diff --git a/app/routes/main/recent.coffee b/app/routes/main/recent.coffee
index 5e8e2e2f..0d0ff136 100644
--- a/app/routes/main/recent.coffee
+++ b/app/routes/main/recent.coffee
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ Route = MainTabRoute.extend
   reposTabName: 'recent'
 
   activate: ->
-    @store.set('recentReposOpened', true)
+    @store.set('recentReposTabIsOpened', true)
+
+  deactivate: ->
+    @store.set('recentReposTabIsOpened', true)
 
 `export default Route`
diff --git a/app/store.coffee b/app/store.coffee
index d5c40077..75267450 100644
--- a/app/store.coffee
+++ b/app/store.coffee
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ Store = DS.Store.extend
     [name, type] = event.split(':')
 
     auth = @container.lookup('auth:main')
-    if !@get('recentReposOpened') && event != 'job:log' && auth.get('signedIn') &&
+    if !@get('recentReposTabIsOpened') && event != 'job:log' && auth.get('signedIn') &&
         !config.pro && !config.enterprise
       # if recent repos hasn't been opened yet, we can safely
       # drop any events that doesn't belong to repos owned by