diff --git a/web/src/app/schedules/ScheduleDetails.tsx b/web/src/app/schedules/ScheduleDetails.tsx
index 6076a0f516..c346a82614 100644
--- a/web/src/app/schedules/ScheduleDetails.tsx
+++ b/web/src/app/schedules/ScheduleDetails.tsx
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import { useIsWidthDown } from '../util/useWidth'
 import { TempSchedValue, defaultTempSchedValue } from './temp-sched/sharedUtils'
 import { Redirect } from 'wouter'
 import { useScheduleTZ } from './useScheduleTZ'
+import { useURLParam } from '../actions'
 
 const query = gql`
   fragment ScheduleTitleQuery on Schedule {
@@ -68,6 +69,10 @@ export type ScheduleDetailsProps = {
 export default function ScheduleDetails({
   scheduleID,
 }: ScheduleDetailsProps): React.JSX.Element {
+  const [newOverride] = useURLParam('new-override', '')
+  const newValidOverride = ['add', 'remove', 'replace'].includes(newOverride)
+    ? newOverride
+    : ''
   const [showEdit, setShowEdit] = useState(false)
   const [showDelete, setShowDelete] = useState(false)
 
@@ -91,7 +96,9 @@ export default function ScheduleDetails({
     useState<TempSchedValue | null>(null)
   const onDeleteTempSched = useCallback(setDeleteTempSchedule, [])
   const [overrideDialog, setOverrideDialog] = useState<OverrideDialog | null>(
-    null,
+    newValidOverride
+      ? { variantOptions: [newValidOverride], removeUserReadOnly: false }
+      : null,
   )
 
   const [{ data: _data, error }] = useQuery({
diff --git a/web/src/app/schedules/ScheduleOverrideDialog.jsx b/web/src/app/schedules/ScheduleOverrideDialog.jsx
index 023cd44028..bba297419d 100644
--- a/web/src/app/schedules/ScheduleOverrideDialog.jsx
+++ b/web/src/app/schedules/ScheduleOverrideDialog.jsx
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ export default function ScheduleOverrideDialog(props) {
     ...(props?.defaultValue ?? {}),
   }
 
-  const [step, setStep] = useState(0)
+  const [step, setStep] = useState(variantOptions.length === 1 ? 1 : 0)
   const [value, setValue] = useState(initialValue)
   const [fieldErrors, setFieldErrors] = useState([])
   const [activeVariant, setActiveVariant] = useState(variantOptions[0])