diff --git a/projects/design-angular-kit/src/lib/components/navigation/navscroll/navscroll.component.spec.ts b/projects/design-angular-kit/src/lib/components/navigation/navscroll/navscroll.component.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d2adf72c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/projects/design-angular-kit/src/lib/components/navigation/navscroll/navscroll.component.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+import { ComponentFixture, fakeAsync, TestBed, tick } from '@angular/core/testing';
+import { ViewportScroller } from '@angular/common';
+import { RouterTestingModule } from '@angular/router/testing';
+import { TranslateModule } from '@ngx-translate/core';
+
+import { ItNavscrollComponent } from './navscroll.component';
+import { NavscrollItem } from './navscroll.model';
+
+function makeItems(): NavscrollItem[] {
+  return [
+    { title: 'Section One', href: 'section-1', text: 'Content one', childs: [] },
+    { title: 'Section Two', href: 'section-2', text: 'Content two', childs: [] },
+    { title: 'Section Three', href: 'section-3', text: 'Content three', childs: [] },
+  ];
+}
+
+describe('ItNavscrollComponent', () => {
+  let fixture: ComponentFixture<ItNavscrollComponent>;
+  let component: ItNavscrollComponent;
+  let scroller: ViewportScroller;
+
+  beforeEach(async () => {
+    await TestBed.configureTestingModule({
+      imports: [ItNavscrollComponent, RouterTestingModule, TranslateModule.forRoot()],
+    }).compileComponents();
+
+    scroller = TestBed.inject(ViewportScroller);
+    fixture = TestBed.createComponent(ItNavscrollComponent);
+    component = fixture.componentInstance;
+  });
+
+  it('should create', () => {
+    component.items = makeItems();
+    fixture.detectChanges();
+    expect(component).toBeTruthy();
+  });
+
+  it('should NOT auto-scroll to first section on initial load', fakeAsync(() => {
+    const scrollSpy = spyOn(scroller, 'scrollToAnchor');
+    component.items = makeItems();
+    fixture.detectChanges();
+    tick(100);
+
+    // The programmatic init selection must NOT trigger scrollToAnchor
+    expect(scrollSpy).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  }));
+
+  it('should render all section headings', () => {
+    component.items = makeItems();
+    fixture.detectChanges();
+
+    const el: HTMLElement = fixture.nativeElement;
+    const headings = el.querySelectorAll('.it-page-section');
+    expect(headings.length).toBe(3);
+    expect(headings[0].textContent?.trim()).toBe('Section One');
+    expect(headings[1].textContent?.trim()).toBe('Section Two');
+    expect(headings[2].textContent?.trim()).toBe('Section Three');
+  });
+
+  it('should display the header text', () => {
+    component.items = makeItems();
+    component.header = 'Navigation';
+    fixture.detectChanges();
+
+    const el: HTMLElement = fixture.nativeElement;
+    const h3 = el.querySelector('h3');
+    expect(h3?.textContent?.trim()).toBe('Navigation');
+  });
+
+  it('should render nav links for each item', () => {
+    component.items = makeItems();
+    fixture.detectChanges();
+
+    const el: HTMLElement = fixture.nativeElement;
+    const links = el.querySelectorAll('.nav-link');
+    expect(links.length).toBe(3);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/projects/design-angular-kit/src/lib/components/navigation/navscroll/navscroll.component.ts b/projects/design-angular-kit/src/lib/components/navigation/navscroll/navscroll.component.ts
index b9cbf6b0..8f89750d 100644
--- a/projects/design-angular-kit/src/lib/components/navigation/navscroll/navscroll.component.ts
+++ b/projects/design-angular-kit/src/lib/components/navigation/navscroll/navscroll.component.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import {
 import { takeUntilDestroyed } from '@angular/core/rxjs-interop';
 import { RouterLink, RouterLinkActive, RouterLinkWithHref } from '@angular/router';
 import { TranslateModule } from '@ngx-translate/core';
-import { delay, filter, map, tap, withLatestFrom } from 'rxjs';
+import { delay, filter, map, skip, tap, withLatestFrom } from 'rxjs';
 import { ItNavscrollListItemsComponent } from './navscroll-list-items.component';
 import { NavscrollItem } from './navscroll.model';
 import { NavscrollStore } from './navscroll.store';
@@ -128,6 +128,9 @@ export class ItNavscrollComponent implements OnInit {
         takeUntilDestroyed(this.#destroyRef),
         filter(selected => Boolean(selected)),
         map(v => v as NavscrollItem),
+        // Skip the programmatic selection from store.init() so the page
+        // does not scroll to the first section on initial load (#597).
+        skip(1),
         delay(0), //WA
         tap({
           next: ({ href }) => {