diff --git a/static/js/tasks.js b/static/js/tasks.js
index 20ed1c2..b910252 100644
--- a/static/js/tasks.js
+++ b/static/js/tasks.js
@@ -170,8 +170,12 @@ function initScrollFocus() {
 
     scrollView.removeEventListener("scroll", handleScrollFocus);
     scrollView.removeEventListener("scroll", handleScrollSave);
-    scrollView.addEventListener("scroll", handleScrollFocus);
-    scrollView.addEventListener("scroll", handleScrollSave);
+
+    // Delay binding to skip the async scroll event queued by scrollToTask
+    setTimeout(() => {
+        scrollView.addEventListener("scroll", handleScrollFocus);
+        scrollView.addEventListener("scroll", handleScrollSave);
+    }, 0);
 }
 
 function handleScrollFocus() {