diff --git a/src/NMRiumWrapper.tsx b/src/NMRiumWrapper.tsx
index 10978e3..9bb85d7 100644
--- a/src/NMRiumWrapper.tsx
+++ b/src/NMRiumWrapper.tsx
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ export default function NMRiumWrapper() {
   const { workspace, preferences, defaultEmptyMessage, customWorkspaces } =
     usePreferences();
 
-  const { load: loadSpectra, data, isLoading } = useLoadSpectra();
+  const { load: loadSpectra, data, isLoading, setActiveTab } = useLoadSpectra();
 
   const dataChangeHandler = useCallback<NMRiumChangeCb>((state, source) => {
     // avoid triggering data-change event for SET_2D_LEVEL action, This should be handled internally in NMRium
@@ -48,6 +48,11 @@ export default function NMRiumWrapper() {
             }
             break;
           }
+          case 'selectTab': {
+            const { tab } = request.params;
+            setActiveTab({ tab: tab.toUpperCase() });
+            break;
+          }
           default: {
             throw new Error(
               `ERROR! Property 'type' accepts only 'exportViewerAsBlob'.`,
diff --git a/src/events/types.ts b/src/events/types.ts
index 5b8925b..eef988a 100644
--- a/src/events/types.ts
+++ b/src/events/types.ts
@@ -29,10 +29,14 @@ type LoadData =
       activeTab?: string;
     };
 
-interface ActionRequest {
-  type: 'exportSpectraViewerAsBlob';
-  // params?: any;
-}
+type ActionRequest =
+  | {
+      type: 'exportSpectraViewerAsBlob';
+    }
+  | {
+      type: 'selectTab';
+      params: { tab: string };
+    };
 
 interface ActionResponse {
   type: 'exportSpectraViewerAsBlob';
diff --git a/src/hooks/useLoadSpectra.ts b/src/hooks/useLoadSpectra.ts
index ffc0c77..830bc9f 100644
--- a/src/hooks/useLoadSpectra.ts
+++ b/src/hooks/useLoadSpectra.ts
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ interface UseLoadSpectraResult {
   data: NMRiumData | null;
   load: (options: LoadOptions) => Promise<void>;
   isLoading: boolean;
+  setActiveTab: (input: { tab: string }) => void;
 }
 
 const core = init();
@@ -77,7 +78,7 @@ async function loadSpectraFromURLs(urls: string[]): Promise<CoreReadReturn> {
 
 export function useLoadSpectra(): UseLoadSpectraResult {
   const [result, setResult] = useState<CoreReadReturn | null>(null);
-  const [activeTab, setActiveTab] = useState<string | undefined>();
+  const [activeTab, setActiveTab] = useState<{ tab: string } | undefined>();
   const [isLoading, setLoading] = useState(false);
 
   const load = useCallback(async (options: LoadOptions) => {
@@ -102,7 +103,7 @@ export function useLoadSpectra(): UseLoadSpectraResult {
       }
 
       setResult(loadedResult);
-      setActiveTab(resolvedActiveTab);
+      setActiveTab({ tab: resolvedActiveTab ?? '' });
       const state = {
         ...loadedResult.state,
         data: {
@@ -127,7 +128,9 @@ export function useLoadSpectra(): UseLoadSpectraResult {
   }, []);
 
   return useMemo(() => {
-    const view = { spectra: { activeTab } } as unknown as ViewState;
+    const view = {
+      spectra: { activeTab: activeTab?.tab },
+    } as unknown as ViewState;
 
     const data: NMRiumData | null = result
       ? {
@@ -140,6 +143,6 @@ export function useLoadSpectra(): UseLoadSpectraResult {
         }
       : null;
 
-    return { data, load, isLoading };
-  }, [activeTab, result, isLoading, load]);
+    return { data, load, isLoading, setActiveTab };
+  }, [activeTab, result, isLoading, load, setActiveTab]);
 }