diff --git a/src/core/js/webcaosdb.js b/src/core/js/webcaosdb.js
index 108c09b16e637db198337d745f9fd83b4d2589e0..de0ca4267167ae4f768db0a1033530a5bf88011a 100644
--- a/src/core/js/webcaosdb.js
+++ b/src/core/js/webcaosdb.js
@@ -1169,7 +1169,14 @@ var version_history = new function () {
 
         // check for the version_history fragment and open the modal if present.
         if (this._has_version_fragment()) {
-            logger.debug("Showing full version modal for first entity");
+            const first_entity = $(".caosdb-entity-panel")[0];
+            if (first_entity && hasEntityPermission(first_entity, "RETRIEVE:HISTORY")) {
+                console.log("Showing full version modal for first entity");
+                const version_button = $(first_entity).find(".caosdb-f-entity-version-button");
+                version_button.click();
+                const full_version_history_button = $(first_entity).find(".caosdb-f-entity-version-load-history-btn");
+                full_version_history_button.click();
+            }
         }
     }
 }