diff --git a/docs/releases/v2.12.2.md b/docs/releases/v2.12.2.md
index 8043ff60944528957119ef01c3299f31e352be08..e232505af83b9698261e761af4e89fdccc42f7cc 100644
--- a/docs/releases/v2.12.2.md
+++ b/docs/releases/v2.12.2.md
@@ -5,3 +5,4 @@
 - fixes screenshot in fsaverage
 - on hover region label in fsaverage now display properly
 - fixes annotation mode (export annotations, annotations fail to render in viewer on startup (via shared link, local storage etc))
+- fixes an issue where region definition in full assignment table can also be clicked to select the region
diff --git a/src/atlasComponents/sapiViews/volumes/point-assignment/point-assignment.component.html b/src/atlasComponents/sapiViews/volumes/point-assignment/point-assignment.component.html
index 59694f74a9f84f067a93a56eb0f0d9988895d8e1..f031edbf5a99879f0041c02a545f234d0b4cd71a 100644
--- a/src/atlasComponents/sapiViews/volumes/point-assignment/point-assignment.component.html
+++ b/src/atlasComponents/sapiViews/volumes/point-assignment/point-assignment.component.html
@@ -58,15 +58,31 @@
             #comphTableSort="matSort"
             matSortActive="map value"
             matSortDirection="desc">
-            <ng-container *ngFor="let column of columns$ | async"
-                [matColumnDef]="column">
+            
+            <ng-container matColumnDef="region">
                 <th mat-header-cell *matHeaderCellDef mat-sort-header>
-                    {{ column }}
+                    region
                 </th>
                 <td mat-cell *matCellDef="let element">
-                    {{ element[column] | prettyPresent }}
+                    <button mat-button (click)="selectRegion(element['region'], $event)">
+                        {{ element['region'].name }}
+                    </button>
                 </td>
             </ng-container>
+
+            <ng-template ngFor [ngForOf]="columns$ | async" let-column>
+                <ng-template [ngIf]="column !== 'region'">
+                    <ng-container [matColumnDef]="column">
+                        <th mat-header-cell *matHeaderCellDef mat-sort-header>
+                            {{ column }}
+                        </th>
+                        <td mat-cell *matCellDef="let element">
+                            {{ element[column] | prettyPresent }}
+                        </td>
+                    </ng-container>
+                </ng-template>
+            </ng-template>
+            
         
             <tr mat-header-row *matHeaderRowDef="columns$ | async"></tr>
             <tr mat-row *matRowDef="let row; columns: columns$ | async;"></tr>
diff --git a/src/atlasComponents/sapiViews/volumes/point-assignment/point-assignment.component.ts b/src/atlasComponents/sapiViews/volumes/point-assignment/point-assignment.component.ts
index 64b0ebdb1a71bdbf9baf0d0d4c687df6afa71cae..00ee69f552743fe8cd9a771dbfb44e6cd00ced89 100644
--- a/src/atlasComponents/sapiViews/volumes/point-assignment/point-assignment.component.ts
+++ b/src/atlasComponents/sapiViews/volumes/point-assignment/point-assignment.component.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { Component, Input, OnDestroy, Output, TemplateRef, EventEmitter } from '@angular/core';
-import { MatDialog } from '@angular/material/dialog';
+import { MatDialog, MatDialogRef } from '@angular/material/dialog';
 import { BehaviorSubject, EMPTY, Observable, Subscription, combineLatest, concat, of } from 'rxjs';
 import { catchError, map, shareReplay, switchMap, tap } from 'rxjs/operators';
 import { SAPI, EXPECTED_SIIBRA_API_VERSION } from 'src/atlasComponents/sapi/sapi.service';
@@ -114,8 +114,12 @@ export class PointAssignmentComponent implements OnDestroy {
 
   constructor(private sapi: SAPI, private dialog: MatDialog) {}
 
+  #dialogRef: MatDialogRef<unknown>
   openDialog(tmpl: TemplateRef<unknown>){
-    this.dialog.open(tmpl)
+    this.#dialogRef = this.dialog.open(tmpl)
+    this.#dialogRef.afterClosed().subscribe(() => {
+      this.#dialogRef = null
+    })
   }
 
   #sub: Subscription[] = []
@@ -125,6 +129,9 @@ export class PointAssignmentComponent implements OnDestroy {
   async selectRegion(region: PathReturn<"/regions/{region_id}">, event: MouseEvent){
     const sxplrReg = await translateV3Entities.translateRegion(region)
     this.clickOnRegion.emit({ target: sxplrReg, event })
+    if (this.#dialogRef) {
+      this.#dialogRef.close()
+    }
   }
 
   zipfileConfig$: Observable<TZipFileConfig[]> = combineLatest([