diff --git a/packages/app/src/pages/session.tsx b/packages/app/src/pages/session.tsx
index d958990c25ab..a4c2641af464 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/pages/session.tsx
+++ b/packages/app/src/pages/session.tsx
@@ -918,6 +918,7 @@ export default function Page() {
     tabForPath: file.tab,
     openTab: tabs().open,
     loadFile: file.load,
+    setActive: tabs().setActive,
   })
 
   const changesOptions = ["session", "turn"] as const
diff --git a/packages/app/src/pages/session/helpers.test.ts b/packages/app/src/pages/session/helpers.test.ts
index 8b9746507ef3..dfe7ca757db8 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/pages/session/helpers.test.ts
+++ b/packages/app/src/pages/session/helpers.test.ts
@@ -12,11 +12,12 @@ describe("createOpenReviewFile", () => {
       },
       openTab: (tab) => calls.push(`open:${tab}`),
       loadFile: (path) => calls.push(`load:${path}`),
+      setActive: (tab) => calls.push(`active:${tab}`),
     })
 
     openReviewFile("src/a.ts")
 
-    expect(calls).toEqual(["show", "tab:src/a.ts", "open:file://src/a.ts", "load:src/a.ts"])
+    expect(calls).toEqual(["tab:src/a.ts", "show", "open:file://src/a.ts", "load: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 5ca355d1d291..f210af1be610 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/pages/session/helpers.ts
+++ b/packages/app/src/pages/session/helpers.ts
@@ -25,13 +25,16 @@ export const createOpenReviewFile = (input: {
   tabForPath: (path: string) => string
   openTab: (tab: string) => void
   loadFile: (path: string) => void
+  setActive: (tab: string) => void
 }) => {
   return (path: string) => {
+    const tab = input.tabForPath(path)
     batch(() => {
       input.showAllFiles()
-      input.openTab(input.tabForPath(path))
+      input.openTab(tab)
       input.loadFile(path)
     })
+    input.setActive(tab)
   }
 }