diff --git a/client/client.ts b/client/client.ts
index af37335c..10be6541 100644
--- a/client/client.ts
+++ b/client/client.ts
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ import type {
   PageMeta,
 } from "@silverbulletmd/silverbullet/type/index";
 import type { StyleObject } from "../plugs/index/space_style.ts";
+import type { ResolveAnchorResult } from "../plugs/index/types.ts";
 import { publicVersion } from "../public_version.ts";
 import { ClientSystem } from "./client_system.ts";
 import {
@@ -759,7 +760,8 @@ export class Client {
     let cursorWasVisible = false;
     try {
       const block = editorView.lineBlockAt(previousSelection.main.head);
-      const scrollBottom = previousScrollTop + editorView.scrollDOM.clientHeight;
+      const scrollBottom =
+        previousScrollTop + editorView.scrollDOM.clientHeight;
       cursorWasVisible =
         block.bottom > previousScrollTop && block.top < scrollBottom;
     } catch {
@@ -910,6 +912,42 @@ export class Client {
   async navigate(ref: Ref | null, replaceState = false, newWindow = false) {
     ref ??= this.getIndexRef();
 
+    // Resolve $-anchor refs into a concrete page + position. The page
+    // navigator only knows about position/header/linecolumn details, so
+    // we have to translate here.
+    if (ref.details?.type === "anchor") {
+      const anchorName = ref.details.name;
+      const pageFilter = ref.path
+        ? ref.path.endsWith(".md")
+          ? ref.path.slice(0, -3)
+          : ref.path
+        : undefined;
+      const result: ResolveAnchorResult = await this.clientSystem.localSyscall(
+        "index.resolveAnchor",
+        [anchorName, pageFilter],
+      );
+      if (!result.ok) {
+        if (result.reason === "missing") {
+          this.ui.flashNotification(
+            `Anchor not found: $${anchorName}`,
+            "error",
+          );
+        } else {
+          const pages = result.hits.map((h) => h.page).join(", ");
+          this.ui.flashNotification(
+            `Duplicate anchor $${anchorName} on pages: ${pages}`,
+            "error",
+          );
+        }
+        return;
+      }
+      ref = {
+        ...ref,
+        path: `${result.page}.md`,
+        details: { type: "position", pos: result.range[0] },
+      };
+    }
+
     if (newWindow) {
       console.log(
         "Navigating to new page in new window",
diff --git a/client/plugos/syscalls/editor.ts b/client/plugos/syscalls/editor.ts
index 626d2b65..49a7bb2d 100644
--- a/client/plugos/syscalls/editor.ts
+++ b/client/plugos/syscalls/editor.ts
@@ -219,10 +219,12 @@ export function editorSyscalls(client: Client): SysCallMapping {
         );
       } else if (
         ref.details &&
-        !["position", "linecolumn", "header"].includes(ref.details.type)
+        !["position", "linecolumn", "header", "anchor"].includes(
+          ref.details.type,
+        )
       ) {
         throw new Error(
-          "ref.details.type has to be 'position', 'linecolumn' or 'header'",
+          "ref.details.type has to be 'position', 'linecolumn', 'header' or 'anchor'",
         );
       }
 
@@ -244,6 +246,11 @@ export function editorSyscalls(client: Client): SysCallMapping {
         throw new Error(
           "ref.details.line and ref.details.column has to be of type `number`",
         );
+      } else if (
+        ref.details?.type === "anchor" &&
+        typeof ref.details.name !== "string"
+      ) {
+        throw new Error("ref.details.name has to be of type `string`");
       }
 
       await client.navigate(ref, replaceState, newWindow);
diff --git a/plugs/editor/navigate.ts b/plugs/editor/navigate.ts
index 65c89e28..6457dd99 100644
--- a/plugs/editor/navigate.ts
+++ b/plugs/editor/navigate.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import {
   config,
   editor,
-  index,
   markdown,
   space,
 } from "@silverbulletmd/silverbullet/syscalls";
@@ -59,34 +58,7 @@ async function actionClickOrActionEnter(
         );
       }
 
-      // Resolve anchor refs ($name) into a concrete page+position before
-      // delegating to editor.navigate (which doesn't know about anchors).
-      if (ref.details?.type === "anchor") {
-        const anchorName = ref.details.name;
-        const pageFilter = ref.path
-          ? ref.path.endsWith(".md") ? ref.path.slice(0, -3) : ref.path
-          : undefined;
-        const result = await index.resolveAnchor(anchorName, pageFilter);
-        if (!result.ok) {
-          if (result.reason === "missing") {
-            return editor.flashNotification(
-              `Anchor not found: $${anchorName}`,
-              "error",
-            );
-          }
-          return editor.flashNotification(
-            `Duplicate anchor $${anchorName} on pages: ${
-              result.hits.map((h) => h.page).join(", ")
-            }`,
-            "error",
-          );
-        }
-        ref.path = `${result.page}.md`;
-        ref.details = { type: "position", pos: result.range[0] };
-        return editor.navigate(ref, false, inNewWindow);
-      }
-
-      if (ref.path === "") {
+      if (ref.path === "" && ref.details?.type !== "anchor") {
         ref.path = currentPath;
       }
 
@@ -133,10 +105,7 @@ async function actionClickOrActionEnter(
     }
     case "Hashtag": {
       const hashtag = extractHashtag(mdTree.children![0].text!);
-      const tagPage = await config.get(
-        ["tags", hashtag, "tagPage"],
-        null,
-      );
+      const tagPage = await config.get(["tags", hashtag, "tagPage"], null);
       await editor.navigate(
         tagPage ?? `${tagPrefix}${hashtag}`,
         false,
diff --git a/website/CHANGELOG.md b/website/CHANGELOG.md
index feb579e3..5b22d9ee 100644
--- a/website/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/website/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ Whenever a commit is pushed to the `main` branch, within ~5 minutes, it will be
 * **Important**: Run `Space: Reindex` after upgrading (just once) to this version to make linked mentions and other features work again (this should be automatic, but just in case)
 * Fix: forced space reindex handling
 * Fix: clicking a wiki link to a page now places the cursor just after the page's frontmatter on first visit (matching fresh-load behavior), instead of at position 0. Pages already visited in the session still restore their previously saved cursor position.
+* Fix: `$`-anchor refs now resolve through the index from every navigation path
 
 ## 2.8.1
 * Fix: cursor and clicks no longer drift by a line or two when working below a tall widget (e.g. arrow-up from a list under a `${query[[…]]}` now advances exactly one line). Some other cursor preservation issues addressed as well.