diff --git a/src-ui/src/app/components/common/permissions-dialog/permissions-dialog.component.html b/src-ui/src/app/components/common/permissions-dialog/permissions-dialog.component.html
index 1f23cecd9..e452c8144 100644
--- a/src-ui/src/app/components/common/permissions-dialog/permissions-dialog.component.html
+++ b/src-ui/src/app/components/common/permissions-dialog/permissions-dialog.component.html
@@ -5,24 +5,10 @@
   </div>
   <div class="modal-body">
 
-    <p class="mb-0" *ngIf="message" [innerHTML]="message | safeHtml"></p>
+    <p class="mb-3" *ngIf="message" [innerHTML]="message | safeHtml"></p>
 
     <form [formGroup]="form">
-      <div formGroupName="set_permissions">
-        <app-input-select [items]="users" i18n-title title="Owner" bindLabel="username" formControlName="owner" [allowNull]="true"></app-input-select>
-        <small class="form-text text-muted" i18n>Objects without an owner can be viewed and edited by all users</small>
-        <h6 i18n>View</h6>
-        <div formGroupName="view">
-          <app-permissions-user type="view" formControlName="users"></app-permissions-user>
-          <app-permissions-group type="view" formControlName="groups"></app-permissions-group>
-        </div>
-        <h6 i18n>Edit</h6>
-        <small class="form-text text-muted" i18n>Edit permissions also grant viewing permissions</small>
-        <div formGroupName="change">
-          <app-permissions-user type="change" formControlName="users"></app-permissions-user>
-          <app-permissions-group type="change" formControlName="groups"></app-permissions-group>
-        </div>
-      </div>
+      <app-permissions-form [users]="users" formControlName="permissions_form"></app-permissions-form>
     </form>
 
   </div>
diff --git a/src-ui/src/app/components/common/permissions-dialog/permissions-dialog.component.ts b/src-ui/src/app/components/common/permissions-dialog/permissions-dialog.component.ts
index 0d7b07c00..c786be5df 100644
--- a/src-ui/src/app/components/common/permissions-dialog/permissions-dialog.component.ts
+++ b/src-ui/src/app/components/common/permissions-dialog/permissions-dialog.component.ts
@@ -27,20 +27,17 @@ export class PermissionsDialogComponent implements OnInit {
   title = $localize`Set Permissions`
 
   form = new FormGroup({
-    set_permissions: new FormGroup({
-      view: new FormGroup({
-        users: new FormControl([]),
-        groups: new FormControl([]),
-      }),
-      change: new FormGroup({
-        users: new FormControl([]),
-        groups: new FormControl([]),
-      }),
-    }),
+    permissions_form: new FormControl(),
   })
 
   get permissions() {
-    return this.form.value['set_permissions']
+    console.log(this.form.get('permissions_form'))
+
+    return {
+      owner: this.form.get('permissions_form')?.value['owner'],
+      set_permissions:
+        this.form.get('permissions_form')?.value['set_permissions'],
+    }
   }
 
   @Input()
diff --git a/src-ui/src/app/components/document-detail/document-detail.component.html b/src-ui/src/app/components/document-detail/document-detail.component.html
index 0384e976c..336d722c3 100644
--- a/src-ui/src/app/components/document-detail/document-detail.component.html
+++ b/src-ui/src/app/components/document-detail/document-detail.component.html
@@ -181,7 +181,9 @@
                 <li [ngbNavItem]="6" *ifOwner="document">
                     <a ngbNavLink i18n>Permissions</a>
                     <ng-template ngbNavContent>
-                        <app-permissions-form [users]="users" formControlName="permissions_form"></app-permissions-form>
+                        <div class="mb-3">
+                            <app-permissions-form [users]="users" formControlName="permissions_form"></app-permissions-form>
+                        </div>
                     </ng-template>
                 </li>
             </ul>
diff --git a/src-ui/src/app/components/document-detail/document-detail.component.ts b/src-ui/src/app/components/document-detail/document-detail.component.ts
index 6be68e5d1..76bb2099f 100644
--- a/src-ui/src/app/components/document-detail/document-detail.component.ts
+++ b/src-ui/src/app/components/document-detail/document-detail.component.ts
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ export class DocumentDetailComponent
               this.openDocumentService.getOpenDocument(this.documentId)
             )
           } else {
-            this.openDocumentService.openDocument(doc, false)
+            this.openDocumentService.openDocument(doc)
             this.updateComponent(doc)
           }
 
diff --git a/src-ui/src/app/components/document-list/bulk-editor/bulk-editor.component.html b/src-ui/src/app/components/document-list/bulk-editor/bulk-editor.component.html
index cca53552c..9c7c87d58 100644
--- a/src-ui/src/app/components/document-list/bulk-editor/bulk-editor.component.html
+++ b/src-ui/src/app/components/document-list/bulk-editor/bulk-editor.component.html
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
     </div>
   </div>
   <div class="col-auto ms-auto mb-2 mb-xl-0 d-flex">
-    <div class="btn-group btn-group-sm me-2">
+    <div class="btn-toolbar me-2">
 
