diff --git a/services/web/app/coffee/Features/TokenAccess/TokenAccessController.coffee b/services/web/app/coffee/Features/TokenAccess/TokenAccessController.coffee
index d5d704703d..504a7fc24f 100644
--- a/services/web/app/coffee/Features/TokenAccess/TokenAccessController.coffee
+++ b/services/web/app/coffee/Features/TokenAccess/TokenAccessController.coffee
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ module.exports = TokenAccessController =
 			if !projectExists and settings.overleaf
 				logger.log {token, userId},
 						"[TokenAccess] no project found for this token"
-				return res.redirect(302, settings.overleaf.host + '/' + token)
+				return res.redirect(302, "/sign_in_to_v1?return_to=#{settings.overleaf.host}/#{token}")
 			if !project?
 				logger.log {token, userId},
 					"[TokenAccess] no token-based project found for readAndWrite token"
diff --git a/services/web/test/acceptance/coffee/TokenAccessTests.coffee b/services/web/test/acceptance/coffee/TokenAccessTests.coffee
index b0fbd7a0a1..a2e6a1ee7c 100644
--- a/services/web/test/acceptance/coffee/TokenAccessTests.coffee
+++ b/services/web/test/acceptance/coffee/TokenAccessTests.coffee
@@ -422,6 +422,6 @@ describe 'TokenAccess', ->
 			try_read_and_write_token_access(@owner, unimportedV1Token, (response, body) =>
 				expect(response.statusCode).to.equal 302
 				expect(response.headers.location).to.equal(
-					'http://overleaf.test:5000/123abc'
+					'/sign_in_to_v1?return_to=http://overleaf.test:5000/123abc'
 				)
 			, done)
diff --git a/services/web/test/unit/coffee/TokenAccess/TokenAccessControllerTests.coffee b/services/web/test/unit/coffee/TokenAccess/TokenAccessControllerTests.coffee
index 97312ab415..a94a502396 100644
--- a/services/web/test/unit/coffee/TokenAccess/TokenAccessControllerTests.coffee
+++ b/services/web/test/unit/coffee/TokenAccess/TokenAccessControllerTests.coffee
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ describe "TokenAccessController", ->
 						expect(@res.redirect.callCount).to.equal 1
 						expect(@res.redirect.calledWith(
 							302,
-							'http://overleaf.test:5000/123abc'
+							'/sign_in_to_v1?return_to=http://overleaf.test:5000/123abc'
 						)).to.equal true
 						done()