diff --git a/app/static/js/create_item.js b/app/static/js/create_item.js
index 76e3dede94d4a9c26438fa55dc96af37773182de..008bbcd28c9b0d32ba8658b3252a259c35b361fd 100644
--- a/app/static/js/create_item.js
+++ b/app/static/js/create_item.js
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 $(document).ready(function() {
 
+  $.fn.focusWithoutScrolling = function(){
+    var x = window.scrollX, y = window.scrollY;
+    this.focus();
+    window.scrollTo(x, y);
+    return this; //chainability
+  };
+
   // Focus to ICS id when loading the page
   $("#ics_id").focus();
 
@@ -19,10 +26,9 @@ $(document).ready(function() {
   // Focus on the submit button so that scanning the Submit action
   // will submit the form (due to the CR sent by the scanner)
   $("#serial_number").keydown(function(event) {
-    console.log(event.keyCode);
     if(event.keyCode == 13) {
       event.preventDefault();
-      $("#submit").focus();
+      $("#submit").focusWithoutScrolling();
       return false;
     }
   });