diff --git a/apps/red-ui/src/app/modules/projects/screens/file-preview-screen/file-preview-screen.component.ts b/apps/red-ui/src/app/modules/projects/screens/file-preview-screen/file-preview-screen.component.ts
index cbcd81e74..f81e9afeb 100644
--- a/apps/red-ui/src/app/modules/projects/screens/file-preview-screen/file-preview-screen.component.ts
+++ b/apps/red-ui/src/app/modules/projects/screens/file-preview-screen/file-preview-screen.component.ts
@@ -88,6 +88,16 @@ export class FilePreviewScreenComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy, OnAttach,
         this.reviewerForm = this._formBuilder.group({
             reviewer: [this.appStateService.activeFile.currentReviewer]
         });
+
+        this._loadFileData().subscribe(() => {
+            this._updateCanPerformActions();
+        });
+
+        document.documentElement.addEventListener('fullscreenchange', () => {
+            if (!document.fullscreenElement) {
+                this.fullScreen = false;
+            }
+        });
     }
 
     get annotations(): AnnotationWrapper[] {
@@ -178,23 +188,13 @@ export class FilePreviewScreenComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy, OnAttach,
     }
 
     ngOnAttach(previousRoute: ActivatedRouteSnapshot) {
-        this.displayPDFViewer = true;
+        this.ngOnInit();
         this._lastPage = previousRoute.queryParams.page;
-        this._subscribeToFileUpdates();
     }
 
     ngOnInit(): void {
         this.displayPDFViewer = true;
-
-        document.documentElement.addEventListener('fullscreenchange', () => {
-            if (!document.fullscreenElement) {
-                this.fullScreen = false;
-            }
-        });
-
-        this._loadFileData().subscribe(() => {
-            this._updateCanPerformActions();
-        });
+        this.userPreferenceService.lastOpenedFileId = this.fileId;
 
         this._subscribeToFileUpdates();
     }
diff --git a/apps/red-ui/src/app/modules/projects/screens/project-overview-screen/project-overview-screen.component.html b/apps/red-ui/src/app/modules/projects/screens/project-overview-screen/project-overview-screen.component.html
index af4d7b065..23cf1e71d 100644
--- a/apps/red-ui/src/app/modules/projects/screens/project-overview-screen/project-overview-screen.component.html
+++ b/apps/red-ui/src/app/modules/projects/screens/project-overview-screen/project-overview-screen.component.html
@@ -170,6 +170,7 @@
                     *cdkVirtualFor="let fileStatus of displayedEntities | sortBy: sortingOption.order:sortingOption.column; trackBy: fileId"
                     [class.disabled]="fileStatus.isExcluded"
                     [class.pointer]="permissionsService.canOpenFile(fileStatus)"
+                    [class.last-opened]="isLastOpenedFile(fileStatus)"
                     [routerLink]="fileLink(fileStatus)"
                     class="table-item"
                 >
diff --git a/apps/red-ui/src/app/modules/projects/screens/project-overview-screen/project-overview-screen.component.scss b/apps/red-ui/src/app/modules/projects/screens/project-overview-screen/project-overview-screen.component.scss
index c305c4f98..69433738b 100644
--- a/apps/red-ui/src/app/modules/projects/screens/project-overview-screen/project-overview-screen.component.scss
+++ b/apps/red-ui/src/app/modules/projects/screens/project-overview-screen/project-overview-screen.component.scss
@@ -122,3 +122,16 @@ cdk-virtual-scroll-viewport {
 .primary-attribute {
     padding-top: 6px;
 }
+
+.last-opened {
+    > .selection-column {
+        padding-left: 6px !important;
+        border-left: 4px solid $red-1;
+    }
+
+    &:hover {
+        > div {
+            background-color: rgba($red-1, 0.1);
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/apps/red-ui/src/app/modules/projects/screens/project-overview-screen/project-overview-screen.component.ts b/apps/red-ui/src/app/modules/projects/screens/project-overview-screen/project-overview-screen.component.ts
index 5d7c5a6c9..2ba2728af 100644
--- a/apps/red-ui/src/app/modules/projects/screens/project-overview-screen/project-overview-screen.component.ts
+++ b/apps/red-ui/src/app/modules/projects/screens/project-overview-screen/project-overview-screen.component.ts
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import { CdkVirtualScrollViewport } from '@angular/cdk/scrolling';
 import { BaseListingComponent } from '@shared/base/base-listing.component';
 import { ProjectWrapper } from '@state/model/project.wrapper';
 import { OnAttach, OnDetach } from '@utils/custom-route-reuse.strategy';
+import { UserPreferenceService } from '@services/user-preference.service';
 
 @Component({
     selector: 'redaction-project-overview-screen',
@@ -68,6 +69,7 @@ export class ProjectOverviewScreenComponent extends BaseListingComponent<FileSta
         private readonly _translateService: TranslateService,
         private readonly _fileDropOverlayService: FileDropOverlayService,
         private readonly _appStateService: AppStateService,
+        private readonly _userPreferencesService: UserPreferenceService,
         protected readonly _injector: Injector
     ) {
         super(_injector);
@@ -78,6 +80,10 @@ export class ProjectOverviewScreenComponent extends BaseListingComponent<FileSta
         return this._appStateService.activeProject;
     }
 
+    isLastOpenedFile(fileStatus: FileStatusWrapper): boolean {
+        return this._userPreferencesService.lastOpenedFileId === fileStatus.fileId;
+    }
+
     protected get _filterComponents(): FilterComponent[] {
         return [this._statusFilterComponent, this._peopleFilterComponent, this._needsWorkFilterComponent];
     }
diff --git a/apps/red-ui/src/app/services/user-preference.service.ts b/apps/red-ui/src/app/services/user-preference.service.ts
index b77e13d58..695504a90 100644
--- a/apps/red-ui/src/app/services/user-preference.service.ts
+++ b/apps/red-ui/src/app/services/user-preference.service.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,14 @@ export class UserPreferenceService {
         return false;
     }
 
+    set lastOpenedFileId(value: string) {
+        sessionStorage.setItem('redaction.last-opened-file', value);
+    }
+
+    get lastOpenedFileId(): string {
+        return sessionStorage.getItem('redaction.last-opened-file') || '';
+    }
+
     toggleDevFeatures() {
         sessionStorage.setItem('redaction.enable-dev-features', `${!this.areDevFeaturesEnabled}`);
         window.location.reload();