diff --git a/frontend/src/component/project/Project/Project.tsx b/frontend/src/component/project/Project/Project.tsx
index 72658d1860..db0abf5668 100644
--- a/frontend/src/component/project/Project/Project.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/component/project/Project/Project.tsx
@@ -126,20 +126,21 @@ const ProjectStatus = () => {
     const [projectStatusOpen, setProjectStatusOpen] = useState(
         searchParams.has('project-status'),
     );
-    const toggleStatusModal = (open: boolean) => () => {
+    const toggleStatusModal = (open: boolean, clickedLink?: boolean) => {
         if (open) {
             searchParams.set('project-status', '');
-        } else {
+            setSearchParams(searchParams);
+        } else if (!clickedLink) {
             searchParams.delete('project-status');
+            setSearchParams(searchParams);
         }
-        setSearchParams(searchParams);
         setProjectStatusOpen(open);
     };
 
     return (
         <>
             <ProjectStatusButton
-                onClick={toggleStatusModal(true)}
+                onClick={() => toggleStatusModal(true)}
                 startIcon={<ProjectStatusSvgWithMargin />}
                 data-loading-project
             >
@@ -147,7 +148,7 @@ const ProjectStatus = () => {
             </ProjectStatusButton>
             <ProjectStatusModal
                 open={projectStatusOpen}
-                close={toggleStatusModal(false)}
+                close={(clickedLink) => toggleStatusModal(false, clickedLink)}
             />
         </>
     );
diff --git a/frontend/src/component/project/Project/ProjectStatus/ProjectStatusModal.tsx b/frontend/src/component/project/Project/ProjectStatus/ProjectStatusModal.tsx
index 018636264f..3b510d1e5b 100644
--- a/frontend/src/component/project/Project/ProjectStatus/ProjectStatusModal.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/component/project/Project/ProjectStatus/ProjectStatusModal.tsx
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ const FeedbackButton = styled(Button)(({ theme }) => ({
 
 type Props = {
     open: boolean;
-    close: () => void;
+    close: (clickedLink?: boolean) => void;
 };
 
 export const ProjectStatusModal = ({ open, close }: Props) => {
@@ -143,11 +143,11 @@ export const ProjectStatusModal = ({ open, close }: Props) => {
     return (
         <DynamicSidebarModal
             open={open}
-            onClose={close}
+            onClose={() => close(false)}
             label='Project status'
             onClick={(e: React.SyntheticEvent) => {
                 if (e.target instanceof HTMLAnchorElement) {
-                    close();
+                    close(true);
                 }
             }}
         >
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ export const ProjectStatusModal = ({ open, close }: Props) => {
                                 variant='text'
                                 onClick={() => {
                                     createFeedbackContext();
-                                    close();
+                                    close(false);
                                 }}
                                 size='small'
                             >
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ export const ProjectStatusModal = ({ open, close }: Props) => {
                         </p>
                     </FeedbackContainer>
 
-                    <Button variant='outlined' onClick={close}>
+                    <Button variant='outlined' onClick={() => close(false)}>
                         Close
                     </Button>
                 </CloseRow>