       <button type="button" class="btn btn-sm btn-outline-primary me-2" (click)="setPermissions()" [disabled]="!userOwnsAll">
         <svg width="1em" height="1em" viewBox="0 0 16 16" fill="currentColor">
diff --git a/src-ui/src/app/components/document-list/bulk-editor/bulk-editor.component.ts b/src-ui/src/app/components/document-list/bulk-editor/bulk-editor.component.ts
index a69f1416c..bdb25c66d 100644
--- a/src-ui/src/app/components/document-list/bulk-editor/bulk-editor.component.ts
+++ b/src-ui/src/app/components/document-list/bulk-editor/bulk-editor.component.ts
@@ -494,10 +494,10 @@ export class BulkEditorComponent extends ComponentWithPermissions {
       backdrop: 'static',
     })
     modal.componentInstance.confirmClicked.subscribe((permissions) => {
+      console.log(permissions)
+
       modal.componentInstance.buttonsEnabled = false
-      this.executeBulkOperation(modal, 'set_permissions', {
-        permissions,
-      })
+      this.executeBulkOperation(modal, 'set_permissions', permissions)
     })
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/documents/bulk_edit.py b/src/documents/bulk_edit.py
index 7b9084404..c262ce61b 100644
--- a/src/documents/bulk_edit.py
+++ b/src/documents/bulk_edit.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ from documents.models import StoragePath
 from documents.permissions import set_permissions_for_object
 from documents.tasks import bulk_update_documents
 from documents.tasks import update_document_archive_file
+from documents.tasks import update_owner_for_object
 
 
 def set_correspondent(doc_ids, correspondent):
@@ -131,11 +132,17 @@ def redo_ocr(doc_ids):
     return "OK"
 
 
-def set_permissions(doc_ids, permissions):
+def set_permissions(doc_ids, set_permissions, owner=None):
 
     qs = Document.objects.filter(id__in=doc_ids)
+
+    if owner is not None:
+        update_owner_for_object.delay(document_ids=doc_ids, owner=owner)
+
     for doc in qs:
-        set_permissions_for_object(permissions, doc)
+        if set_permissions is not None:
+            set_permissions_for_object(set_permissions, doc)
+
     affected_docs = [doc.id for doc in qs]
 
     bulk_update_documents.delay(document_ids=affected_docs)
diff --git a/src/documents/serialisers.py b/src/documents/serialisers.py
index 4e585825e..18c00bce9 100644
--- a/src/documents/serialisers.py
+++ b/src/documents/serialisers.py
@@ -591,10 +591,18 @@ class BulkEditSerializer(DocumentListSerializer, SetPermissionsMixin):
         else:
             raise serializers.ValidationError("remove_tags not specified")
 
+    def _validate_owner(self, owner):
+        ownerUser = User.objects.get(pk=owner)
+        if ownerUser is None:
+            raise serializers.ValidationError("Specified owner cannot be found")
+        return ownerUser
+
     def _validate_parameters_set_permissions(self, parameters):
         if "permissions" in parameters:
             self.validate_set_permissions(parameters["permissions"])
-        else:
+        if "owner" in parameters:
+            self._validate_owner(parameters["owner"])
+        if "permissions" not in parameters and "owner" not in parameters:
             raise serializers.ValidationError("permissions not specified")
 
     def validate(self, attrs):
diff --git a/src/documents/tasks.py b/src/documents/tasks.py
index f5bad665a..f40513f9c 100644
--- a/src/documents/tasks.py
+++ b/src/documents/tasks.py
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ from asgiref.sync import async_to_sync
 from celery import shared_task
 from channels.layers import get_channel_layer
 from django.conf import settings
+from django.contrib.auth.models import User
 from django.db import transaction
 from django.db.models.signals import post_save
 from documents import barcodes
@@ -284,3 +285,12 @@ def update_document_archive_file(document_id):
         )
     finally:
         parser.cleanup()
+
+
+@shared_task
+def update_owner_for_object(document_ids, owner):
+    documents = Document.objects.filter(id__in=document_ids)
+    ownerUser = User.objects.get(pk=owner)
+    for document in documents:
+        document.owner = ownerUser
+        document.save()
diff --git a/src/documents/tests/test_api.py b/src/documents/tests/test_api.py
index b5c7d9a6a..cef58ab73 100644
--- a/src/documents/tests/test_api.py
+++ b/src/documents/tests/test_api.py
@@ -2347,7 +2347,7 @@ class TestBulkEdit(DirectoriesMixin, APITestCase):
 
         bulk_edit.set_permissions(
             [self.doc2.id, self.doc3.id],
-            permissions=permissions,
+            set_permissions=permissions,
         )
 
         self.assertEqual(get_users_with_perms(self.doc2).count(), 2)