diff --git a/src/handlers/auth-callback-request.js b/src/handlers/auth-callback-request.js
index 8c64d07..0f7b501 100644
--- a/src/handlers/auth-callback-request.js
+++ b/src/handlers/auth-callback-request.js
@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@ class AuthCallbackRequest {
     }
 
     let requestUri = AuthCallbackRequest.fullUriFor(req)
-
     let issuer = AuthCallbackRequest.extractIssuer(req)
 
     let options = {
@@ -63,9 +62,9 @@ class AuthCallbackRequest {
       requestUri,
       oidcManager,
       serverUri,
+      returnToUrl: req.session.returnToUrl,
       response: res,
-      session: req.session,
-      returnToUrl: req.session.returnToUrl
+      session: req.session
     }
 
     let request = new AuthCallbackRequest(options)
@@ -158,6 +157,7 @@ class AuthCallbackRequest {
     this.debug('  Resuming workflow, redirecting to ' + this.returnToUrl)
 
     delete this.session.returnToUrl
+
     return this.response.redirect(302, this.returnToUrl)
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/handlers/select-provider-request.js b/src/handlers/select-provider-request.js
index 2b4e0b7..3f81c8a 100644
--- a/src/handlers/select-provider-request.js
+++ b/src/handlers/select-provider-request.js
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ class SelectProviderRequest {
    * @param [options.oidcManager] {OidcManager}
    * @param [options.response] {HttpResponse}
    * @param [options.serverUri] {string}
+   * @param [options.returnToUrl] {string} Url of the original resource
+   *   a client was trying to access before being redirected to select provider
    */
   constructor (options) {
     this.webId = options.webId
@@ -19,6 +21,7 @@ class SelectProviderRequest {
     this.response = options.response
     this.session = options.session
     this.serverUri = options.serverUri
+    this.returnToUrl = options.returnToUrl
   }
 
   /**
@@ -58,8 +61,9 @@ class SelectProviderRequest {
    * @return {SelectProviderRequest}
    */
   static fromParams (req, res) {
-    let body = req.body || {}
-    let webId = SelectProviderRequest.normalizeUri(body.webid)
+    const body = req.body || {}
+    const query = req.query || {}
+    const webId = SelectProviderRequest.normalizeUri(body.webid)
 
     let oidcManager, serverUri
     if (req.app && req.app.locals) {
@@ -72,6 +76,7 @@ class SelectProviderRequest {
       webId,
       oidcManager,
       serverUri,
+      returnToUrl: query.returnToUrl,
       response: res,
       session: req.session
     }
@@ -124,6 +129,7 @@ class SelectProviderRequest {
   static handlePost (request) {
     return Promise.resolve()
       .then(() => request.validate())
+      .then(() => request.saveReturnToUrl())
       .then(() => request.selectProvider())
       .catch(err => request.error(err))
   }
@@ -163,6 +169,15 @@ class SelectProviderRequest {
       .then(providerAuthUrl => this.response.redirect(providerAuthUrl))
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Saves `returnToUrl` param for later use in AuthCallbackRequest handler,
+   * to redirect the client to the original resource they were trying to access
+   * before entering the authn workflow.
+   */
+  saveReturnToUrl () {
+    this.session.returnToUrl = this.returnToUrl
+  }
+
   /**
    * @throws {Error}
    *
diff --git a/test/unit/auth-callback-request.js b/test/unit/auth-callback-request.js
index 1859763..399960b 100644
--- a/test/unit/auth-callback-request.js
+++ b/test/unit/auth-callback-request.js
@@ -77,7 +77,8 @@ describe('AuthCallbackRequest', () => {
 
       let oidcManager = {}
       let host = { serverUri: 'https://example.com' }
-      let session = { returnToUrl: 'https://example.com/resource' }
+      let returnToUrl = 'https://example.com/resource#hash'
+      let session = { returnToUrl }
 
       let req = {
         session,
@@ -96,7 +97,7 @@ describe('AuthCallbackRequest', () => {
       expect(request.oidcManager).to.equal(oidcManager)
       expect(request.response).to.equal(res)
       expect(request.session).to.equal(session)
-      expect(request.returnToUrl).to.equal(session.returnToUrl)
+      expect(request.returnToUrl).to.equal(returnToUrl)
     })
   })
 
diff --git a/test/unit/select-provider-request.js b/test/unit/select-provider-request.js
index f273151..6206c01 100644
--- a/test/unit/select-provider-request.js
+++ b/test/unit/select-provider-request.js
@@ -79,6 +79,9 @@ describe('SelectProviderRequest', () => {
     let res = HttpMocks.createResponse()
     let serverUri = 'https://example.com'
 
+    // 'https%3A%2F%2Foriginal.com%2Fpath%23hash'
+    const returnToUrl = encodeURIComponent('https://original.com/path#hash')
+
     it('should initialize a SelectProviderRequest instance', () => {
       let aliceWebId = 'https://alice.example.com'
       let oidcManager = {}
@@ -86,6 +89,7 @@ describe('SelectProviderRequest', () => {
       let req = {
         session,
         body: { webid: aliceWebId },
+        query: { returnToUrl },
         app: { locals: { oidc: oidcManager, host: { serverUri } } }
       }
 
@@ -95,6 +99,7 @@ describe('SelectProviderRequest', () => {
       expect(request.oidcManager).to.equal(oidcManager)
       expect(request.session).to.equal(session)
       expect(request.serverUri).to.equal(serverUri)
+      expect(request.returnToUrl).to.equal(returnToUrl)
     })
 
     it('should attempt to normalize an invalid webid uri', () => {
@@ -126,6 +131,19 @@ describe('SelectProviderRequest', () => {
     })
   })
 
+  describe('saveReturnToUrl()', () => {
+    it('should save the returnToUrl in session', () => {
+      let response = HttpMocks.createResponse()
+      let session = {}
+      let returnToUrl = encodeURIComponent('https://example.com/path#hash')
+      let request = new SelectProviderRequest({ response, session, returnToUrl })
+
+      request.saveReturnToUrl()
+
+      expect(request.session.returnToUrl).to.equal(returnToUrl)
+    })
+  })
+
   describe('selectProvider()', () => {
     it('should fetch the provider uri and redirect user to its /authorize endpoint', () => {
       let webId = 'https://example.com/#me'
@@ -178,11 +196,13 @@ describe('SelectProviderRequest', () => {
 
       request.validate = sinon.stub().resolves()
       request.selectProvider = sinon.stub().resolves()
+      request.saveReturnToUrl = sinon.stub()
 
       return SelectProviderRequest.handlePost(request)
         .then(() => {
           expect(request.validate).to.have.been.called()
           expect(request.selectProvider).to.have.been.called()
+          expect(request.saveReturnToUrl).to.have.been.called()
         })
     })