diff --git a/apps/web/src/app/workspaces/components/active-capability-requests/active-capability-requests.component.ts b/apps/web/src/app/workspaces/components/active-capability-requests/active-capability-requests.component.ts
index 448be25131801a7a6ecad40df9a1967b13f5e6ae..0d14a02f53a0b2da47018c7d292264d408d06d1d 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/app/workspaces/components/active-capability-requests/active-capability-requests.component.ts
+++ b/apps/web/src/app/workspaces/components/active-capability-requests/active-capability-requests.component.ts
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ import {StorageService} from "../../../shared/storage/storage.service";
 import { Filter } from "./components/filter-menu/filter-menu.component";
 import { FormControl } from "@angular/forms";
 import { PageEvent } from '@angular/material/paginator';
+import { WsHeaderComponent } from "../../ws-header/ws-header.component";
 
 export const defaultSortOrder = "desc"
 
@@ -385,6 +386,9 @@ export class ActiveCapabilityRequestsComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
       }),
     );
 
+    // Store the current capability selection so the header can access it
+    this.storageService.saveSession(WsHeaderComponent.previousCapabilityKey, this.capabilityName)
+
     // update query parameters to new capabilityName
     this.router.navigate(["."], {
       relativeTo: this.route,
diff --git a/apps/web/src/app/workspaces/ws-header/ws-header.component.html b/apps/web/src/app/workspaces/ws-header/ws-header.component.html
index 1a6e9cc6d580e951d2600ed27ea384df3c77fcf1..c59dc205bbe90149f65673e2867b6402e7d58201 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/app/workspaces/ws-header/ws-header.component.html
+++ b/apps/web/src/app/workspaces/ws-header/ws-header.component.html
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
       <a [routerLink]="['/', 'workspaces']" routerLinkActive="active" class="btn btn-outline-light" [routerLinkActiveOptions]="{exact:
 true}">Home?</a>
       <a [routerLink]="'analyst-board'" routerLinkActive="active" class="btn btn-outline-light">Analyst Board</a>
-      <a [routerLink]="'active-requests'" routerLinkActive="active" class="btn btn-outline-light">Active Requests</a>
+      <a [routerLink]="'active-requests'" routerLinkActive="active" class="btn btn-outline-light" (click)="goToActiveRequestsPage()" >Active Requests</a>
       <a [routerLink]="'jobs'" routerLinkActive="active" class="btn btn-outline-light">Jobs</a>
       <a [routerLink]="'email-templates'" routerLinkActive="active" class="btn btn-outline-light">Email Templates</a>
     </div>
diff --git a/apps/web/src/app/workspaces/ws-header/ws-header.component.ts b/apps/web/src/app/workspaces/ws-header/ws-header.component.ts
index 85f610f0d37cf9ad90b685c7d76a579609ca2a6b..6278c3faa6e0c6879dce37e7a3c23aed4a130129 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/app/workspaces/ws-header/ws-header.component.ts
+++ b/apps/web/src/app/workspaces/ws-header/ws-header.component.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import {Component, OnInit} from '@angular/core';
-import {ActivatedRoute} from "@angular/router";
+import {Router} from "@angular/router";
+import {StorageService} from "../../shared/storage/storage.service";
 
 @Component({
   selector: 'app-ws-header',
@@ -8,8 +9,22 @@ import {ActivatedRoute} from "@angular/router";
 })
 export class WsHeaderComponent implements OnInit {
 
-  constructor(private route: ActivatedRoute) {
+  private activeRequestsPageDefaultUrl: string = "/workspaces/active-requests"
+  static previousCapabilityKey: string = "previousCapability"
 
+  constructor(
+    private router: Router,
+    private storageService: StorageService
+  ) {
+  }
+
+  public goToActiveRequestsPage() {
+    // Set the previous capability as selected if it's found in storage
+    const activeRequestsPageUrl = (this.storageService.getSession(WsHeaderComponent.previousCapabilityKey)) ?
+      `${this.activeRequestsPageDefaultUrl}?capability=${this.storageService.getSession(WsHeaderComponent.previousCapabilityKey)}` :
+      `${this.activeRequestsPageDefaultUrl}`
+
+    this.router.navigateByUrl(activeRequestsPageUrl)
   }
 
   ngOnInit(): void {