diff --git a/openlp/plugins/remotes/html/openlp.js b/openlp/plugins/remotes/html/openlp.js
index 93197b160..686b61e29 100644
--- a/openlp/plugins/remotes/html/openlp.js
+++ b/openlp/plugins/remotes/html/openlp.js
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ window.OpenLP = {
           li.children("a").click(OpenLP.setSlide);
           ul.append(li);
         }
+        OpenLP.currentItem = data.results.item;
         ul.listview("refresh");
       }
     );
diff --git a/openlp/plugins/remotes/lib/httpserver.py b/openlp/plugins/remotes/lib/httpserver.py
index 67ab34a18..45aa78418 100644
--- a/openlp/plugins/remotes/lib/httpserver.py
+++ b/openlp/plugins/remotes/lib/httpserver.py
@@ -463,6 +463,8 @@ class HttpConnection(object):
                     item[u'selected'] = (self.parent.current_slide == index)
                     data.append(item)
             json_data = {u'results': {u'slides': data}}
+            if current_item:
+                json_data[u'results'][u'item'] = self.parent.current_item._uuid
         else:
             if self.url_params and self.url_params.get(u'data'):
                 data = json.loads(self.url_params[u'data'][0])