diff --git a/src/frontend/src/features/rooms/components/Conference.tsx b/src/frontend/src/features/rooms/components/Conference.tsx
index 2a25a797..56a1a447 100644
--- a/src/frontend/src/features/rooms/components/Conference.tsx
+++ b/src/frontend/src/features/rooms/components/Conference.tsx
@@ -25,12 +25,12 @@ import { VideoConference } from '../livekit/prefabs/VideoConference'
 import { css } from '@/styled-system/css'
 import { BackgroundProcessorFactory } from '../livekit/components/blur'
 import { LocalUserChoices } from '@/stores/userChoices'
-import { navigateTo } from '@/navigation/navigateTo'
 import { MediaDeviceErrorAlert } from './MediaDeviceErrorAlert'
 import { usePostHog } from 'posthog-js/react'
 import { useConfig } from '@/api/useConfig'
 import { isFireFox } from '@/utils/livekit'
 import { useIsMobile } from '@/utils/useIsMobile'
+import { navigateTo } from '@/navigation/navigateTo'
 
 export const Conference = ({
   roomId,
@@ -230,10 +230,16 @@ export const Conference = ({
           onDisconnected={(e) => {
             switch (e) {
               case DisconnectReason.CLIENT_INITIATED:
-                navigateTo('feedback', { duplicateIdentity: false })
+                navigateTo('feedback')
                 return
               case DisconnectReason.DUPLICATE_IDENTITY:
-                navigateTo('feedback', { duplicateIdentity: true })
+                navigateTo(
+                  'feedback',
+                  {},
+                  {
+                    state: { reason: 'duplicateIdentity' },
+                  }
+                )
                 return
             }
           }}
diff --git a/src/frontend/src/features/rooms/routes/Feedback.tsx b/src/frontend/src/features/rooms/routes/Feedback.tsx
index f23c2f15..7f760260 100644
--- a/src/frontend/src/features/rooms/routes/Feedback.tsx
+++ b/src/frontend/src/features/rooms/routes/Feedback.tsx
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { Button } from '@/primitives'
 import { Screen } from '@/layout/Screen'
 import { Center, HStack, styled, VStack } from '@/styled-system/jsx'
 import { Rating } from '@/features/rooms/components/Rating.tsx'
-import { useLocation, useSearchParams } from 'wouter'
+import { useLocation } from 'wouter'
 
 // fixme - duplicated with home, refactor in a proper style
 const Heading = styled('h1', {
@@ -24,16 +24,14 @@ export const FeedbackRoute = () => {
   const { t } = useTranslation('rooms')
   const [, setLocation] = useLocation()
 
-  const [searchParams] = useSearchParams()
+  const state = window.history.state
 
   return (
     <Screen layout="centered" footer={false}>
       <Center>
         <VStack>
           <Heading>
-            {t(
-              `feedback.heading.${searchParams.get('duplicateIdentity') ? 'duplicateIdentity' : 'normal'}`
-            )}
+            {t(`feedback.heading.${state?.reason || 'normal'}`)}
           </Heading>
           <HStack>
             <Button variant="secondary" onPress={() => window.history.back()}>
diff --git a/src/frontend/src/routes.ts b/src/frontend/src/routes.ts
index 6a02165c..ed2ff1ac 100644
--- a/src/frontend/src/routes.ts
+++ b/src/frontend/src/routes.ts
@@ -43,11 +43,6 @@ export const routes: Record<
   feedback: {
     name: 'feedback',
     path: '/feedback',
-    to: (params: { duplicateIdentity?: false }) =>
-      '/feedback' +
-      (params.duplicateIdentity
-        ? `?duplicateIdentity=${params?.duplicateIdentity}`
-        : ''),
     Component: FeedbackRoute,
   },
   legalTerms: {