diff --git a/src-ui/src/app/components/document-detail/document-detail.component.spec.ts b/src-ui/src/app/components/document-detail/document-detail.component.spec.ts
index ecd53fbeb..c0a12b3ee 100644
--- a/src-ui/src/app/components/document-detail/document-detail.component.spec.ts
+++ b/src-ui/src/app/components/document-detail/document-detail.component.spec.ts
@@ -2171,6 +2171,11 @@ describe('DocumentDetailComponent', () => {
     ).toBe(10)
     component.openEmailDocument()
     expect(modalSpy).toHaveBeenCalled()
+    expect(
+      (
+        modalSpy.mock.results[1].value as NgbModalRef
+      ).componentInstance.documentIds()
+    ).toEqual([10])
   })
 
   it('should set previewText', () => {
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 225d536cf..cffc91109 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
@@ -1973,7 +1973,9 @@ export class DocumentDetailComponent
     const modal = this.modalService.open(EmailDocumentDialogComponent, {
       backdrop: 'static',
     })
-    modal.componentInstance.documentIds.set([this.document().id])
+    modal.componentInstance.documentIds.set([
+      this.selectedVersionId() ?? this.document().id,
+    ])
     modal.componentInstance.hasArchiveVersion.set(
       this.metadata()?.has_archive_version ??
         !!this.document()?.archived_file_name