diff --git a/lib/crowdsec.lua b/lib/crowdsec.lua
index 1c58eb0..462d15c 100644
--- a/lib/crowdsec.lua
+++ b/lib/crowdsec.lua
@@ -933,6 +933,13 @@ function csmod.Allow(ip)
                   end
                 end
               end
+              -- a background request (fetch, XHR, service worker update) keeps the page the visitor
+              -- navigated to: this is where the visitor is sent back once the captcha is solved
+              local fetch_mode = ngx.var.http_sec_fetch_mode
+              if previous_uri ~= nil and state_id == flag.VERIFY_STATE and source == remediationSource
+                  and fetch_mode ~= nil and fetch_mode ~= "navigate" then
+                uri = previous_uri
+              end
               local succ, err, forcible = ngx.shared.crowdsec_cache:set("captcha_"..ip, uri , 60, bit.bor(flag.VERIFY_STATE, remediationSource))
               if not succ then
                 ngx.log(ngx.ERR, "failed to add key about captcha for ip '" .. ip .. "' in cache: "..err)
diff --git a/t/25_stream_captcha_background_request.t b/t/25_stream_captcha_background_request.t
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a671bb1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/t/25_stream_captcha_background_request.t
@@ -0,0 +1,121 @@
+# a background request (Sec-Fetch-Mode other than navigate) must not replace
+# the page the visitor navigated to before the captcha is solved
+
+use Test::Nginx::Socket 'no_plan';
+
+run_tests();
+
+__DATA__
+
+=== TEST 25: Stream mode captcha keeps the navigated page
+
+--- init
+
+use LWP::UserAgent;
+
+my $ua = LWP::UserAgent->new;
+
+open my $out_fh, '>', 't/servroot/logs/perl.init.log' or die $!;
+
+my $req = HTTP::Request->new(GET => 'http://127.0.0.1:1984/t');
+$req->header('X-Forwarded-For' => '1.1.1.10');
+my $resp = $ua->request($req);
+if (!$resp->is_success) {
+    print $out_fh "Initialization failed with HTTP code " . $resp->code . "\n";
+    exit 1;
+}
+
+sleep(6);
+
+$req = HTTP::Request->new(GET => 'http://127.0.0.1:1984/page');
+$req->header('X-Forwarded-For' => '1.1.1.1');
+$req->header('Sec-Fetch-Mode' => 'navigate');
+$resp = $ua->request($req);
+if (!$resp->is_success || $resp->decoded_content !~ /<title>CrowdSec Captcha<\/title>/i) {
+    print $out_fh "Navigation did not get the captcha\n";
+    exit 1;
+}
+
+print $out_fh "Initialization completed successfully.\n";
+close $out_fh or warn "Could not close filehandle: $!";
+
+--- main_config
+load_module /usr/share/nginx/modules/ndk_http_module.so;
+load_module /usr/share/nginx/modules/ngx_http_lua_module.so;
+
+--- http_config
+
+lua_package_path './lib/?.lua;;';
+lua_shared_dict crowdsec_cache 50m;
+lua_ssl_trusted_certificate /etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt;
+
+
+init_by_lua_block
+{
+        cs = require "crowdsec"
+        local ok, err = cs.init("./t/conf_t/14_stream_crowdsec_nginx_bouncer.conf", "crowdsec-nginx-bouncer/v1.0.8")
+        if ok == nil then
+                ngx.log(ngx.ERR, "[Crowdsec] " .. err)
+                error()
+        end
+        ngx.log(ngx.ALERT, "[Crowdsec] Initialisation done")
+}
+
+access_by_lua_block {
+        local cs = require "crowdsec"
+        cs.Allow(ngx.var.remote_addr)
+}
+
+init_worker_by_lua_block {
+        cs = require "crowdsec"
+        local mode = cs.get_mode()
+        if string.lower(mode) == "stream" then
+           ngx.log(ngx.INFO, "Initilizing stream mode for worker " .. tostring(ngx.worker.id()))
+           cs.SetupStream()
+        end
+}
+
+server {
+    listen 8081;
+
+      location = /v1/decisions/stream {
+            content_by_lua_block {
+            local args, err = ngx.req.get_uri_args()
+            if args.startup == "true" then
+               ngx.say('{"deleted": [], "new": [{"duration":"1h00m00s","id":4091593,"origin":"CAPI","scenario":"crowdsecurity/vpatch-CVE-2024-4577","scope":"Ip","type":"captcha","value":"1.1.1.1"}]}')
+            else
+               ngx.say('null')
+            end
+            }
+      }
+}
+
+
+--- config
+
+location ~ ^/(?:t|page)$ {
+    set_real_ip_from 127.0.0.1;
+    real_ip_header   X-Forwarded-For;
+    real_ip_recursive on;
+    content_by_lua_block {
+        ngx.print("ok")
+    }
+    log_by_lua_block {
+        print("DEBUG CACHE:captcha_1.1.1.1:" .. tostring(ngx.shared.crowdsec_cache:get("captcha_1.1.1.1")))
+    }
+}
+
+--- more_headers
+X-Forwarded-For: 1.1.1.1
+Sec-Fetch-Mode: cors
+--- request
+GET /t
+
+--- error_code: 200
+--- grep_error_log eval
+qr/DEBUG CACHE:captcha_1\.1\.1\.1:[^ ,]*/
+--- grep_error_log_out
+DEBUG CACHE:captcha_1.1.1.1:nil
+DEBUG CACHE:captcha_1.1.1.1:/page
+DEBUG CACHE:captcha_1.1.1.1:/page
+--- wait: 1