diff --git a/dve.js b/dve.js
index c9a1741..936bbcb 100644
--- a/dve.js
+++ b/dve.js
@@ -28,7 +28,14 @@ function fillDropdown(select) {
   }
 }
 
-function readUrlPosition() {
+function readUrlState() {
+  const state = {
+    center,
+    zoom,
+    count: 2,
+    layers: []
+  };
+
   const match = window.location.hash.match(/^#map=([0-9.]+)\/(-?[0-9.]+)\/(-?[0-9.]+)/);
 
   if (match) {
@@ -37,25 +44,52 @@ function readUrlPosition() {
     const lng = parseFloat(match[3]);
 
     if (Number.isFinite(lat) && Number.isFinite(lng) && Number.isFinite(z)) {
-      return {
-        center: [lat, lng],
-        zoom: z
-      };
+      state.center = [lat, lng];
+      state.zoom = z;
     }
   }
 
-  return {
-    center,
-    zoom
-  };
+  const params = new URLSearchParams(window.location.hash.replace(/^#map=[^&]*/, ""));
+  const count = parseInt(params.get("count"), 10);
+
+  if (mapCounts.includes(count)) {
+    state.count = count;
+  }
+
+  for (let i = 1; i <= state.count; i++) {
+    const layer = params.get("layer" + i);
+
+    if (layer) state.layers.push(layer);
+  }
+
+  return state;
 }
 
-function writeUrlPosition(map) {
+function getSelectedLayers(count) {
+  const selected = [];
+
+  for (let i = 1; i <= count; i++) {
+    const select = document.getElementById("select" + i);
+    if (select && select.value) selected.push(select.value);
+  }
+
+  return selected;
+}
+
+function writeUrlState(map) {
   if (urlUpdateTimer) clearTimeout(urlUpdateTimer);
 
   urlUpdateTimer = setTimeout(() => {
     const c = map.getCenter();
-    const hash = "#map=" + map.getZoom() + "/" + c.lat.toFixed(5) + "/" + c.lng.toFixed(5);
+    const count = parseInt(document.getElementById("mapCountSelector").value, 10);
+    let hash = "#map=" + map.getZoom() + "/" + c.lat.toFixed(5) + "/" + c.lng.toFixed(5);
+
+    hash += "&count=" + count;
+
+    const selected = getSelectedLayers(count);
+    selected.forEach((name, index) => {
+      hash += "&layer" + (index + 1) + "=" + encodeURIComponent(name);
+    });
 
     history.replaceState(null, "", hash);
   }, 100);
@@ -71,7 +105,7 @@ function sync(source) {
   });
   syncing = false;
 
-  writeUrlPosition(source);
+  writeUrlState(source);
   updateCrosshairs();
 }
 
@@ -194,7 +228,7 @@ function initCrosshair(map) {
 }
 
 function init() {
-  const urlPosition = readUrlPosition();
+  const urlState = readUrlState();
   const mapCountSelector = document.getElementById("mapCountSelector");
   fillMapCountDropdown(mapCountSelector);
 
@@ -202,7 +236,11 @@ function init() {
     const select = document.getElementById("select" + i);
     fillDropdown(select);
 
-    const map = L.map("map" + i, { center: urlPosition.center, zoom: urlPosition.zoom, zoomControl: false });
+    if (urlState.layers[i - 1] && TILE_SERVERS[urlState.layers[i - 1]]) {
+      select.value = urlState.layers[i - 1];
+    }
+
+    const map = L.map("map" + i, { center: urlState.center, zoom: urlState.zoom, zoomControl: false });
     map.on("move", () => sync(map));
     map.on("zoom", () => sync(map));
 
@@ -218,15 +256,18 @@ function init() {
     select.addEventListener("change", e => {
       const key = e.target.value;
       layers[i - 1] = setLayer(map, TILE_SERVERS[key], layers[i - 1]);
+      writeUrlState(map);
     });
   }
 
-  mapCountSelector.value = "2";
+  mapCountSelector.value = urlState.count;
   mapCountSelector.addEventListener("change", e => {
     setMapCount(parseInt(e.target.value, 10));
+    writeUrlState(maps[0]);
   });
 
   setMapCount(parseInt(mapCountSelector.value, 10));
+  writeUrlState(maps[0]);
 }
 
 async function loadTileConfigs(json_files) {