diff --git a/Kieker.WebGUI/src/main/java/kieker/webgui/beans/view/CurrentProjectOverviewBean.java b/Kieker.WebGUI/src/main/java/kieker/webgui/beans/view/CurrentProjectOverviewBean.java
index 3819230b4266f488640740e0919d8b400f209745..13885168059281c5aa47990c7dca6189fb4cdffe 100644
--- a/Kieker.WebGUI/src/main/java/kieker/webgui/beans/view/CurrentProjectOverviewBean.java
+++ b/Kieker.WebGUI/src/main/java/kieker/webgui/beans/view/CurrentProjectOverviewBean.java
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ import javax.faces.context.FacesContext;
 
 import kieker.webgui.beans.application.ProjectsBean;
 
+import org.primefaces.event.SelectEvent;
+
 /**
  * This bean is used in the context of the project overview page.
  * 
@@ -76,6 +78,16 @@ public class CurrentProjectOverviewBean {
 		this.projectName = projectName;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * This is the event listener used to select a row instantaneously.
+	 * 
+	 * @param event
+	 *            The select event.
+	 */
+	public void onRowSelect(final SelectEvent event) {
+		this.setProjectName((String) event.getObject());
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * This method should only be called automatically by the JVM to update the projects list.
 	 */
diff --git a/Kieker.WebGUI/src/main/webapp/ProjectOverview.xhtml b/Kieker.WebGUI/src/main/webapp/ProjectOverview.xhtml
index e8756edd0c5063a917f2186001b671a47b4f86e2..79b6afafc362f3ab19ed26194f4d79dd4cd54c12 100644
--- a/Kieker.WebGUI/src/main/webapp/ProjectOverview.xhtml
+++ b/Kieker.WebGUI/src/main/webapp/ProjectOverview.xhtml
@@ -55,6 +55,9 @@
             <p:layoutUnit position="center">
                 <h:form id="projectsListForm"> 
                     <p:dataTable rows="15" paginator="true" paginatorPosition="both" var="project" rowsPerPageTemplate="5,10,15,25,50" value="#{currentProjectOverviewBean.projects}" paginatorTemplate="{CurrentPageReport}  {FirstPageLink} {PreviousPageLink} {PageLinks} {NextPageLink} {LastPageLink} {RowsPerPageDropdown}" selection="#{currentProjectOverviewBean.projectName}" rowKey="#{project}" selectionMode="single">  
+                         <!-- Makes sure that rows are selected instantaneously. -->
+                        <p:ajax event="rowSelect" listener="#{currentProjectOverviewBean.onRowSelect}" />
+                        
                         <p:column headerText="Project Name" id="modelHeader" sortBy="#{project}">  
                             <p:commandLink id="dynaButton" value="#{project}"/>