index 6d0b0828..69739f6a 100644
--- a/src/browser/html/History.zig
+++ b/src/browser/html/History.zig
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ pub fn set_scrollRestoration(self: *History, mode: ScrollRestorationMode) void {
 }
 
 pub fn get_state(_: *History, page: *Page) !?js.Value {
-    if (page.session.navigation.currentEntry().state) |state| {
+    if (page.session.navigation.currentEntry().state.value) |state| {
         const value = try js.Value.fromJson(page.js, state);
         return value;
     } else {
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ pub fn _pushState(_: *const History, state: js.Object, _: ?[]const u8, _url: ?[]
     const url = if (_url) |u| try arena.dupe(u8, u) else try arena.dupe(u8, page.url.raw);
 
     const json = state.toJson(arena) catch return error.DataClone;
-    _ = try page.session.navigation.pushEntry(url, json, page, true);
+    _ = try page.session.navigation.pushEntry(url, .{ .source = .history, .value = json }, page, true);
 }
 
 pub fn _replaceState(_: *const History, state: js.Object, _: ?[]const u8, _url: ?[]const u8, page: *Page) !void {
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ pub fn _replaceState(_: *const History, state: js.Object, _: ?[]const u8, _url:
     const url = if (_url) |u| try arena.dupe(u8, u) else try arena.dupe(u8, page.url.raw);
 
     const json = try state.toJson(arena);
-    _ = try page.session.navigation.replaceEntry(url, json, page, true);
+    _ = try page.session.navigation.replaceEntry(url, .{ .source = .history, .value = json }, page, true);
 }
 
 pub fn go(_: *const History, delta: i32, page: *Page) !void {
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ pub fn go(_: *const History, delta: i32, page: *Page) !void {
 
     if (entry.url) |url| {
         if (try page.isSameOrigin(url)) {
-            PopStateEvent.dispatch(entry.state, page);
+            PopStateEvent.dispatch(entry.state.value, page);
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/browser/navigation/Navigation.zig b/src/browser/navigation/Navigation.zig
index 3c6bfcfd..222a51e0 100644
--- a/src/browser/navigation/Navigation.zig
+++ b/src/browser/navigation/Navigation.zig
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ const Navigation = @This();
 const NavigationKind = @import("root.zig").NavigationKind;
 const NavigationHistoryEntry = @import("root.zig").NavigationHistoryEntry;
 const NavigationTransition = @import("root.zig").NavigationTransition;
+const NavigationState = @import("root.zig").NavigationState;
 const NavigationCurrentEntryChangeEvent = @import("root.zig").NavigationCurrentEntryChangeEvent;
 
 const NavigationEventTarget = @import("NavigationEventTarget.zig");
@@ -110,10 +111,10 @@ pub fn _forward(self: *Navigation, page: *Page) !NavigationReturn {
 pub fn updateEntries(self: *Navigation, url: []const u8, kind: NavigationKind, page: *Page, dispatch: bool) !void {
     switch (kind) {
         .replace => {
-            _ = try self.replaceEntry(url, null, page, dispatch);
+            _ = try self.replaceEntry(url, .{ .source = .navigation, .value = null }, page, dispatch);
         },
         .push => |state| {
-            _ = try self.pushEntry(url, state, page, dispatch);
+            _ = try self.pushEntry(url, .{ .source = .navigation, .value = state }, page, dispatch);
         },
         .traverse => |index| {
             self.index = index;
@@ -132,7 +133,13 @@ pub fn processNavigation(self: *Navigation, page: *Page) !void {
 
