diff --git a/AKSubmission/templates/AKSubmission/ak_table.html b/AKSubmission/templates/AKSubmission/ak_table.html
index 732b96cb6d59efb4af691ed0674e71f15e1beece..5872c74bb147de3b752a35c07a9b4a7dc07527ac 100644
--- a/AKSubmission/templates/AKSubmission/ak_table.html
+++ b/AKSubmission/templates/AKSubmission/ak_table.html
@@ -52,6 +52,9 @@
                     <a href="{% url 'submit:ak_edit' event_slug=event.slug pk=ak.pk %}" data-toggle="tooltip"
                        title="{% trans 'Edit' %}"
                        class="btn btn-success">{% fa5_icon 'pencil-alt' 'fas' %}</a>
+                     <a href="{% url 'submit:overview_inc_interest' event_slug=event.slug pk=ak.pk %}" data-toggle="tooltip"
+                       title="{% trans 'Show Interest' %}"
+                       class="btn btn-primary">{% fa5_icon 'thumbs-up' 'fas' %}</a>
                 {% endif %}
             </td>
         </tr>
diff --git a/AKSubmission/urls.py b/AKSubmission/urls.py
index 0e08c5b00e7d5c9dbec6930e4941891ff1b8d0bc..e22ffdfda26cc219511ba64b0688803c08dc1e5e 100644
--- a/AKSubmission/urls.py
+++ b/AKSubmission/urls.py
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ urlpatterns = [
             path('ak/<int:pk>/history/', views.AKHistoryView.as_view(), name='ak_history'),
             path('ak/<int:pk>/edit/', views.AKEditView.as_view(), name='ak_edit'),
             path('ak/<int:pk>/interest/', views.AKInterestView.as_view(), name='inc_interest'),
+            path('ak/<int:pk>/overview_interest/', views.AKOverviewInterestView.as_view(), name='overview_inc_interest'),
             path('ak/<int:pk>/add_slot/', views.AKSlotAddView.as_view(), name='akslot_add'),
             path('ak/<int:pk>/add_message/', views.AKAddOrgaMessageView.as_view(), name='akmessage_add'),
             path('akslot/<int:pk>/edit/', views.AKSlotEditView.as_view(), name='akslot_edit'),
diff --git a/AKSubmission/views.py b/AKSubmission/views.py
index e1c632aa2f4a0b41f2bbcfb71716cdd3b9763dda..f83bf3de7d5f5dc181a2af983541762d541a0936 100644
--- a/AKSubmission/views.py
+++ b/AKSubmission/views.py
@@ -289,6 +289,20 @@ class AKInterestView(RedirectView):
         return super().get_redirect_url(*args, **kwargs)
 
 
+# when the interest increase request comes from the AK overview page, redirect to that instead of the AK overview page
+class AKOverviewInterestView(RedirectView):
+    permanent = False
+    pattern_name = 'submit:submission_overview'
+
+    def get_redirect_url(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        ak = get_object_or_404(AK, pk=kwargs['pk'])
+        if ak.event.active:
+            ak.increment_interest()
+            messages.add_message(self.request, messages.SUCCESS, _("Interest saved"))
+        del kwargs['pk']
+        return super().get_redirect_url(*args, **kwargs)
+
+
 class AKOwnerCreateView(EventSlugMixin, EventInactiveRedirectMixin, CreateView):
     model = AKOwner
     template_name = 'AKSubmission/akowner_create_update.html'