diff --git a/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/js/src/sequence/display.coffee b/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/js/src/sequence/display.coffee
index d2fc831e35..74d063e474 100644
--- a/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/js/src/sequence/display.coffee
+++ b/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/js/src/sequence/display.coffee
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ class @Sequence
     @contents = @$('.seq_contents')
     @num_contents = @contents.length
     @id = @el.data('id')
-    @modx_url = @el.data('course_modx_root')
+    @ajaxUrl = @el.data('ajax-url')
     @initProgress()
     @bind()
     @render parseInt(@el.data('position'))
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ class @Sequence
     if @position != new_position
       if @position != undefined
         @mark_visited @position
-        modx_full_url = @modx_url + '/' + @id + '/goto_position'
+        modx_full_url = '#{@ajaxUrl}/goto_position'
         $.postWithPrefix modx_full_url, position: new_position
 
       # On Sequence change, fire custom event "sequence:change" on element.
diff --git a/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/seq_module.py b/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/seq_module.py
index c0c9bfc1a0..291d7a1ea1 100644
--- a/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/seq_module.py
+++ b/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/seq_module.py
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ class SequenceModule(SequenceFields, XModule):
                   'item_id': self.id,
                   'position': self.position,
                   'tag': self.location.category,
+                  'ajax_url': self.system.ajax_url,
                   }
 
         fragment.add_content(self.system.render_template('seq_module.html', params))
diff --git a/lms/templates/seq_module.html b/lms/templates/seq_module.html
index 0e7fae62b3..4d1dea2258 100644
--- a/lms/templates/seq_module.html
+++ b/lms/templates/seq_module.html
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <%! from django.utils.translation import ugettext as _ %>
 
-<div id="sequence_${element_id}" class="sequence" data-id="${item_id}" data-position="${position}" data-course_modx_root="/course/modx" >
+<div id="sequence_${element_id}" class="sequence" data-id="${item_id}" data-position="${position}" data-ajax-url="${ajax_url}" >
   <nav aria-label="${_('Section Navigation')}" class="sequence-nav">
     <ul class="sequence-nav-buttons">
       <li class="prev"><a href="#">${_('Previous')}</a></li>