diff --git a/web/src/pages/Live.tsx b/web/src/pages/Live.tsx
index cd8cc6b0a..6360bfde2 100644
--- a/web/src/pages/Live.tsx
+++ b/web/src/pages/Live.tsx
@@ -8,12 +8,15 @@ import { FrigateConfig } from "@/types/frigateConfig";
 import LiveBirdseyeView from "@/views/live/LiveBirdseyeView";
 import LiveCameraView from "@/views/live/LiveCameraView";
 import LiveDashboardView from "@/views/live/LiveDashboardView";
+import { useGlobalState } from "@/context/global-state-provider";
 import { useEffect, useMemo, useRef } from "react";
 import useSWR from "swr";
 
 function Live() {
   const { data: config } = useSWR<FrigateConfig>("config");
 
+  const { setLastSelectedCamera } = useGlobalState();
+
   // selection
 
   const [selectedCameraName, setSelectedCameraName] = useHashState();
@@ -22,6 +25,11 @@ function Live() {
     "default" as string,
   );
 
+  const handleCameraChange = (camera: string) => {
+    setLastSelectedCamera(camera);
+    setSelectedCameraName(camera);
+  };
+
   useSearchEffect("group", (cameraGroup) => {
     if (config && cameraGroup) {
       const group = config.camera_groups[cameraGroup];
@@ -115,7 +123,7 @@ function Live() {
           cameras={cameras}
           cameraGroup={cameraGroup ?? "default"}
           includeBirdseye={includesBirdseye}
-          onSelectCamera={setSelectedCameraName}
+          onSelectCamera={handleCameraChange}
           fullscreen={fullscreen}
           toggleFullscreen={toggleFullscreen}
         />