diff --git a/src/filing/actions/refileReady.js b/src/filing/actions/refileReady.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..645e0fc3e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/filing/actions/refileReady.js
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+import * as types from '../constants'
+
+export default function refileReady() {
+  return {
+    type: types.REFILE_READY
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/filing/actions/startRefile.js b/src/filing/actions/startRefile.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..98e9c633a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/filing/actions/startRefile.js
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+import * as types from '../constants'
+
+export default function startRefile() {
+  return {
+    type: types.START_REFILE
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/filing/constants/index.js b/src/filing/constants/index.js
index a76f129f7..e8073c1ef 100644
--- a/src/filing/constants/index.js
+++ b/src/filing/constants/index.js
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@ export const UPDATE_FILING_PERIOD = 'UPDATE_FILING_PERIOD'
 export const UPDATE_PATHNAME = 'UPDATE_PATHNAME'
 export const SET_LEI = 'SET_LEI'
 
+export const START_REFILE = 'START_REFILE'
+export const REFILE_READY = 'REFILE_READY'
+
 export const REQUEST_VERIFY_QUALITY = 'REQUEST_VERIFY_QUALITY'
 export const REQUEST_VERIFY_MACRO = 'REQUEST_VERIFY_MACRO'
 export const VERIFY_QUALITY = 'VERIFY_QUALITY'
@@ -75,4 +78,4 @@ export const CHECK_SIGNATURE = 'CHECK_SIGNATURE'
 export const UPDATE_STATUS = 'UPDATE_STATUS'
 
 export const REQUEST_LATEST_SUBMISSION = 'REQUEST_LATEST_SUBMISSION'
-export const RECEIVE_LATEST_SUBMISSION = 'RECEIVE_LATEST_SUBMISSION'
\ No newline at end of file
+export const RECEIVE_LATEST_SUBMISSION = 'RECEIVE_LATEST_SUBMISSION'
diff --git a/src/filing/modals/confirmationModal/container.jsx b/src/filing/modals/confirmationModal/container.jsx
index 80eaaf7d0..79a40af4a 100644
--- a/src/filing/modals/confirmationModal/container.jsx
+++ b/src/filing/modals/confirmationModal/container.jsx
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 import { connect } from 'react-redux'
 import { withRouter } from 'react-router-dom'
 import hideConfirm from '../../actions/hideConfirm.js'
+import startRefile from '../../actions/startRefile.js'
+import refileReady from '../../actions/refileReady.js'
 import fetchNewSubmission from '../../actions/fetchNewSubmission.js'
 import refreshState from '../../actions/refreshState.js'
 import selectFile from '../../actions/selectFile.js'
@@ -32,15 +34,18 @@ export function mapDispatchToProps(dispatch, ownProps) {
   }
 
   const triggerRefile = (lei, period, page = '', file) => {
+    dispatch(startRefile())
     dispatch(refreshState())
     if (page === 'upload' && file) {
       checkFileErrors(file, fileErrors => {
-        if (fileErrors.length)
+        if (fileErrors.length){
+          dispatch(refileReady())
           return dispatch(processFileErrors(fileErrors, file.name))
-
+        }
         return dispatch(fetchNewSubmission(lei, period)).then(() => {
           dispatch(selectFile(file))
           dispatch(fetchUpload(file))
+          dispatch(refileReady())
         })
       })
     } else {
@@ -48,6 +53,7 @@ export function mapDispatchToProps(dispatch, ownProps) {
         const pathname = `/filing/${period}/${lei}/upload`
         if(page === 'institutions') ownProps.history.push(pathname)
         else ownProps.history.replace(pathname)
+        dispatch(refileReady())
       })
     }
   }
diff --git a/src/filing/reducers/index.js b/src/filing/reducers/index.js
index 47406e2b8..32233c142 100644
--- a/src/filing/reducers/index.js
+++ b/src/filing/reducers/index.js
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import error from './error.js'
 import user from './user.js'
 import redirecting from './redirecting.js'
 import latestSubmissions from './latestSubmissions'
+import refiling from './refiling'
 
 export default combineReducers({
   lei,
@@ -37,5 +38,6 @@ export default combineReducers({
   error,
   user,
   redirecting,
-  latestSubmissions
+  latestSubmissions,
+  refiling
 })
diff --git a/src/filing/reducers/refiling.js b/src/filing/reducers/refiling.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bbc5e0ef0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/filing/reducers/refiling.js
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+import { START_REFILE, REFILE_READY } from '../constants'
+/*
+ * Show that a refile has been triggered to differentiate
+ * between empty state on a refile vs first load
+ */
+
+export default (state = 0, action) => {
+  switch (action.type) {
+    case START_REFILE:
+      return 1
+    case REFILE_READY:
+      return 0
+    default:
+      return state
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/filing/submission/router.jsx b/src/filing/submission/router.jsx
index 7964caa42..f82fc4a7a 100644
--- a/src/filing/submission/router.jsx
+++ b/src/filing/submission/router.jsx
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ export class SubmissionRouter extends Component {
 
   guardRouting() {
     this.renderChildren = false
-    const { submission, edits, lei, match: {params}, dispatch } = this.props
+    const { submission, refiling, edits, lei, match: {params}, dispatch } = this.props
     const status = submission.status
     const wrongYear = !submission.id || +submission.id.period.year !== +params.filingPeriod
 
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ export class SubmissionRouter extends Component {
     if (unmatchedId) dispatch(refreshState())
     if(!lei || lei !== params.lei) return dispatch(setLei(params.lei))
 
-    if(submission.isFetching) return
+    if(refiling || submission.isFetching) return
 
     if (unmatchedId || !status || status.code === UNINITIALIZED || wrongYear) {
       return dispatch(fetchSubmission()).then(() => {
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ export class SubmissionRouter extends Component {
 }
 
 export function mapStateToProps(state, ownProps) {
-  const { submission, lei, edits } = state.app
+  const { submission, lei, edits, refiling } = state.app
 
   const { match: {params} } = ownProps
 
@@ -160,7 +160,8 @@ export function mapStateToProps(state, ownProps) {
     submission,
     params,
     lei,
-    edits
+    edits,
+    refiling
   }
 }