diff --git a/assets/app.js b/assets/app.js
index ea38c1f..ca0f83b 100644
--- a/assets/app.js
+++ b/assets/app.js
@@ -48,9 +48,15 @@ function columnFromTh(th, rowUrl) {
     return col;
 }
 
+// Live DataTable instances, keyed by their <table> element. Used to tear them
+// down before Turbo caches a page - otherwise the back button restores a
+// snapshot that still contains DataTables' injected controls, and re-init
+// stacks a second set of "search" / "entries per page" rows on top.
+const instances = new Map();
+
 function initDataTables(root = document) {
     root.querySelectorAll('table.datatable').forEach((table) => {
-        if (table.dataset.datatable === 'false' || DataTable.isDataTable(table)) {
+        if (table.dataset.datatable === 'false' || instances.has(table) || DataTable.isDataTable(table)) {
             return;
         }
 
@@ -76,9 +82,16 @@ function initDataTables(root = document) {
             };
         }
 
-        new DataTable(table, options);
+        instances.set(table, new DataTable(table, options));
     });
 }
 
+function destroyDataTables() {
+    instances.forEach((dt) => dt.destroy());
+    instances.clear();
+}
+
 document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', () => initDataTables());
 document.addEventListener('turbo:load', () => initDataTables());
+// Restore the plain <table> before Turbo snapshots the page for its cache.
+document.addEventListener('turbo:before-cache', destroyDataTables);