diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/components/leaflet-map/leaflet-map-components.ts b/frontend/src/lib/components/leaflet-map/leaflet-map-components.ts
index 9ca49ccc..c7251a52 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/components/leaflet-map/leaflet-map-components.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/components/leaflet-map/leaflet-map-components.ts
@@ -216,6 +216,7 @@ function useLocateControl(map: Ref<Map>, context: FacilMapContext): Ref<Raw<Cont
 						inViewNotFollowing: "outOfView"
 					},
 					setView: "untilPan",
+					keepCurrentZoomLevel: true,
 					// These class names are not used anywhere, we just set them to avoid the default class names being set,
 					// which would apply the default icons using CSS.
 					icon: "fm-locate-control-icon",