diff --git a/apps/red-ui/src/app/modules/app-config/app-config.service.ts b/apps/red-ui/src/app/modules/app-config/app-config.service.ts
index cf68cbd88..b5520c68d 100644
--- a/apps/red-ui/src/app/modules/app-config/app-config.service.ts
+++ b/apps/red-ui/src/app/modules/app-config/app-config.service.ts
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ export enum AppConfigKey {
     ADMIN_CONTACT_NAME = 'ADMIN_CONTACT_NAME',
     ADMIN_CONTACT_URL = 'ADMIN_CONTACT_URL',
     AUTO_READ_TIME = 'AUTO_READ_TIME',
+    SELECTION_MODE = 'SELECTION_MODE',
     MAX_FILE_SIZE_MB = 'MAX_FILE_SIZE_MB',
     RECENT_PERIOD_IN_HOURS = 'RECENT_PERIOD_IN_HOURS',
     DELETE_RETENTION_HOURS = 'DELETE_RETENTION_HOURS',
diff --git a/apps/red-ui/src/app/modules/dossier/components/pdf-viewer/pdf-viewer.component.ts b/apps/red-ui/src/app/modules/dossier/components/pdf-viewer/pdf-viewer.component.ts
index 39e403ab9..1214932e8 100644
--- a/apps/red-ui/src/app/modules/dossier/components/pdf-viewer/pdf-viewer.component.ts
+++ b/apps/red-ui/src/app/modules/dossier/components/pdf-viewer/pdf-viewer.component.ts
@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@ import { AnnotationActionsService } from '../../services/annotation-actions.serv
 import { UserPreferenceService } from '@services/user-preference.service';
 import { translateQuads } from '@utils/pdf-coordinates';
 import { BASE_HREF } from '../../../../tokens';
-import Tool = Tools.Tool;
+import { AppConfigKey, AppConfigService } from '../../../app-config/app-config.service';
+import TextTool = Tools.TextTool;
 
 @Component({
     selector: 'redaction-pdf-viewer',
@@ -49,7 +50,6 @@ export class PdfViewerComponent implements OnInit, AfterViewInit, OnChanges {
     @ViewChild('viewer', { static: true }) viewer: ElementRef;
     instance: WebViewerInstance;
     private _selectedText = '';
-    private _defaultTool: Tool;
     private readonly _allowedKeyboardShortcuts = ['+', '-', 'p', 'r', 'Escape'];
 
     constructor(
@@ -59,7 +59,8 @@ export class PdfViewerComponent implements OnInit, AfterViewInit, OnChanges {
         private readonly _ngZone: NgZone,
         private readonly _userPreferenceService: UserPreferenceService,
         private readonly _annotationDrawService: AnnotationDrawService,
-        private readonly _annotationActionsService: AnnotationActionsService
+        private readonly _annotationActionsService: AnnotationActionsService,
+        private readonly _appConfigService: AppConfigService
     ) {}
 
     ngOnInit() {
@@ -102,18 +103,15 @@ export class PdfViewerComponent implements OnInit, AfterViewInit, OnChanges {
             this.deselectAllAnnotations();
         }
 
-        const annotationsFromViewer = annotations.map(ann =>
-            this.instance.annotManager.getAnnotationById(ann.id)
-        );
+        const annotationsFromViewer = annotations.map(ann => this._getAnnotationById(ann.id));
         this.instance.annotManager.selectAnnotations(annotationsFromViewer);
         this.navigateToPage(annotations[0].pageNumber);
         this.instance.annotManager.jumpToAnnotation(annotationsFromViewer[0]);
     }
 
     deselectAnnotations(annotations: AnnotationWrapper[]) {
-        this.instance.annotManager.deselectAnnotations(
-            annotations.map(ann => this.instance.annotManager.getAnnotationById(ann.id))
-        );
+        const ann = annotations.map(a => this._getAnnotationById(a.id));
+        this.instance.annotManager.deselectAnnotations(ann);
     }
 
     navigateToPage(pageNumber: number) {
@@ -133,6 +131,10 @@ export class PdfViewerComponent implements OnInit, AfterViewInit, OnChanges {
         this.instance.docViewer.getDisplayModeManager().setDisplayMode(instanceDisplayMode);
     }
 
