diff --git a/generic/views.py b/generic/views.py
index cb1455ba..5f6da730 100644
--- a/generic/views.py
+++ b/generic/views.py
@@ -389,14 +389,10 @@ class ExamViews(View, LoginRequiredMixin):
 
         path= "{0}{1}/exam/{2}.json".format(settings.MEDIA_ROOT, self.app_name, pk)
         url= "{0}{1}/exam/{2}.json".format(settings.MEDIA_URL, self.app_name, pk)
-        if request.GET.get('_'):
-            query_string =  urllib.parse.urlencode({'_': request.GET.get('_')}) 
-            url = '{}?{}'.format(url, query_string)
-            return redirect(url) 
-
 
         if os.path.isfile(path) and not exam.recreate_json:
             #exam_json_cache["cached"] = True
+            # Make sure we pass on an argument if we are forcing a reload
             if request.GET.get('_'):
                 query_string =  urllib.urlencode({'_': request.GET.get('_')}) 
                 url = '{}?{}'.format(url, query_string)