diff --git a/mapper/src/App.js b/mapper/src/App.js
index 5490e45..153308d 100644
--- a/mapper/src/App.js
+++ b/mapper/src/App.js
@@ -627,8 +627,11 @@ function Menu({data, duration, setDuration, end, setEnd, slider, setSlider, subm
 
 		setDuration(bestDuration);
 
-		// Set the end of the window to be the end of the search result for simplicity
-		const newEnd = resultEnd;
+		// Center the result in the window to allow panning
+		const resultCenterUnix = (result.start + result.end) / 2;
+		const windowDurationSeconds = bestDuration.num * bestDuration.secs;
+		const newEndUnix = resultCenterUnix + windowDurationSeconds / 2;
+		const newEnd = moment.unix(newEndUnix);
 		setEnd(newEnd);
 
 		// Calculate the new slider positions based on the new duration and end time