+    private _getAnnotationById(id: string): Annotations.Annotation {
+        return this.instance.annotManager.getAnnotationById(id);
+    }
+
     private _loadViewer() {
         WebViewer(
             {
@@ -143,6 +145,7 @@ export class PdfViewerComponent implements OnInit, AfterViewInit, OnChanges {
             this.viewer.nativeElement
         ).then(instance => {
             this.instance = instance;
+            this._setSelectionMode();
             this._disableElements();
             this._disableHotkeys();
             this._configureTextPopup();
@@ -158,7 +161,6 @@ export class PdfViewerComponent implements OnInit, AfterViewInit, OnChanges {
                     this._toggleRectangleAnnotationAction(
                         annotations.length === 1 && annotations[0].ReadOnly
                     );
-                    // this.annotationSelected.emit(annotations.map((a) => a.Id));
                 }
             });
 
@@ -228,6 +230,11 @@ export class PdfViewerComponent implements OnInit, AfterViewInit, OnChanges {
         });
     }
 
+    private _setSelectionMode(): void {
+        const textTool = (<unknown>this.instance.Tools.TextTool) as TextTool;
+        textTool.SELECTION_MODE = this._appConfigService.getConfig(AppConfigKey.SELECTION_MODE);
+    }
+
     private _toggleRectangleAnnotationAction(readonly: boolean) {
         if (!readonly) {
             this.instance.enableElements(['add-rectangle']);
@@ -537,15 +544,14 @@ export class PdfViewerComponent implements OnInit, AfterViewInit, OnChanges {
         }
     }
 
-    private _documentLoaded() {
+    private _documentLoaded(): void {
         this._ngZone.run(() => {
-            this._defaultTool = this.instance.getToolMode();
             this.viewerReady.emit(this.instance);
             this.setInitialViewerState();
         });
     }
 
-    private _disableHotkeys() {
+    private _disableHotkeys(): void {
         this.instance.hotkeys.off('CTRL+SHIFT+EQUAL');
         this.instance.hotkeys.off('COMMAND+SHIFT+EQUAL');
         this.instance.hotkeys.off('CTRL+SHIFT+MINUS');
diff --git a/apps/red-ui/src/app/modules/dossier/screens/file-preview-screen/file-preview-screen.component.html b/apps/red-ui/src/app/modules/dossier/screens/file-preview-screen/file-preview-screen.component.html
index bc013adf2..cc13c7d41 100644
--- a/apps/red-ui/src/app/modules/dossier/screens/file-preview-screen/file-preview-screen.component.html
+++ b/apps/red-ui/src/app/modules/dossier/screens/file-preview-screen/file-preview-screen.component.html
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@
                 [canPerformActions]="canPerformAnnotationActions"
                 [fileData]="displayData"
                 [fileStatus]="appStateService.activeFile"
-                [multiSelectActive]="!!fileWorkloadComponent?.multiSelectActive"
+                [multiSelectActive]="multiSelectActive"
                 [shouldDeselectAnnotationsOnPageChange]="shouldDeselectAnnotationsOnPageChange"
             ></redaction-pdf-viewer>
         </div>
diff --git a/apps/red-ui/src/app/modules/dossier/screens/file-preview-screen/file-preview-screen.component.ts b/apps/red-ui/src/app/modules/dossier/screens/file-preview-screen/file-preview-screen.component.ts
index fea21bbd1..7a3ac3694 100644
--- a/apps/red-ui/src/app/modules/dossier/screens/file-preview-screen/file-preview-screen.component.ts
+++ b/apps/red-ui/src/app/modules/dossier/screens/file-preview-screen/file-preview-screen.component.ts
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ export class FilePreviewScreenComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy, OnAttach,
     hideSkipped = false;
     displayPDFViewer = false;
     viewDocumentInfo = false;
-    @ViewChild(FileWorkloadComponent) fileWorkloadComponent: FileWorkloadComponent;
+
     private _instance: WebViewerInstance;
     private _lastPage: string;
     @ViewChild('fileWorkloadComponent') private _workloadComponent: FileWorkloadComponent;
@@ -112,13 +112,13 @@ export class FilePreviewScreenComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy, OnAttach,
         });
     }
 
