diff --git a/lib/pagy/extras/javascripts/pagy.js b/lib/pagy/extras/javascripts/pagy.js
index 4627a0849..eaaa39762 100644
--- a/lib/pagy/extras/javascripts/pagy.js
+++ b/lib/pagy/extras/javascripts/pagy.js
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 function Pagy(){}
 
+Pagy.windowListeners = [];
+
 Pagy.addInputEventListeners = function(input, handler){
                                 // select the content on click: easier for typing a number
                                 input.addEventListener('click', function(){ this.select() });
@@ -58,13 +60,16 @@ Pagy.responsive = function(id, tags, widths, series){
                                          pagyBox.insertAdjacentHTML('beforeend', html);
                                          lastWidth = width;
                                        }
-                                     };
-                    if (window.attachEvent) { window.attachEvent('onresize', render) }
-                    else if (window.addEventListener) { window.addEventListener('resize', render, true) }
+                                     }.bind(this);
+                    window.addEventListener('resize', render, true);
+                    Pagy.windowListeners.push(render);
                     render();
                   };
 
 Pagy.init = function(){
+              // we need to explicitly remove the window listeners  because turbolinks persists the window object
+              Pagy.windowListeners.forEach(function(l){window.removeEventListener('resize', l, true)});
+              Pagy.windowListeners = [];
               ['compact', 'items', 'responsive'].forEach(function(name){
                 var json = document.getElementsByClassName("pagy-"+name+"-json");
                 for (var i = 0, len = json.length; i < len; i++) {