diff --git a/src/HttpController/Web/AuthenticationController.php b/src/HttpController/Web/AuthenticationController.php
index edaf6084..faa2dd71 100644
--- a/src/HttpController/Web/AuthenticationController.php
+++ b/src/HttpController/Web/AuthenticationController.php
@@ -37,11 +37,21 @@ public function login(Request $request) : Response
         } catch (InvalidCredentials) {
             $this->sessionWrapper->set('failedLogin', true);
         }
+        $redirect = $postParameters['redirect'];
+        $target = $redirect ?? $_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER'];
+
+        $urlParts = parse_url($target);
+        if (is_array($urlParts) === false) {
+            $urlParts = ['path' => '/'];
+        }
+
+        /* @phpstan-ignore-next-line */
+        $targetRelativeUrl = $urlParts['path'] . $urlParts['query'] ?? '';
 
         return Response::create(
             StatusCode::createSeeOther(),
             null,
-            [Header::createLocation($_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER'])],
+            [Header::createLocation($targetRelativeUrl)],
         );
     }
 
@@ -56,20 +66,20 @@ public function logout() : Response
         );
     }
 
-    public function renderLoginPage() : Response
+    public function renderLoginPage(Request $request) : Response
     {
         $failedLogin = $this->sessionWrapper->has('failedLogin');
+        $redirect = $request->getGetParameters()['redirect'] ?? false;
         $this->sessionWrapper->unset('failedLogin');
 
         $renderedTemplate = $this->twig->render(
             'page/login.html.twig',
             [
-                'failedLogin' => $failedLogin
+                'failedLogin' => $failedLogin,
+                'redirect' => $redirect
             ],
         );
 
-        $this->sessionWrapper->unset('failedLogin');
-
         return Response::create(
             StatusCode::createOk(),
             $renderedTemplate,
diff --git a/src/HttpController/Web/DashboardController.php b/src/HttpController/Web/DashboardController.php
index 348c2a5c..b446f200 100644
--- a/src/HttpController/Web/DashboardController.php
+++ b/src/HttpController/Web/DashboardController.php
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ public function render(Request $request) : Response
     {
         $userId = $this->userPageAuthorizationChecker->findUserIdIfCurrentVisitorIsAllowedToSeeUser((string)$request->getRouteParameters()['username']);
         if ($userId === null) {
-            return Response::createSeeOther('/');
+            return Response::createForbiddenRedirect($request->getPath());
         }
 
         $dashboardRows = $this->dashboardFactory->createDashboardRowsForUser($this->userApi->fetchUser($userId));
diff --git a/src/HttpController/Web/Middleware/UserIsAuthenticated.php b/src/HttpController/Web/Middleware/UserIsAuthenticated.php
index ddc0af62..104a6bcf 100644
--- a/src/HttpController/Web/Middleware/UserIsAuthenticated.php
+++ b/src/HttpController/Web/Middleware/UserIsAuthenticated.php
@@ -18,6 +18,6 @@ public function __invoke() : ?Response
             return null;
         }
 
-        return Response::createForbidden();
+        return Response::createForbiddenRedirect($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']);
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/ValueObject/Http/Response.php b/src/ValueObject/Http/Response.php
index 26dbb7e1..89dbb0ef 100644
--- a/src/ValueObject/Http/Response.php
+++ b/src/ValueObject/Http/Response.php
@@ -34,6 +34,12 @@ public static function createForbidden() : self
         return new self(StatusCode::createForbidden());
     }
 
+    public static function createForbiddenRedirect(string $redirectTarget) : self
+    {
+        $query = urlencode($redirectTarget);
+        return new self(StatusCode::createForbidden(), null, [Header::createLocation('/login?redirect='.$query)]);
+    }
+
     public static function createJson(string $body) : self
     {
         return new self(StatusCode::createOk(), $body, [Header::createContentTypeJson()]);
diff --git a/templates/page/login.html.twig b/templates/page/login.html.twig
index ee5c3896..0fcb6002 100644
--- a/templates/page/login.html.twig
+++ b/templates/page/login.html.twig
@@ -42,6 +42,13 @@
                     <div class="alert alert-danger" role="alert" style="margin-bottom: 0.7rem!important;">
                         Invalid credentials
                     </div>
+                {% else %}
+                {% if redirect != false %}
+                    <div class="alert alert-danger" role="alert" style="margin-bottom: 0.7rem!important;">
+                        Sign in to access page
+                    </div>
+                    <input type="hidden" value="{{ redirect }}" name="redirect" />
+                {% endif %}
                 {% endif %}
                 <button class="w-100 btn btn-lg btn-primary mb-3" type="submit">Sign in</button>
                 {% if registrationEnabled == true %}