diff --git a/docs/_static/custom.js b/docs/_static/custom.js
index 605f58de3..deea82613 100644
--- a/docs/_static/custom.js
+++ b/docs/_static/custom.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /* vim:fileencoding=utf-8
- * 
+ *
  * Copyright (C) 2021 Kovid Goyal <kovid at kovidgoyal.net>
  *
  * Distributed under terms of the GPLv3 license
@@ -12,8 +12,20 @@ function get_sidebar_tree() {
     return document.querySelector('.sidebar-tree');
 }
 
+function scroll_sidebar_node_into_view(a) {
+    var ss = get_sidebar_tree().closest('.sidebar-scroll');
+    if (!ss || !a) return;
+    ss.style.position = 'relative';
+    var pos = 0;
+    while (true) {
+        pos += a.offsetTop;
+        a = a.offsetParent;
+        if (!a || a == ss) break;
+    }
+    ss.scrollTop = pos;
+}
+
 function mark_current_link(sidebar_tree, a, onload) {
-    console.log(onload);
     var li = a.closest('li.has-children');
     while (li) {
         li.querySelector('input[type=checkbox]').setAttribute('checked', 'checked');
@@ -22,7 +34,7 @@ function mark_current_link(sidebar_tree, a, onload) {
     sidebar_tree.querySelectorAll('.current').forEach(function (elem) {
         elem.classList.remove('current');
     });
-    if (onload) a.scrollIntoView();
+    if (onload) scroll_sidebar_node_into_view(a);
     a.classList.add('current');
 }
 
@@ -32,7 +44,7 @@ function show_hash_in_sidebar(onload) {
         var a = sidebar_tree.querySelector('a[href="' + document.location.hash + '"]');
         if (a) mark_current_link(sidebar_tree, a, onload);
     } else {
-        if (onload) sidebar_tree.querySelector('.current-page a').scrollIntoView();
+        if (onload) scroll_sidebar_node_into_view(sidebar_tree.querySelector('.current-page a'));
     }
 }