# Clicking on cog traps you in user prefs **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/clicking-on-cog-traps-you-in-user-prefs/62833 **Category:** Bug **Created:** [May 16, 2017, 8:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/clicking-on-cog-traps-you-in-user-prefs/62833 "2017-05-16T20:24:11Z") **Posts on this page:** 4 **Page:** 1
### Author: ![sam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/sam/32/102149_2.png) [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam) #### Post date: [May 16, 2017, 8:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/clicking-on-cog-traps-you-in-user-prefs/62833/1 "2017-05-16T20:24:12Z")
- Click the cog ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/b/0/b0da657d7ea045c75caeae642ab76fbf6d055319.png) - Click back - Back no worky… @eviltrout can you have a look? ---
### Author: ![jomaxro](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jomaxro/32/126216_2.png) [@jomaxro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jomaxro) #### Post date: [May 16, 2017, 8:51pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/clicking-on-cog-traps-you-in-user-prefs/62833/3 "2017-05-16T20:51:19Z")
This might be related to @neil’s preferences update. It looks like the cog links to `/username/preferences` and then you are routed to `/username/preferences/account`, so clicking back goes to `/username/preferences` causing a loop. ---
### Author: ![eviltrout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/eviltrout/32/5275_2.png) [@eviltrout](https://meta.discourse.org/u/eviltrout) #### Post date: [May 16, 2017, 9:22pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/clicking-on-cog-traps-you-in-user-prefs/62833/4 "2017-05-16T21:22:26Z")
Yes that’s the cause. This fixes it: [https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/5d494cf1587164568a0e72ad740d6289b4d98f06](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/5d494cf1587164568a0e72ad740d6289b4d98f06) ---
### Author: ![sam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/sam/32/102149_2.png) [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam) #### Post date: [May 16, 2017, 9:23pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/clicking-on-cog-traps-you-in-user-prefs/62833/5 "2017-05-16T21:23:11Z")