bootstrap change active tab on page reload

  <script>
  $('.nav-tabs-custom a').click(function(e) {
  e.preventDefault();
  $(this).tab('show');
});

// store the currently selected tab in the hash value
$("ul.nav-tabs > li > a").on("shown.bs.tab", function(e) {
  var id = $(e.target).attr("href").substr(1);
  window.location.hash = id;
});

// on load of the page: switch to the currently selected tab
var hash = window.location.hash;
$('.nav-tabs-custom a[href="' + hash + '"]').tab('show');
  </script>