diff --git a/apps/viewer/init.js b/apps/viewer/init.js
index f2042a099..0356e4510 100644
--- a/apps/viewer/init.js
+++ b/apps/viewer/init.js
@@ -260,16 +260,17 @@ function initCore() {
 
 
             // add center position and zoom
-            if (data.states != undefined) {
-              // Rounds a number to the specified number of decimal places.
-              function roundTo(num, decimalPlaces) {
-                const factor = 10 ** decimalPlaces;
-                return Math.round(num * factor) / factor;
-              }
+            console.log('data', data);
+            if (data.viewerStates != undefined) {
               const decimalPlaces = 3;
-              attributes.X = data.states.x,
-              attributes.Y = data.states.y,
-              attributes.zoom = roundTo(data.states.zoom, decimalPlaces);
+              attributes.X = data.viewerStates.x,
+              attributes.Y = data.viewerStates.y,
+              attributes.zoom = roundTo(data.viewerStates.zoom, decimalPlaces);
+            }
+            // Rounds a number to the specified number of decimal places.
+            function roundTo(num, decimalPlaces) {
+              const factor = 10 ** decimalPlaces;
+              return Math.round(num * factor) / factor;
             }
 
 
diff --git a/apps/viewer/uicallbacks.js b/apps/viewer/uicallbacks.js
index d273b5533..2b3360e4e 100644
--- a/apps/viewer/uicallbacks.js
+++ b/apps/viewer/uicallbacks.js
@@ -895,7 +895,7 @@ function annoCallback(data) {
   noteData.notes = resultString;
 
   // get center position and zoom
-  let states = StatesHelper.getCurrentStates(true);
+  let viewerStates = StatesHelper.getCurrentStates(true);
 
   // save
   // provenance
@@ -922,10 +922,10 @@ function annoCallback(data) {
         $CAMIC.viewer,
         $CAMIC.viewer.canvasDrawInstance.getImageFeatureCollection(),
     ),
-    states: {
-      x: states.x,
-      y: states.y,
-      zoom: states.z,
+    viewerStates: {
+      x: viewerStates.x,
+      y: viewerStates.y,
+      zoom: viewerStates.z,
     },
   };