diff --git a/App/SplitViewController.swift b/App/SplitViewController.swift
index 8c134186..df51efaa 100644
--- a/App/SplitViewController.swift
+++ b/App/SplitViewController.swift
@@ -79,8 +79,9 @@ final class SplitViewController: UISplitViewController {
             .showDownloads
             .receive(on: DispatchQueue.main)
             .sink(receiveValue: { [weak self] _ in
-                if self?.traitCollection.horizontalSizeClass == .regular {
-                    self?.navigationViewModel.currentItem = .downloads
+                if self?.traitCollection.horizontalSizeClass == .regular,
+                   self?.navigationViewModel.currentItem != .downloads {
+                        self?.navigationViewModel.currentItem = .downloads
                 }
                 // the compact one is triggered in CompactViewController
         })
diff --git a/Views/Library/Library.swift b/Views/Library/Library.swift
index c999cb0c..39cc1619 100644
--- a/Views/Library/Library.swift
+++ b/Views/Library/Library.swift
@@ -74,7 +74,9 @@ struct Library: View {
         }.onDisappear {
             hasSeenCategories = true
         }.onReceive(navigation.showDownloads) { _ in
-            tabItem = .downloads
+            if tabItem != .downloads {
+                tabItem = .downloads
+            }
         }
     }
 }