diff --git a/src/components/main/index.js b/src/components/main/index.js
index 909286abc..f8179df87 100644
--- a/src/components/main/index.js
+++ b/src/components/main/index.js
@@ -128,7 +128,9 @@ class Main extends React.Component {
           navBarHandler={() => {this.setState({sidebarOpen: !this.state.sidebarOpen});}}
         />
         <PanelsContainer width={availableWidth} height={availableHeight} left={this.state.sidebarOpen ? sidebarWidth : 0}>
-          {this.props.narrativeIsLoaded ? renderNarrativeToggle(this.props.dispatch, this.props.displayNarrative) : null}
+          {this.props.narrativeIsLoaded && !this.props.panelsToDisplay.includes("EXPERIMENTAL_MainDisplayMarkdown") ?
+            renderNarrativeToggle(this.props.dispatch, this.props.displayNarrative) : null
+          }
           {this.props.displayNarrative ? null : <Info width={calcUsableWidth(availableWidth, 1)} />}
           {this.props.panelsToDisplay.includes("tree") ? <Tree width={big.width} height={big.height} /> : null}
           {this.props.panelsToDisplay.includes("map") ? <Map width={big.width} height={big.height} justGotNewDatasetRenderNewMap={false} /> : null}
diff --git a/src/components/narrative/MobileNarrativeDisplay.js b/src/components/narrative/MobileNarrativeDisplay.js
index bb13a9a95..3bc6fdd64 100644
--- a/src/components/narrative/MobileNarrativeDisplay.js
+++ b/src/components/narrative/MobileNarrativeDisplay.js
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import React from "react";
 import { connect } from "react-redux";
 import queryString from "query-string";
 import { changePage, EXPERIMENTAL_showMainDisplayMarkdown } from "../../actions/navigation";
-import { TOGGLE_NARRATIVE } from "../../actions/types";
 import {
   linkStyles,
   MobileBannerTop,
@@ -61,7 +60,7 @@ class MobileNarrativeDisplay extends React.Component {
     };
 
     this.exitNarrativeMode = () => {
-      this.props.dispatch({type: TOGGLE_NARRATIVE, display: false});
+      this.props.dispatch(changePage({ path: this.props.blocks[0].dataset, query: true }));
     };
 
     this.goToNextPage = () => {
diff --git a/src/components/narrative/index.js b/src/components/narrative/index.js
index 921ee92d0..5699b677b 100644
--- a/src/components/narrative/index.js
+++ b/src/components/narrative/index.js
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import {
 } from './styles';
 import ReactPageScroller from "./ReactPageScroller";
 import { changePage, EXPERIMENTAL_showMainDisplayMarkdown } from "../../actions/navigation";
-import { CHANGE_URL_QUERY_BUT_NOT_REDUX_STATE, TOGGLE_NARRATIVE } from "../../actions/types";
+import { CHANGE_URL_QUERY_BUT_NOT_REDUX_STATE } from "../../actions/types";
 import { narrativeNavBarHeight } from "../../util/globals";
 
 /* regarding refs: https://reactjs.org/docs/refs-and-the-dom.html#exposing-dom-refs-to-parent-components */
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ class Narrative extends React.Component {
     super(props);
     this.state = {showingEndOfNarrativePage: false};
     this.exitNarrativeMode = () => {
-      this.props.dispatch({type: TOGGLE_NARRATIVE, display: false});
+      this.props.dispatch(changePage({ path: this.props.blocks[0].dataset, query: true }));
     };
     this.changeAppStateViaBlock = (reactPageScrollerIdx) => {
       const idx = reactPageScrollerIdx-1;