diff --git a/dspace-spring-rest/src/main/webapp/login.html b/dspace-spring-rest/src/main/webapp/login.html
index 3936a6d43d..8ac8b71b4b 100644
--- a/dspace-spring-rest/src/main/webapp/login.html
+++ b/dspace-spring-rest/src/main/webapp/login.html
@@ -79,6 +79,26 @@
             "onclick" : function() { toastr.remove(); }
         }
 
+        $.ajax({
+          url : window.location.href.replace("login.html", "") + 'api/authn/login',
+          success : function(result, status, xhr) {
+              document.cookie = "MyHalBrowserToken=" + xhr.getResponseHeader('Authorization').split(" ")[1];
+              toastr.success('You are now logged in. Please wait while we redirect you...', 'Login Successful');
+              setTimeout(function() {
+                  window.location.href = window.location.pathname.replace("login.html", "");
+              }, 2000);
+          },
+          error : function(result, status, xhr) {
+              if (xhr == 401) {
+                  var loc = result.getResponseHeader("location");
+                  if (loc != null && loc != "") {
+                      document.location = loc;
+                  }
+              }
+          }
+        });
+
+        
         $("#login").click(function() {
             $.ajax({
                 //This depends on this file to be called login.html