diff --git a/e2e/pages/contact.spec.ts b/e2e/pages/contact.spec.ts
index 8b4318d..3d2e4c9 100644
--- a/e2e/pages/contact.spec.ts
+++ b/e2e/pages/contact.spec.ts
@@ -96,9 +96,5 @@ test('bullet points in free text display well', async ({ page }) => {
 
 });
 
-home: contact list scrolls in screen, not off screen
-home: clicking off contact list closes it
-home: contact list is sorted ignoring case
-home: contact list should scroll to current contact in center of view
 journal: bullet points don't display
 */
diff --git a/e2e/pages/home.spec.ts b/e2e/pages/home.spec.ts
index 8ec39dd..2ab54f2 100644
--- a/e2e/pages/home.spec.ts
+++ b/e2e/pages/home.spec.ts
@@ -81,3 +81,21 @@ test('upcoming and recent show at least one birthday a week away', async ({ page
   await expect(page.locator('#upcoming').getByRole('link')).toHaveCount(4);
   await expect(page.locator('#recent').getByRole('link')).toHaveCount(4);
 });
+
+
+test('contact list scrolls (independently) to current contact in center of view', async ({ page }) => {
+  for (let count = 0; count < 30; count++) {
+    await verifyCreateUser(page, { names: [`Contact${count < 10 ? '0' + count : count}`] });
+  }
+
+  await page.goto('/contact/28');
+  await expect(page.getByRole('navigation').getByRole('link', { name: /Contact28/ })).toBeVisible();
+  expect(await page.locator('main').evaluate(e => e.scrollTop)).toEqual(0);
+
+  await page.goto('/contact/16');
+  await expect(page.locator('#nav-link-16')).toBeVisible();
+  const linkPos: number = await page.locator('#nav-link-16').evaluate(e => e.getBoundingClientRect().y);
+
+  // roughly centered is fine, not that fussy about headers and whatnot
+  expect(Math.abs(linkPos - (await page.evaluate('window.innerHeight/2') as number))).toBeLessThan(200);
+});
diff --git a/src/web/contact/mod.rs b/src/web/contact/mod.rs
index b99abdb..6b90020 100644
--- a/src/web/contact/mod.rs
+++ b/src/web/contact/mod.rs
@@ -61,6 +61,21 @@ fn human_delta(span: &jiff::Span) -> String {
 mod get {
     use super::*;
 
+    fn scroll_to(id: DbId) -> String {
+        format!(
+            "\
+            const top = document\
+                .getElementById('nav-link-{}')\
+                ?.getBoundingClientRect()\
+                ?.top;\
+                console.log({{ top }});\
+                top && document\
+                    .getElementById('contacts-sidebar')\
+                    .scrollTo({{top: top+window.innerHeight/2,left:0,behavior:'instant'}});",
+            id
+        )
+    }
+
     pub async fn contact(
         auth_session: AuthSession,
         State(state): State<AppState>,
@@ -125,7 +140,7 @@ mod get {
             html! {
                 a href=(format!("/contact/{}/edit", contact_id)) { "Edit" }
 
-                div id="fields" {
+                div #fields x-init=(scroll_to(contact_id)) {
                     label { @if contact.names.len() > 1 { "names" } @else { "name" }}
                     div {
                         @for name in &contact.names {
@@ -249,7 +264,7 @@ mod get {
                 div #error;
             }
 
-            #fields x-data=(json!({ "status": contact.status() })){
+            #fields x-data=(json!({ "status": contact.status() })) x-init=(scroll_to(contact_id)) {
                 label { @if contact.names.len() > 1 { "names" } @else { "name" }}
                 div #names x-data=(format!("{{ names: {:?}, new_name: '' }}", &contact.names)) {
                     template x-for="(name, idx) in names" {
diff --git a/src/web/mod.rs b/src/web/mod.rs
index a7f755d..3aa6b89 100644
--- a/src/web/mod.rs
+++ b/src/web/mod.rs
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ impl Layout {
                                li { button hx-post="/contact/new" { "+ Add Contact" } }
                                 @for link in &self.contact_links {
                                     li {
-                                        a href=(format!("/contact/{}", link.contact_id)) {
+                                        a id=(format!("nav-link-{}", link.contact_id)) href=(format!("/contact/{}", link.contact_id)) {
                                             (link.name)
                                         }
                                     }