diff --git a/examples/counter/containers/App.js b/examples/counter/containers/App.js
index 055ffbf2..9b5c11fc 100644
--- a/examples/counter/containers/App.js
+++ b/examples/counter/containers/App.js
@@ -1,16 +1,20 @@
 import React, { Component } from 'react';
 import CounterApp from './CounterApp';
 import { createStore, applyMiddleware, combineReducers, compose } from 'redux';
-import { devTools, persistState } from 'redux-devtools';
+import { devTools, persistState, urlState } from 'redux-devtools';
 import { DevTools, DebugPanel, LogMonitor } from 'redux-devtools/lib/react';
 import thunk from 'redux-thunk';
 import { Provider } from 'react-redux';
 import * as reducers from '../reducers';
 
+const devStateJsonMatches = window.location.href.match(/[?&]dev_state=([^&]+)\b/);
+const devStateJson = devStateJsonMatches ? devStateJsonMatches[1] : null;
+
 const finalCreateStore = compose(
   applyMiddleware(thunk),
   devTools(),
-  persistState(window.location.href.match(/[?&]debug_session=([^&]+)\b/))
+  persistState(window.location.href.match(/[?&]debug_session=([^&]+)\b/)),
+  urlState(devStateJson),
 )(createStore);
 
 const reducer = combineReducers(reducers);
diff --git a/src/index.js b/src/index.js
index 6e63a3a8..4177b2fd 100644
--- a/src/index.js
+++ b/src/index.js
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 export { default as devTools } from './devTools';
 export { default as persistState } from './persistState';
+export { default as urlState } from './urlState';
diff --git a/src/react/LinkToState.js b/src/react/LinkToState.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..09c2ec30
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/react/LinkToState.js
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+import React, { PropTypes, Component } from 'react';
+
+export default class LogMonitor extends Component {
+  static propTypes = {
+    computedState: PropTypes.object.isRequired
+  };
+
+  render() {
+    const stateUriComponent = encodeURIComponent(JSON.stringify(this.props.computedState));
+
+    // TODO: don't blow away other params
+    const urlForThisState = `?reduxDevState=${stateUriComponent}`;
+
+    return <a href={urlForThisState}>Current State</a>;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/react/LogMonitor.js b/src/react/LogMonitor.js
index c9839de5..c972193a 100644
--- a/src/react/LogMonitor.js
+++ b/src/react/LogMonitor.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import React, { PropTypes, findDOMNode, Component } from 'react';
 import LogMonitorEntry from './LogMonitorEntry';
 import LogMonitorButton from './LogMonitorButton';
+import LinkToState from './LinkToState';
 import * as themes from './themes';
 
 const styles = {
@@ -25,7 +26,7 @@ const styles = {
     position: 'absolute',
     left: 0,
     right: 0,
-    top: 38,
+    top: 76,
     bottom: 0,
     overflowX: 'hidden',
     overflowY: 'auto'
@@ -177,6 +178,8 @@ export default class LogMonitor extends Component {
       );
     }
 
+    const currentState = computedStates[computedStates.length - 1];
+    
     return (
       <div style={{...styles.container, backgroundColor: theme.base00}}>
         <div style={{...styles.buttonBar, borderColor: theme.base02}}>
@@ -185,6 +188,9 @@ export default class LogMonitor extends Component {
           <LogMonitorButton theme={theme} onClick={::this.handleSweep} enabled={Object.keys(skippedActions).some(key => skippedActions[key])}>Sweep</LogMonitorButton>
           <LogMonitorButton theme={theme} onClick={::this.handleCommit} enabled={computedStates.length > 1}>Commit</LogMonitorButton>
         </div>
+        <div>
+          <LinkToState computedState={{ monitorState, skippedActions, stagedActions, computedStates, select }} />
+        </div>
         <div style={styles.elements} ref="elements">
           {elements}
         </div>
diff --git a/src/urlState.js b/src/urlState.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..83d06b7c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/urlState.js
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+function serializeState(state) {
+  return encodeURIComponent(JSON.stringify(state));
+}
+
+function deserializeState(json) {
+  try {
+    return JSON.parse(decodeURIComponent(json));
+  } catch (e) {
+    console.log(json);
+    console.error('Could not parse state from Url', e);
+    console.log('To continue, remove query param that\'s trying to set state!');
+    throw e;
+  }
+}
+
+
+export default function urlEncodedStateReducer(stateUriComponent) {
+  return next => (reducer, initialState) => {
+    let store;
+    if (stateUriComponent) {
+      const stateOnUrl = deserializeState(stateUriComponent);
+      store = next(reducer, stateOnUrl);
+    } else {
+      store = next(reducer, initialState);
+    }
+
+    return store;
+  };
+}