diff --git a/frontend/src/views/SimulationRunView.vue b/frontend/src/views/SimulationRunView.vue
index 894487e..20c247a 100644
--- a/frontend/src/views/SimulationRunView.vue
+++ b/frontend/src/views/SimulationRunView.vue
@@ -188,8 +188,8 @@ const handleGoBack = async () => {
     addLog(`Failed to check simulation status: ${err.message}`)
   }
   
-  // 返回到 Step 2 (环境搭建)
-  router.push({ name: 'Simulation', params: { simulationId: currentSimulationId.value } })
+  // 返回到 Step 2 (环境搭建), with flag so Step 2 knows to stop the sim
+  router.push({ name: 'Simulation', params: { simulationId: currentSimulationId.value }, query: { fromStep3: '1' } })
 }
 
 const handleNextStep = () => {
diff --git a/frontend/src/views/SimulationView.vue b/frontend/src/views/SimulationView.vue
index ec335a9..98475ad 100644
--- a/frontend/src/views/SimulationView.vue
+++ b/frontend/src/views/SimulationView.vue
@@ -288,10 +288,15 @@ const refreshGraph = () => {
 
 onMounted(async () => {
   addLog('SimulationView initialized')
-  
-  // 检查并关闭正在运行的模拟（用户从 Step 3 返回时）
-  await checkAndStopRunningSimulation()
-  
+
+  // Only stop running simulation if user explicitly navigated back from Step 3
+  // (indicated by 'fromStep3' query param), not on page refresh
+  if (route.query.fromStep3) {
+    await checkAndStopRunningSimulation()
+    // Clean up the query param
+    router.replace({ ...route, query: {} })
+  }
+
   // 加载模拟数据
   loadSimulationData()
 })