diff --git a/src/bga_account.py b/src/bga_account.py
index eb8efd4..e1b3d30 100644
--- a/src/bga_account.py
+++ b/src/bga_account.py
@@ -208,7 +208,13 @@ async def parse_options(self, options, table_id):
         # options will overwrite defaults if they are there
         defaults.update(options)
         updated_options = defaults
+
+        if "open" not in updated_options \
+           and "restrictgroup" in updated_options:
+            updated_options["open"] = "true"
+
         url_data = []
+        final_url_data = []
         for option in updated_options:
             value = updated_options[option]
             option_data = {}
@@ -275,6 +281,14 @@ async def parse_options(self, options, table_id):
             elif option == "lang":
                 option_data["path"] = "/table/table/restrictToLanguage.html"
                 option_data["params"] = {"lang": updated_options[option]}
+            elif option == "open":
+                if updated_options["open"].lower() in {"1", "on", "true", "y", "yes"}:
+                    option_data["path"] = "/table/table/openTableNow.html"
+                    option_data["params"] = {}
+                elif updated_options["open"].lower() in {"0", "off", "false", "n", "no"}:
+                    continue
+                else:
+                    return f"Option `open` should have value `true` or `false`."
             elif option.isdigit():
                 # If this is an HTML option, set it as such
                 option_data["path"] = "/table/table/changeoption.html"
@@ -283,6 +297,7 @@ async def parse_options(self, options, table_id):
                 return f"Option {option} not a valid option."
 
             url_data.append(option_data)
+        url_data.extend(final_url_data)
         return url_data
 
     async def get_group_id(self, group_name):
diff --git a/src/docs/bga_options_msg.md b/src/docs/bga_options_msg.md
index 0eb302f..3d556ad 100644
--- a/src/docs/bga_options_msg.md
+++ b/src/docs/bga_options_msg.md
@@ -65,4 +65,6 @@ The default is marked with a *
 **lang**: ISO639-1 language code like en, es, fr, de. To find yours: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ISO_639-1_codes
     Default language is none
 
+**open**: If `true`, the table will be immediately opened for joining. Defaults to `true` if and only if `restrictgroup` is set.
+
 _You can also specify options/values like 200:12 if you know what they are by looking at the HTML._