diff --git a/packages/app/src/pages/session.tsx b/packages/app/src/pages/session.tsx
index 9ef7cffe5..1476e616e 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/pages/session.tsx
+++ b/packages/app/src/pages/session.tsx
@@ -720,6 +720,7 @@ export default function Page() {
     showAllFiles,
     tabForPath: file.tab,
     openTab: tabs().open,
+    setActive: tabs().setActive,
     loadFile: file.load,
   })
 
diff --git a/packages/app/src/pages/session/helpers.test.ts b/packages/app/src/pages/session/helpers.test.ts
index aaa5b932f..9c77c34af 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/pages/session/helpers.test.ts
+++ b/packages/app/src/pages/session/helpers.test.ts
@@ -11,12 +11,13 @@ describe("createOpenReviewFile", () => {
         return `file://${path}`
       },
       openTab: (tab) => calls.push(`open:${tab}`),
+      setActive: (tab) => calls.push(`active:${tab}`),
       loadFile: (path) => calls.push(`load:${path}`),
     })
 
     openReviewFile("src/a.ts")
 
-    expect(calls).toEqual(["show", "load:src/a.ts", "tab:src/a.ts", "open:file://src/a.ts"])
+    expect(calls).toEqual(["show", "load:src/a.ts", "tab:src/a.ts", "open:file://src/a.ts", "active:file://src/a.ts"])
   })
 })
 
diff --git a/packages/app/src/pages/session/helpers.ts b/packages/app/src/pages/session/helpers.ts
index 20f1d99a8..60b26cdf4 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/pages/session/helpers.ts
+++ b/packages/app/src/pages/session/helpers.ts
@@ -24,15 +24,20 @@ export const createOpenReviewFile = (input: {
   showAllFiles: () => void
   tabForPath: (path: string) => string
   openTab: (tab: string) => void
+  setActive: (tab: string) => void
   loadFile: (path: string) => any | Promise<void>
 }) => {
   return (path: string) => {
     batch(() => {
       input.showAllFiles()
       const maybePromise = input.loadFile(path)
-      const openTab = () => input.openTab(input.tabForPath(path))
-      if (maybePromise instanceof Promise) maybePromise.then(openTab)
-      else openTab()
+      const open = () => {
+        const tab = input.tabForPath(path)
+        input.openTab(tab)
+        input.setActive(tab)
+      }
+      if (maybePromise instanceof Promise) maybePromise.then(open)
+      else open()
     })
   }
 }