diff --git a/src/views/mod-queue/__tests__/mod-queue.test.tsx b/src/views/mod-queue/__tests__/mod-queue.test.tsx
index 26d0d335..49040d78 100644
--- a/src/views/mod-queue/__tests__/mod-queue.test.tsx
+++ b/src/views/mod-queue/__tests__/mod-queue.test.tsx
@@ -95,8 +95,18 @@ vi.mock('@bitsocial/bitsocial-react-hooks', () => ({
 }));
 
 vi.mock('@bitsocial/bitsocial-react-hooks/dist/stores/accounts/index.js', () => ({
-  default: (selector: (state: { accountsEditsSummaries: Record<string, Record<string, unknown>>; activeAccountId: string }) => unknown) =>
-    selector({ accountsEditsSummaries: { account: {} }, activeAccountId: 'account' }),
+  default: (
+    selector: (state: {
+      accounts: Record<string, typeof testState.account>;
+      accountsEditsSummaries: Record<string, Record<string, unknown>>;
+      activeAccountId: string;
+    }) => unknown,
+  ) =>
+    selector({
+      accounts: { account: testState.account },
+      accountsEditsSummaries: { account: {} },
+      activeAccountId: 'account',
+    }),
 }));
 
 vi.mock('@floating-ui/react', () => ({
@@ -150,6 +160,8 @@ vi.mock('../../../stores/use-challenges-store', () => {
 });
 
 vi.mock('../../../hooks/use-account-community-addresses', () => ({
+  areStringArraysEqual: (previous: readonly string[] | undefined, next: readonly string[] | undefined) =>
+    previous === next || (!!previous && !!next && previous.length === next.length && previous.every((value, index) => value === next[index])),
   useAccountCommunityAddresses: () => testState.accountCommunityAddresses,
 }));
 
diff --git a/src/views/rules/__tests__/rules.test.tsx b/src/views/rules/__tests__/rules.test.tsx
index 9d513b32..b064f81d 100644
--- a/src/views/rules/__tests__/rules.test.tsx
+++ b/src/views/rules/__tests__/rules.test.tsx
@@ -156,6 +156,23 @@ describe('Rules', () => {
     expect(scrollIntoViewMock).toHaveBeenCalled();
   });
 
+  it('re-scrolls an active directory hash when directory data refreshes', async () => {
+    await renderRules('/rules#b');
+    expect(scrollIntoViewMock).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+
+    testState.directories = [{ address: 'animals-posting.eth', title: '/an/ - Animals & Nature', directoryCode: 'an' }, ...testState.directories];
+    testState.directoryDefaults = {
+      directories: {
+        ...testState.directoryDefaults.directories,
+        an: { directoryCode: 'an', title: '/an/ - Animals & Nature', rules: ['Keep animal posts on topic.'] },
+      },
+    };
+
+    await renderRules('/rules#b');
+
+    expect(scrollIntoViewMock).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
+  });
+
   it('ignores address hashes instead of resolving them to directory rules or P2P rules', async () => {
     testState.communities = {
       'anime-posting.eth': {
diff --git a/src/views/rules/rules.tsx b/src/views/rules/rules.tsx
index ccecc0de..0dcaf974 100644
--- a/src/views/rules/rules.tsx
+++ b/src/views/rules/rules.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { Fragment, useEffect, useRef, useState, FormEvent } from 'react';
+import { Fragment, useEffect, useState, FormEvent } from 'react';
 import { Link, useLocation } from 'react-router-dom';
 import { useCommunity } from '@bitsocial/bitsocial-react-hooks';
 import { Footer, HomeLogo } from '../home/home';
@@ -240,7 +240,6 @@ const Rules = () => {
   const directories = useDirectories();
   const directoryDefaults = useDirectoryDefaults();
   const [loadedAddress, setLoadedAddress] = useState('');
-  const scrolledForRef = useRef<string | null>(null);
   const hashCode = getRulesHashCode(hash);
 
   // Order directories alphabetically by directory code (e.g. /3/, /a/, /aco/...), like 4chan, not by title.
@@ -257,7 +256,6 @@ const Rules = () => {
 
   useEffect(() => {
     setLoadedAddress('');
-    scrolledForRef.current = null;
     if (!hashCode) {
       window.scrollTo(0, 0);
     }
@@ -265,13 +263,12 @@ const Rules = () => {
 
   // Deep-link: /rules#code insta-scrolls to a known directory's rules once the matching section is rendered.
   useEffect(() => {
-    if (!hashCode || scrolledForRef.current === hashCode || !isDirectoryRoute(hashCode, directories)) {
+    if (!hashCode || !isDirectoryRoute(hashCode, directories)) {
       return;
     }
     const element = document.getElementById(hashCode);
     if (element) {
       element.scrollIntoView();
-      scrolledForRef.current = hashCode;
     }
   }, [hashCode, directories]);