diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/tracks.js.erb b/app/assets/javascripts/tracks.js.erb
index 2fe5a74a..d3f9fd5b 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/tracks.js.erb
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/tracks.js.erb
@@ -201,6 +201,7 @@ var TodoItems = {
         params.data += "&term="+term;
         params.dataType = "json";
         params.async = false;
+        params.cache = false; // fix for Google Chrome around 48.0.2564.82, see issue #1983
         params.success = function(result){
             allContexts = result;
         };