diff --git a/openbis/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/generic/client/web/client/application/Client.java b/openbis/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/generic/client/web/client/application/Client.java
index 0e16d871f905c1b2dd188a0548ec409363e0d52a..9888e7b0f6c338c7f1af4d1bad2b14215954d0cc 100644
--- a/openbis/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/generic/client/web/client/application/Client.java
+++ b/openbis/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/generic/client/web/client/application/Client.java
@@ -59,9 +59,9 @@ import ch.systemsx.cisd.openbis.generic.client.web.client.dto.SessionContext;
  */
 public class Client implements EntryPoint, ValueChangeHandler<String>
 {
-    private static final String SIMPLE = "simple";
+    public static final String SIMPLE = "simple";
 
-    private static final String VIEW_MODE_KEY = "viewMode";
+    public static final String VIEW_MODE_KEY = "viewMode";
 
     /** name of the URL parameter which decides if looging is switched on or off */
     private static final String LOGGING_PARAM = "log";
diff --git a/openbis/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/generic/shared/basic/PermlinkUtilities.java b/openbis/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/generic/shared/basic/PermlinkUtilities.java
index 5a26d5cf692b7d72abb343e1a9c58e7e7ffe267c..6ea49d5d5e6cfce273eb68afa6df12eef18444cb 100644
--- a/openbis/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/generic/shared/basic/PermlinkUtilities.java
+++ b/openbis/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/generic/shared/basic/PermlinkUtilities.java
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
 package ch.systemsx.cisd.openbis.generic.shared.basic;
 
+import ch.systemsx.cisd.openbis.generic.client.web.client.application.Client;
 import ch.systemsx.cisd.openbis.generic.shared.basic.dto.EntityKind;
 
 /**
@@ -36,6 +37,7 @@ public class PermlinkUtilities
             final EntityKind entityKind, final String permId)
     {
         URLMethodWithParameters ulrWithParameters = new URLMethodWithParameters(baseIndexURL);
+        ulrWithParameters.addParameter(Client.VIEW_MODE_KEY, Client.SIMPLE);
         ulrWithParameters.startHistoryToken();
         ulrWithParameters.addParameter(ENTITY_KIND_PARAMETER_KEY, entityKind.name());
         ulrWithParameters.addParameter(PERM_ID_PARAMETER_KEY, permId);