diff --git a/api/router.js b/api/router.js
index ccfccb94..6f805de2 100644
--- a/api/router.js
+++ b/api/router.js
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ module.exports = function($window, redrawService) {
 			if (render != null) redrawService.render(root, render(Vnode(component, attrs.key, attrs)))
 		}
 		var bail = function() {
-			routeService.setPath(defaultRoute)
+			routeService.setPath(defaultRoute, null, { replace: true })
 		}
 		routeService.defineRoutes(routes, function(payload, params, path) {
 			var update = lastUpdate = function(routeResolver, comp) {
diff --git a/api/tests/test-router.js b/api/tests/test-router.js
index 7e2454cb..47bc1ac5 100644
--- a/api/tests/test-router.js
+++ b/api/tests/test-router.js
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ o.spec("route", function() {
 					o(root.firstChild.nodeName).equals("DIV")
 				})
 
-				o("routed mount points can redraw synchronoulsy (#1275)", function() {
+				o("routed mount points can redraw synchronously (#1275)", function() {
 					var view = o.spy()
 
 					$window.location.href = prefix + "/"
@@ -78,6 +78,8 @@ o.spec("route", function() {
 					callAsync(function() {
 						o(root.firstChild.nodeName).equals("DIV")
 
+						o($window.location.pathname).equals("/a")
+
 						$window.history.back()
 
 						o($window.location.pathname).equals("/")
diff --git a/mithril.js b/mithril.js
index a27e1734..104a4dac 100644
--- a/mithril.js
+++ b/mithril.js
@@ -1098,7 +1098,7 @@ var _20 = function($window, redrawService0) {
 			if (render1 != null) redrawService0.render(root, render1(Vnode(component, attrs3.key, attrs3)))
 		}
 		var bail = function() {
-			routeService.setPath(defaultRoute)
+			routeService.setPath(defaultRoute, null, { replace: true })
 		}
 		routeService.defineRoutes(routes, function(payload, params, path) {
 			var update = lastUpdate = function(routeResolver, comp) {
diff --git a/mithril.min.js b/mithril.min.js
index f31212e4..dc602474 100644
--- a/mithril.min.js
+++ b/mithril.min.js
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+g,m,l,n,p,k=function(a,b,k){if(null==a)throw Error("Ensure the DOM element that was passed to `m.route` is not undefined");var q=function(){null!=g&&c.render(a,g(u(m,l.key,l)))},t=function(){h.setPath(b,null,{replace:!0})};h.defineRoutes(k,function(a,b,c){var h=p=function(a,k){h===p&&(m=null!=k&&"function"===typeof k.view?k:"div",l=b,n=c,p=null,g=(a.render||d).bind(a),q())};a.view?h({},a):a.onmatch?D.resolve(a.onmatch(b,c)).then(function(b){h(a,b)},t):h(a,"div")},t);c.subscribe(a,q)};k.set=function(a,
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