 /// Pushes an entry into the Navigation stack WITHOUT actually navigating to it.
 /// For that, use `navigate`.
-pub fn pushEntry(self: *Navigation, _url: []const u8, state: ?[]const u8, page: *Page, dispatch: bool) !*NavigationHistoryEntry {
+pub fn pushEntry(
+    self: *Navigation,
+    _url: []const u8,
+    state: NavigationState,
+    page: *Page,
+    dispatch: bool,
+) !*NavigationHistoryEntry {
     const arena = page.session.arena;
 
     const url = try arena.dupe(u8, _url);
@@ -171,7 +178,13 @@ pub fn pushEntry(self: *Navigation, _url: []const u8, state: ?[]const u8, page:
     return entry;
 }
 
-pub fn replaceEntry(self: *Navigation, _url: []const u8, state: ?[]const u8, page: *Page, dispatch: bool) !*NavigationHistoryEntry {
+pub fn replaceEntry(
+    self: *Navigation,
+    _url: []const u8,
+    state: NavigationState,
+    page: *Page,
+    dispatch: bool,
+) !*NavigationHistoryEntry {
     const arena = page.session.arena;
     const url = try arena.dupe(u8, _url);
 
@@ -242,7 +255,7 @@ pub fn navigate(
                 // todo: Fire navigate event
                 try finished.resolve({});
 
-                _ = try self.pushEntry(url, state, page, true);
+                _ = try self.pushEntry(url, .{ .source = .navigation, .value = state }, page, true);
             } else {
                 try page.navigateFromWebAPI(url, .{ .reason = .navigation }, kind);
             }
@@ -290,7 +303,7 @@ pub fn _reload(self: *Navigation, _opts: ?ReloadOptions, page: *Page) !Navigatio
     const entry = self.currentEntry();
     if (opts.state) |state| {
         const previous = entry;
-        entry.state = state.toJson(arena) catch return error.DataClone;
+        entry.state = .{ .source = .navigation, .value = state.toJson(arena) catch return error.DataClone };
         NavigationCurrentEntryChangeEvent.dispatch(self, previous, .reload);
     }
 
@@ -323,6 +336,6 @@ pub fn _updateCurrentEntry(self: *Navigation, options: UpdateCurrentEntryOptions
     const arena = page.session.arena;
 
     const previous = self.currentEntry();
-    self.currentEntry().state = options.state.toJson(arena) catch return error.DataClone;
+    self.currentEntry().state = .{ .source = .navigation, .value = options.state.toJson(arena) catch return error.DataClone };
     NavigationCurrentEntryChangeEvent.dispatch(self, previous, null);
 }
diff --git a/src/browser/navigation/root.zig b/src/browser/navigation/root.zig
index bfe5830f..14c5898c 100644
--- a/src/browser/navigation/root.zig
+++ b/src/browser/navigation/root.zig
@@ -56,6 +56,11 @@ pub const NavigationKind = union(NavigationType) {
     reload,
 };
 
+pub const NavigationState = struct {
+    source: enum { history, navigation },
+    value: ?[]const u8,
+};
+
 // https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/NavigationHistoryEntry
 pub const NavigationHistoryEntry = struct {
     pub const prototype = *EventTarget;
@@ -64,7 +69,7 @@ pub const NavigationHistoryEntry = struct {
     id: []const u8,
     key: []const u8,
     url: ?[]const u8,
-    state: ?[]const u8,
+    state: NavigationState,
 
     pub fn get_id(self: *const NavigationHistoryEntry) []const u8 {
         return self.id;
@@ -95,12 +100,16 @@ pub const NavigationHistoryEntry = struct {
         return self.url;
     }
 
-    pub fn _getState(self: *const NavigationHistoryEntry, page: *Page) !?js.Value {
-        if (self.state) |state| {
-            return try js.Value.fromJson(page.js, state);
-        } else {
-            return null;
+    pub const StateReturn = union(enum) { value: ?js.Value, undefined: void };
+
+    pub fn _getState(self: *const NavigationHistoryEntry, page: *Page) !StateReturn {
+        if (self.state.source == .navigation) {
+            if (self.state.value) |value| {
+                return .{ .value = try js.Value.fromJson(page.js, value) };
+            }
         }
+
+        return .undefined;
     }
 };