# Controller initialized twice when visiting from a Turbolinks page

**URL:** <https://discuss.hotwired.dev/t/controller-initialized-twice-when-visiting-from-a-turbolinks-page/17>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [February 2, 2018, 1:09am UTC](https://discuss.hotwired.dev/t/controller-initialized-twice-when-visiting-from-a-turbolinks-page/17 "2018-02-02T01:09:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![scottharvey](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/discuss.hotwired.dev/scottharvey/32/10_2.png) [@scottharvey](https://discuss.hotwired.dev/u/scottharvey)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2018, 1:30am UTC](https://discuss.hotwired.dev/t/controller-initialized-twice-when-visiting-from-a-turbolinks-page/17/4 "2018-02-02T01:30:06Z")

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Thanks @sam, that totally makes sense. Everything seems to be working as you described.

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