diff --git a/backend/requirements.txt b/backend/requirements.txt
index e03836c..5e11b05 100644
--- a/backend/requirements.txt
+++ b/backend/requirements.txt
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ idna==3.10
 itsdangerous==2.2.0
 Jinja2==3.1.5
 MarkupSafe==3.0.2
-psycopg2==2.9.10
+psycopg2-binary==2.9.10
 pycparser==2.22
 PyJWT==2.10.1
 python-dotenv==1.0.1
diff --git a/front-end/views/hashtag.mjs b/front-end/views/hashtag.mjs
index 7b7e996..c73c094 100644
--- a/front-end/views/hashtag.mjs
+++ b/front-end/views/hashtag.mjs
@@ -15,6 +15,12 @@ import {createHeading} from "../components/heading.mjs";
 // Hashtag view: show all tweets containing this tag
 
 function hashtagView(hashtag) {
+  if (state.currentHashtag !== hashtag) {
+    state.currentHashtag = hashtag;
+    state.hashtagBlooms = [];
+    apiService.getBloomsByHashtag(hashtag);
+  }
+
   destroy();
 
   apiService.getBloomsByHashtag(hashtag);