-    get singleUsersSelectOptions() {
+    get singleUsersSelectOptions(): string[] {
         return this.appStateService.activeFile?.isUnderApproval
             ? this.appStateService.activeDossier.approverIds
             : this.appStateService.activeDossier.memberIds;
     }
 
-    get assignTooltip() {
+    get assignTooltip(): string {
         return this.appStateService.activeFile.isUnderApproval
             ? 'dossier-overview.assign-approver'
             : 'dossier-overview.assign-reviewer';
@@ -172,6 +172,10 @@ export class FilePreviewScreenComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy, OnAttach,
         return this.appStateService.activeFileId;
     }
 
+    get multiSelectActive(): boolean {
+        return !!this._workloadComponent?.multiSelectActive;
+    }
+
     updateViewMode() {
         const annotations = this._getAnnotations(a => a.getCustomData('redacto-manager'));
         const redactions = annotations.filter(a => a.getCustomData('redaction'));
@@ -294,9 +298,7 @@ export class FilePreviewScreenComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy, OnAttach,
 
     handleAnnotationSelected(annotationIds: string[]) {
         this.selectedAnnotations = annotationIds
-            .map(annotationId =>
-                this.annotations.find(annotationWrapper => annotationWrapper.id === annotationId)
-            )
+            .map(id => this.annotations.find(annotationWrapper => annotationWrapper.id === id))
             .filter(ann => ann !== undefined);
         if (this.selectedAnnotations.length > 1) {
             this._workloadComponent.multiSelectActive = true;
@@ -391,7 +393,7 @@ export class FilePreviewScreenComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy, OnAttach,
     viewerPageChanged($event: any) {
         if (typeof $event === 'number') {
             this._scrollViews();
-            if (!this.fileWorkloadComponent.multiSelectActive) {
+            if (!this._workloadComponent.multiSelectActive) {
                 this.shouldDeselectAnnotationsOnPageChange = true;
             }
 
diff --git a/apps/red-ui/src/assets/config/config.json b/apps/red-ui/src/assets/config/config.json
index 49ce0c5cf..d7dbcb685 100644
--- a/apps/red-ui/src/assets/config/config.json
+++ b/apps/red-ui/src/assets/config/config.json
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
   "LICENSE_START": "01-01-2021",
   "LICENSE_END": "31-12-2021",
   "LICENSE_PAGE_COUNT": 1000000,
+  "SELECTION_MODE": "structural",
   "RECENT_PERIOD_IN_HOURS": 24,
   "MAX_FILE_SIZE_MB": 100,
   "DELETE_RETENTION_HOURS": 96
diff --git a/docker/red-ui/docker-entrypoint.sh b/docker/red-ui/docker-entrypoint.sh
index ac66ed5d3..665850dc0 100755
--- a/docker/red-ui/docker-entrypoint.sh
+++ b/docker/red-ui/docker-entrypoint.sh
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ OAUTH_IDP_HINT="${OAUTH_IDP_HINT:-}"
 ADMIN_CONTACT_NAME="${ADMIN_CONTACT_NAME:-}"
 ADMIN_CONTACT_URL="${ADMIN_CONTACT_URL:-}"
 AUTO_READ_TIME="${AUTO_READ_TIME:-1.5}"
+SELECTION_MODE="${SELECTION_MODE:-structural}"
 MAX_FILE_SIZE_MB="${MAX_FILE_SIZE_MB:-50}"
 DELETE_RETENTION_HOURS="${DELETE_RETENTION_HOURS:-96}"
 RECENT_PERIOD_IN_HOURS="${RECENT_PERIOD_IN_HOURS:-24}"
@@ -35,6 +36,7 @@ echo '{
           "LICENSE_EMAIL":"'"$LICENSE_EMAIL"'",
           "APP_NAME":"'"$APP_NAME"'",
           "AUTO_READ_TIME":'"$AUTO_READ_TIME"',
+          "SELECTION_MODE":"'"$SELECTION_MODE"'",
           "MAX_FILE_SIZE_MB":"'"$MAX_FILE_SIZE_MB"'",
           "RECENT_PERIOD_IN_HOURS":"'"RECENT_PERIOD_IN_HOURS"'",
           "DELETE_RETENTION_HOURS":"'"$DELETE_RETENTION_HOURS"'",