diff --git a/brozzler/browser.py b/brozzler/browser.py
index fa633a4..41fe129 100644
--- a/brozzler/browser.py
+++ b/brozzler/browser.py
@@ -452,7 +452,7 @@ class Browser:
                         extra_headers=extra_headers,
                         user_agent=user_agent)
                 self.navigate_to_page(page_url, timeout=page_timeout)
-                if password:
+                if password and not 'facebook.com/groups' in page_url:
                     self.try_login(username, password, timeout=page_timeout)
                     # if login redirected us, return to page_url
                     if page_url != self.url().split('#')[0]:
diff --git a/brozzler/js-templates/facebook.js b/brozzler/js-templates/facebook.js
index c5c1770..25a5ef9 100644
--- a/brozzler/js-templates/facebook.js
+++ b/brozzler/js-templates/facebook.js
@@ -46,6 +46,18 @@ var umbraState = {'idleSince':null,'expectingSomething':null,'bottomReachedScrol
 
 var umbraIntervalFunc = function() {
 
+		// for facebook groups, switch to Discussion tab url
+		fbURL = window.location.href;
+		if (fbURL.indexOf("/groups/") !== -1 && fbURL.indexOf("?ref=direct") === -1) {
+			navlinks = document.querySelectorAll('a._2yau');
+			navlinks[1].click();  // click current Discussion link
+			return;
+			//groupDiscussionURL = fbURL.match("https://www.facebook.com/groups/[^/]+")[0] + "/?ref=direct";
+			//if (groupDiscussionURL) {
+			//	window.location.href = groupDiscussionURL;
+			//	return;
+			//}
+		}
 		var thingsToScroll = document.querySelectorAll(UMBRA_THINGS_TO_SCROLL_SELECTOR);
 		var everythingScrolled = true;