diff -r bec6bba21c2b -r a9f9257cfcef client/js/paper-renderer.js
--- a/client/js/paper-renderer.js	Mon Feb 17 17:38:17 2014 +0100
+++ b/client/js/paper-renderer.js	Mon Feb 17 17:39:52 2014 +0100
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@
     _NODE_SIZE_STEP = Math.LN2/4,
     _MIN_SCALE = 1/20,
     _MAX_SCALE = 20,
-    _SCALE_STEPS = 16,
     _MOUSEMOVE_RATE = 80,
     _DOUBLETAP_DELAY = 800,
         /* Maximum distance in pixels (squared, to reduce calculations)
@@ -2211,7 +2210,6 @@
     if (nodes.length === 1) {
         this.setScale(1, paper.view.center.subtract(new paper.Point([nodes.at(0).get("position").x, nodes.at(0).get("position").y])));
     }
-    this.$.find(".Rk-ZoomSlider").slider('value', (_SCALE_STEPS/2));
 },
 redrawMiniframe: function() {
     var topleft = this.toMinimapCoords(this.toModelCoords(new paper.Point([0,0]))),