diff --git a/ui/component/publishForm/index.js b/ui/component/publishForm/index.js
index effcdf9d2..6351fcbc4 100644
--- a/ui/component/publishForm/index.js
+++ b/ui/component/publishForm/index.js
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ const perform = dispatch => ({
   updatePublishForm: value => dispatch(doUpdatePublishForm(value)),
   clearPublish: () => dispatch(doClearPublish()),
   resolveUri: uri => dispatch(doResolveUri(uri)),
-  publish: filePath => dispatch(doPublishDesktop(filePath)),
+  publish: (filePath, preview) => dispatch(doPublishDesktop(filePath, preview)),
   prepareEdit: (claim, uri) => dispatch(doPrepareEdit(claim, uri)),
   resetThumbnailStatus: () => dispatch(doResetThumbnailStatus()),
   checkAvailability: name => dispatch(doCheckPublishNameAvailability(name)),
diff --git a/ui/component/publishForm/view.jsx b/ui/component/publishForm/view.jsx
index 8b47c069b..8048719b7 100644
--- a/ui/component/publishForm/view.jsx
+++ b/ui/component/publishForm/view.jsx
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ const MODES = Object.values(PUBLISH_MODES);
 type Props = {
   disabled: boolean,
   tags: Array<Tag>,
-  publish: (source?: string | File) => void,
+  publish: (source?: string | File, ?boolean) => void,
   filePath: string | File,
   fileText: string,
   bid: ?number,
@@ -274,7 +274,11 @@ function PublishForm(props: Props) {
     }
     // Publish file
     if (mode === PUBLISH_MODES.FILE) {
-      publish(filePath);
+      if (isStillEditing) {
+        publish(filePath, false);
+      } else {
+        publish(filePath, true);
+      }
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/ui/redux/actions/publish.js b/ui/redux/actions/publish.js
index 8a0435d98..ba9f1177c 100644
--- a/ui/redux/actions/publish.js
+++ b/ui/redux/actions/publish.js
@@ -15,7 +15,15 @@ import { push } from 'connected-react-router';
 import analytics from 'analytics';
 import { doOpenModal } from './app';
 
-export const doPublishDesktop = (filePath: string) => (dispatch: Dispatch, getState: () => {}) => {
+export const doPublishDesktop = (filePath: string, preview?: boolean) => (dispatch: Dispatch, getState: () => {}) => {
+  const publishPreview = previewResponse => {
+    dispatch(
+      doOpenModal(MODALS.PUBLISH_PREVIEW, {
+        previewResponse,
+      })
+    );
+  };
+
   const publishSuccess = (successResponse, lbryFirstError) => {
     const state = getState();
     const myClaims = selectMyClaims(state);
@@ -74,6 +82,11 @@ export const doPublishDesktop = (filePath: string) => (dispatch: Dispatch, getSt
     dispatch(batchActions(...actions));
   };
 
+  if (preview) {
+    dispatch(doPublish(publishSuccess, publishFail, publishPreview));
+    return;
+  }
+
   // Redirect on web immediately because we have a file upload progress componenet
   // on the publishes page. This doesn't exist on desktop so wait until we get a response
   // from the SDK