diff --git a/apps/red-ui/src/app/modules/file-preview/components/page-indicator/page-indicator.component.ts b/apps/red-ui/src/app/modules/file-preview/components/page-indicator/page-indicator.component.ts
index 674188379..3cfd93922 100644
--- a/apps/red-ui/src/app/modules/file-preview/components/page-indicator/page-indicator.component.ts
+++ b/apps/red-ui/src/app/modules/file-preview/components/page-indicator/page-indicator.component.ts
@@ -4,12 +4,14 @@ import { ViewedPagesService } from '@services/files/viewed-pages.service';
 import { FilePreviewStateService } from '../../services/file-preview-state.service';
 import { PageRotationService } from '../../../pdf-viewer/services/page-rotation.service';
 import { ContextComponent, getConfig } from '@iqser/common-ui';
-import { tap } from 'rxjs/operators';
+import { map, tap } from 'rxjs/operators';
 import { AppConfig, ViewedPage } from '@red/domain';
 import { ViewedPagesMapService } from '@services/files/viewed-pages-map.service';
+import { pairwise } from 'rxjs';
 
 interface PageIndicatorContext {
     isRotated: boolean;
+    assigneeChanged: boolean;
 }
 
 @Component({
@@ -47,7 +49,12 @@ export class PageIndicatorComponent extends ContextComponent<PageIndicatorContex
                 this._changeDetectorRef.detectChanges();
             }),
         );
-        super._initContext({ isRotated: isRotated$ });
+        const assigneeChanged$ = this._state.file$.pipe(
+            pairwise(),
+            map(([prevFile, currFile]) => this.active && prevFile.assignee !== currFile.assignee),
+            tap(assigneeChanged => assigneeChanged && this.handlePageRead()),
+        );
+        super._initContext({ isRotated: isRotated$, assigneeChanged: assigneeChanged$ });
     }
 
     ngOnChanges() {