diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/canvasdesigner/canvasdesigner.controller.js b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/canvasdesigner/canvasdesigner.controller.js
index d23fdcbf84..cc45df2ce2 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/canvasdesigner/canvasdesigner.controller.js
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/canvasdesigner/canvasdesigner.controller.js
@@ -7,12 +7,22 @@ var app = angular.module("Umbraco.canvasdesigner", ['colorpicker', 'ui.slider',
 
 .controller("Umbraco.canvasdesignerController", function ($scope, $http, $window, $timeout, $location, dialogService) {
 
+    var isInit = $location.search().init;
+    if (isInit === "true") {
+        //do not continue, this is the first load of this new window, if this is passed in it means it's been
+        //initialized by the content editor and then the content editor will actually re-load this window without
+        //this flag. This is a required trick to get around chrome popup mgr. We don't want to double load preview.aspx
+        //since that will double prepare the preview documents
+        return;
+    }
+
     $scope.isOpen = false;
     $scope.frameLoaded = false;
     $scope.enableCanvasdesigner = 0;
     $scope.googleFontFamilies = {};
-    $scope.pageId = $location.search().id;
-    $scope.pageUrl = "../dialogs/Preview.aspx?id=" + $location.search().id;
+    var pageId = $location.search().id;    
+    $scope.pageId = pageId;
+    $scope.pageUrl = "../dialogs/Preview.aspx?id=" + pageId;
     $scope.valueAreLoaded = false;
     $scope.devices = [
         { name: "desktop", css: "desktop", icon: "icon-display", title: "Desktop" },
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/common/directives/components/content/edit.controller.js b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/common/directives/components/content/edit.controller.js
index 7d60a83b89..1a59c701d7 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/common/directives/components/content/edit.controller.js
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/common/directives/components/content/edit.controller.js
@@ -208,9 +208,9 @@
       if (!$scope.busy) {
 
         // Chromes popup blocker will kick in if a window is opened 
-        // outwith the initial scoped request. This trick will fix that.
+        // without the initial scoped request. This trick will fix that.
         //  
-        var previewWindow = $window.open('preview/?id=' + content.id, 'umbpreview');
+        var previewWindow = $window.open('preview/?init=true&id=' + content.id, 'umbpreview');
 
         // Build the correct path so both /#/ and #/ work.
         var redirect = Umbraco.Sys.ServerVariables.umbracoSettings.umbracoPath + '/preview/?id=' + content.id;
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web/Editors/ContentController.cs b/src/Umbraco.Web/Editors/ContentController.cs
index 511b33f812..d53ee84e7c 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web/Editors/ContentController.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web/Editors/ContentController.cs
@@ -643,9 +643,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Web.Editors
                     ShowMessageForPublishStatus(publishStatus.Result, display);
                     break;
             }
-
-            UpdatePreviewContext(contentItem.PersistedContent.Id);
-
+
             //If the item is new and the operation was cancelled, we need to return a different
             // status code so the UI can handle it since it won't be able to redirect since there
             // is no Id to redirect to!
@@ -875,24 +873,6 @@ namespace Umbraco.Web.Editors
             }
         }
 
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Checks if the user is currently in preview mode and if so will update the preview content for this item
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="contentId"></param>
-        private void UpdatePreviewContext(int contentId)
-        {
-            var previewId = Request.GetPreviewCookieValue();
-            if (previewId.IsNullOrWhiteSpace()) return;
-            Guid id;
-            if (Guid.TryParse(previewId, out id))
-            {
-                var d = new Document(contentId);
-                var pc = new PreviewContent(UmbracoUser, id, false);
-                pc.PrepareDocument(UmbracoUser, d, true);
-                pc.SavePreviewSet();
-            }
-        }
-
         /// <summary>
         /// Maps the dto property values to the persisted model
         /// </summary>