diff --git a/services/web/app/coffee/Features/LinkedFiles/LinkedFilesController.coffee b/services/web/app/coffee/Features/LinkedFiles/LinkedFilesController.coffee
index bb5a93efb9..c9edeefe32 100644
--- a/services/web/app/coffee/Features/LinkedFiles/LinkedFilesController.coffee
+++ b/services/web/app/coffee/Features/LinkedFiles/LinkedFilesController.coffee
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ module.exports = LinkedFilesController = {
 			if error?
 				logger.error {err: error, project_id, name, linkedFileData, parent_folder_id, user_id}, 'error writing linked file to disk'
 				return Agent.handleError(error, req, res, next)
-			EditorController.upsertFile project_id, parent_folder_id, name, fsPath, linkedFileData, "upload", user_id, (error) ->
+			EditorController.upsertFile project_id, parent_folder_id, name, fsPath, linkedFileData, "upload", user_id, (error, file) ->
 				return next(error) if error?
-				res.send(204) # created
+				res.json(new_file_id: file._id) # created
 }
diff --git a/services/web/public/coffee/ide/binary-files/BinaryFilesManager.coffee b/services/web/public/coffee/ide/binary-files/BinaryFilesManager.coffee
index ebecf1132e..fc86208717 100644
--- a/services/web/public/coffee/ide/binary-files/BinaryFilesManager.coffee
+++ b/services/web/public/coffee/ide/binary-files/BinaryFilesManager.coffee
@@ -19,3 +19,17 @@ define [
 				, 0
 				, this
 			)
+
+		openFileById: (id) ->
+			file = @ide.fileTreeManager.selectEntityById(id)
+			@$scope.ui.view = "file"
+			@$scope.openFile = null
+			@$scope.$apply()
+			window.setTimeout(
+				() =>
+					@$scope.openFile = file
+					@$scope.$apply()
+					@$scope.$digest()
+				, 0
+				, this
+			)
diff --git a/services/web/public/coffee/ide/binary-files/controllers/BinaryFileController.coffee b/services/web/public/coffee/ide/binary-files/controllers/BinaryFileController.coffee
index c14e097842..cdc8cd5d2c 100644
--- a/services/web/public/coffee/ide/binary-files/controllers/BinaryFileController.coffee
+++ b/services/web/public/coffee/ide/binary-files/controllers/BinaryFileController.coffee
@@ -49,8 +49,15 @@ define [
 		$scope.refreshFile = (file) ->
 			$scope.refreshing = true
 			ide.fileTreeManager.refreshLinkedFile(file)
-				.then () ->
-					loadTextFileFilePreview()
+				.then (response) ->
+					{ data } = response
+					new_file_id = data.new_file_id
+					$timeout(
+						() ->
+							ide.binaryFilesManager.openFileById(new_file_id)
+						, 1000
+					)
+					# loadTextFileFilePreview()
 				.finally () ->
 					$scope.refreshing = false
 
diff --git a/services/web/public/coffee/ide/file-tree/FileTreeManager.coffee b/services/web/public/coffee/ide/file-tree/FileTreeManager.coffee
index 8536db63c7..2cd6ea4031 100644
--- a/services/web/public/coffee/ide/file-tree/FileTreeManager.coffee
+++ b/services/web/public/coffee/ide/file-tree/FileTreeManager.coffee
@@ -112,6 +112,15 @@ define [
 				entity.selected = false
 			entity.selected = true
 
+		selectEntityById: (entity_id) ->
+			@selected_entity_id = entity_id # For reselecting after a reconnect
+			selected_entity = null
+			@ide.fileTreeManager.forEachEntity (entity) ->
+				if entity.id == entity_id
+					selected_entity = entity
+					entity.selected = true
+			return selected_entity
+
 		toggleMultiSelectEntity: (entity) ->
 			entity.multiSelected = !entity.multiSelected
 			@$scope.multiSelectedCount = @multiSelectedCount()