diff --git a/src/ch/blinkenlights/android/vanilla/LibraryActivity.java b/src/ch/blinkenlights/android/vanilla/LibraryActivity.java
index 000437b2..089ceb66 100644
--- a/src/ch/blinkenlights/android/vanilla/LibraryActivity.java
+++ b/src/ch/blinkenlights/android/vanilla/LibraryActivity.java
@@ -714,6 +714,7 @@ public class LibraryActivity
 				.setMessage(delete_message)
 				.setPositiveButton(R.string.delete, new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {
 					public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int id) {
+						mPagerAdapter.maintainState(); // remember current scrolling position
 						mHandler.sendMessage(mHandler.obtainMessage(MSG_DELETE, intent));
 					}
 				})
diff --git a/src/ch/blinkenlights/android/vanilla/LibraryPagerAdapter.java b/src/ch/blinkenlights/android/vanilla/LibraryPagerAdapter.java
index eb7da30e..ad06ff00 100644
--- a/src/ch/blinkenlights/android/vanilla/LibraryPagerAdapter.java
+++ b/src/ch/blinkenlights/android/vanilla/LibraryPagerAdapter.java
@@ -447,6 +447,18 @@ public class LibraryPagerAdapter
 		return out;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Forcefully updates mSavedPositions by storing the current
+	 * state and passing it back into restoreState()
+	 * This ensures that the nest MSG_COMMIT_QUERY will
+	 * keep the current scrolling position
+	 */
+	public void maintainState()
+	{
+		Parcelable state = saveState();
+		restoreState(state, null);
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Sets the text to be displayed in the first row of the artist, album, and
 	 * song lists.