diff --git a/scm-webapp/src/main/webapp/resources/js/repository/sonia.repository.changesetviewerpanel.js b/scm-webapp/src/main/webapp/resources/js/repository/sonia.repository.changesetviewerpanel.js
index 0ae6af099f..ab47b1bf99 100644
--- a/scm-webapp/src/main/webapp/resources/js/repository/sonia.repository.changesetviewerpanel.js
+++ b/scm-webapp/src/main/webapp/resources/js/repository/sonia.repository.changesetviewerpanel.js
@@ -33,9 +33,13 @@
 Sonia.repository.ChangesetViewerPanel = Ext.extend(Ext.Panel, {
 
   repository: null,
+  start: 0,
+  limit: -1,
   pageSize: 20,
+  historyId: null,
   
   initComponent: function(){
+    this.historyId = 'changesetviewer|' + this.repository.id;
 
     var changesetStore = new Sonia.rest.JsonStore({
       id: 'changesetStore',
@@ -50,8 +54,14 @@ Sonia.repository.ChangesetViewerPanel = Ext.extend(Ext.Panel, {
       autoLoad: true,
       autoDestroy: true,
       baseParams: {
-        start: 0,
-        limit: this.pageSize
+        start: this.start,
+        limit: this.limit > 0 ? this.limit : this.pageSize
+      },
+      listeners: {
+        load: {
+          fn: this.updateHistory,
+          scope: this
+        }
       }
     });
 
@@ -72,9 +82,47 @@ Sonia.repository.ChangesetViewerPanel = Ext.extend(Ext.Panel, {
 
     Ext.apply(this, Ext.apply(this.initialConfig, config));
     Sonia.repository.ChangesetViewerPanel.superclass.initComponent.apply(this, arguments);
+  },
+  
+  updateHistory: function(store, records, options){
+    var id = Sonia.History.appendWithDepth([options.params.start, options.params.limit], 2);
+    if (id){
+      this.historyId = id;
+    }
   }
 
 });
 
 // register xtype
 Ext.reg('repositoryChangesetViewerPanel', Sonia.repository.ChangesetViewerPanel);
+
+// register history handler
+Sonia.History.register('changesetviewer', function(params){
+  
+  if (params){
+  
+    Ext.Ajax.request({
+      url: restUrl + 'repositories/' + params[0] + '.json',
+      method: 'GET',
+      scope: this,
+      success: function(response){
+        var item = Ext.decode(response.responseText);
+        main.addTab({
+          id: item.id + '-changesetViewer',
+          xtype: 'repositoryChangesetViewerPanel',
+          repository: item,
+          start: parseInt(params[1]),
+          limit: parseInt(params[2]),
+          closable: true
+        })
+      },
+      failure: function(result){
+        main.handleFailure(
+          result.status
+        );
+      }
+    });
+  
+  }
+  
+});
diff --git a/scm-webapp/src/main/webapp/resources/js/sonia.history.js b/scm-webapp/src/main/webapp/resources/js/sonia.history.js
index 6a817f8542..17407d09e7 100644
--- a/scm-webapp/src/main/webapp/resources/js/sonia.history.js
+++ b/scm-webapp/src/main/webapp/resources/js/sonia.history.js
@@ -37,16 +37,42 @@ Sonia.History = {
   recentlyAdded: [],
   
   add: function(token){
+    if ( debug ){
+      console.debug('add history element ' + token);
+    }
     this.recentlyAdded.push(token);
     Ext.History.add(token, true);
   },
   
   append: function(item){
+    return this.appendWithDepth(item, 1);
+  },
+  
+  appendWithDepth: function(item, depth){
     var token = Ext.History.getToken();
     if ( token ){
+      var tokenSuffix = '';
+      if (Ext.isArray(item)){
+        for (var i=0; i<item.length; i++){
+          tokenSuffix += item[i];
+          if ( (i+1)<item.length ){
+            tokenSuffix += '|';
+          }
+        }
+      } else {
+        tokenSuffix = item;
+      }
+      
       var parts = token.split('|');
-      this.add(parts[0] + '|' + item);
+      var newToken = '';
+      for (var j=0; j<depth; j++){
+        newToken += parts[j] + '|';
+      }
+      newToken += tokenSuffix;
+      this.add(newToken);
+      token = newToken;
     }
+    return token;
   },
   
   register: function(id, fn, scope){
@@ -68,7 +94,7 @@ Sonia.History = {
         console.debug('handle history event for ' + id + ' with "' + params + '"');
       }
       if (Ext.isFunction(el) ){
-        el();
+        el(params);
       } else {
         el.fn.call(el.scope, params);
       }
diff --git a/scm-webapp/src/main/webapp/resources/js/sonia.scm.js b/scm-webapp/src/main/webapp/resources/js/sonia.scm.js
index e34c931b22..c51285b5c4 100644
--- a/scm-webapp/src/main/webapp/resources/js/sonia.scm.js
+++ b/scm-webapp/src/main/webapp/resources/js/sonia.scm.js
@@ -502,7 +502,10 @@ Ext.onReady(function(){
     listeners: {
       tabchange: function(tabPanel, tab){
         if ( Ext.isDefined(tab) ){
-          Sonia.History.add(tab.id, true);
+          var id = tab.historyId ? tab.historyId : tab.id;
+          if (id){
+            Sonia.History.add(id, true);
+          }
         }
       }
     }