diff --git a/app/features/friends/components/FriendMenu.tsx b/app/features/friends/components/FriendMenu.tsx
index 0fd23d38d..0e08fd4f7 100644
--- a/app/features/friends/components/FriendMenu.tsx
+++ b/app/features/friends/components/FriendMenu.tsx
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import {
 import { ListButton } from "~/components/SideNav";
 import { SENDOUQ_ACTIVITY_LABEL } from "~/features/friends/friends-constants";
 import { useDateTimeFormat } from "~/hooks/intl/useDateTimeFormat";
-import { SENDOUQ_LOOKING_PAGE, tournamentSubsPage } from "~/utils/urls";
+import { SENDOUQ_PAGE, tournamentSubsPage } from "~/utils/urls";
 
 export function FriendMenu({
 	discordId,
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ export function FriendMenu({
 			})
 		: null;
 
-	const activityHref = resolveActivityHref({ subtitle, tournamentId });
+	const activity = resolveActivity({ subtitle, tournamentId });
 
 	return (
 		<>
@@ -73,15 +73,27 @@ export function FriendMenu({
 					<SendouMenuItem href={url} icon={<User />} onAction={onNavigate}>
 						{t("friends:friendsList.viewUserPage")}
 					</SendouMenuItem>
-					{activityHref ? (
+					{activity?.type === "sendouq" ? (
 						<SendouMenuItem
-							href={activityHref.url}
+							icon={<Swords />}
+							onAction={() => {
+								fetcher.submit(
+									{ _action: "JOIN_QUEUE", direct: "true" },
+									{ method: "post", action: SENDOUQ_PAGE },
+								);
+								onNavigate?.();
+							}}
+						>
+							{t("friends:friendsList.joinSendouQ")}
+						</SendouMenuItem>
+					) : null}
+					{activity?.type === "tournament" ? (
+						<SendouMenuItem
+							href={activity.url}
 							icon={<Swords />}
 							onAction={onNavigate}
 						>
-							{activityHref.isSendouQ
-								? t("friends:friendsList.joinSendouQ")
-								: t("friends:friendsList.viewTournament")}
+							{t("friends:friendsList.viewTournament")}
 						</SendouMenuItem>
 					) : null}
 					{friendshipId !== undefined ? (
@@ -130,18 +142,21 @@ export function FriendMenu({
 	);
 }
 
-function resolveActivityHref(friend: {
+function resolveActivity(friend: {
 	subtitle: string | null;
 	tournamentId: number | null;
 }) {
 	if (!friend.subtitle) return null;
 
 	if (friend.subtitle === SENDOUQ_ACTIVITY_LABEL) {
-		return { url: SENDOUQ_LOOKING_PAGE, isSendouQ: true };
+		return { type: "sendouq" } as const;
 	}
 
 	if (friend.tournamentId) {
-		return { url: tournamentSubsPage(friend.tournamentId), isSendouQ: false };
+		return {
+			type: "tournament",
+			url: tournamentSubsPage(friend.tournamentId),
+		} as const;
 	}
 
 	return null;
diff --git a/app/features/sendouq-match/components/RejoinSections.tsx b/app/features/sendouq-match/components/RejoinSections.tsx
index bbc2f05da..8e8a0761e 100644
--- a/app/features/sendouq-match/components/RejoinSections.tsx
+++ b/app/features/sendouq-match/components/RejoinSections.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { useTranslation } from "react-i18next";
-import { Link, useFetcher } from "react-router";
+import { useFetcher } from "react-router";
 import { SendouButton } from "~/components/elements/Button";
 import { SENDOUQ_PAGE } from "~/utils/urls";
 import * as RejoinVote from "../core/RejoinVote";
@@ -95,14 +95,25 @@ export function TrustedRejoinSection({
 
 function DeclinedSection() {
 	const { t } = useTranslation(["q"]);
+	const rejoinFetcher = useFetcher();
 	return (
 		<div className="stack md items-center">
 			<p className="text-lighter text-sm text-center">
 				{t("q:match.rematch.declined")}
 			</p>
-			<Link to={SENDOUQ_PAGE} className="text-sm">
+			<SendouButton
+				variant="minimal"
+				className="text-sm font-bold"
+				isPending={rejoinFetcher.state !== "idle"}
+				onPress={() => {
+					rejoinFetcher.submit(
+						{ _action: "JOIN_QUEUE", direct: "true" },
+						{ method: "post", action: SENDOUQ_PAGE },
+					);
+				}}
+			>
 				{t("q:match.rematch.rejoinQueue")}
-			</Link>
+			</SendouButton>
 		</div>
 	);
 }
diff --git a/app/features/sendouq/actions/q.server.ts b/app/features/sendouq/actions/q.server.ts
index c7eed27da..91281757b 100644
--- a/app/features/sendouq/actions/q.server.ts
+++ b/app/features/sendouq/actions/q.server.ts
@@ -18,7 +18,11 @@ import { refreshSendouQInstance, SendouQ } from "../core/SendouQ.server";
 import { JOIN_CODE_SEARCH_PARAM_KEY } from "../q-constants";
 import { frontPageSchema } from "../q-schemas.server";
 import { userCanJoinQueueAt } from "../q-utils";
-import { SendouQError, setGroupChatMetadata } from "../q-utils.server";
+import {
+	SendouQError,
+	setGroupChatMetadata,
+	sqRedirectIfNeeded,
+} from "../q-utils.server";
 
 export const action: ActionFunction = async ({ request, url }) => {
 	const user = requireUser();
@@ -30,6 +34,11 @@ export const action: ActionFunction = async ({ request, url }) => {
 	try {
 		switch (data._action) {
 			case "JOIN_QUEUE": {
+				sqRedirectIfNeeded({
+					ownGroup: SendouQ.findOwnGroup(user.id),
+					currentLocation: "default",
+				});
+
 				await validateCanJoinQ(user);
 
 				const { chatCodeToRevalidate } = await SQGroupRepository.createGroup({