diff --git a/dmp-frontend/src/app/ui/description/editor/table-of-contents/table-of-contents.component.ts b/dmp-frontend/src/app/ui/description/editor/table-of-contents/table-of-contents.component.ts
index 25e451b5e..460a7777f 100644
--- a/dmp-frontend/src/app/ui/description/editor/table-of-contents/table-of-contents.component.ts
+++ b/dmp-frontend/src/app/ui/description/editor/table-of-contents/table-of-contents.component.ts
@@ -24,8 +24,9 @@ export class TableOfContentsComponent extends BaseComponent implements OnInit, O
 	@Input() anchorFieldsetId: string;
 
 	tocentries: ToCEntry[] = null;
-
+	
 	private _intersectionObserver: IntersectionObserver;
+	pauseIntersectionObserver: boolean = false;
 
 	private _tocentrySelected: ToCEntry = null;
 	get tocentrySelected() {
@@ -152,7 +153,7 @@ export class TableOfContentsComponent extends BaseComponent implements OnInit, O
 			debounceTime(300),
 			distinctUntilChanged(),
 		).subscribe(x => {
-			if (x.isIntersecting) {
+			if (x.isIntersecting && !this.pauseIntersectionObserver) {
 				const target_id = x.target.id;
 				if (this._isVisible(target_id)) {
 					this.tocentrySelected = TableOfContentsComponent._findTocEntryById(target_id, this.tocentries);
@@ -337,8 +338,10 @@ export class TableOfContentsComponent extends BaseComponent implements OnInit, O
 	}
 
 	onToCentrySelected(entry: ToCEntry = null, execute: boolean = true) {
+		this.pauseIntersectionObserver = true;
 		this.tocentrySelected = entry;
 		this.entrySelected.emit({ entry: entry, execute: execute });
+		setTimeout(() => this.pauseIntersectionObserver = false, 1000);
 	}
 
 	/**