diff --git a/apps/portal/src/components/selection/SelectionPage.tsx b/apps/portal/src/components/selection/SelectionPage.tsx
index 07dd89692c1a95728d8219ff3100490c7a4bb205..5d680ccb0b798d07f6c05275dfebac47bc775104 100644
--- a/apps/portal/src/components/selection/SelectionPage.tsx
+++ b/apps/portal/src/components/selection/SelectionPage.tsx
@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@ export default function SelectionPage() {
   const hideReprocess = !config.ui.features.reprocessing;
 
   return (
-    <SelectionPanelForType type={'dataset'} hideReprocess={hideReprocess} />
+    <SelectionPanelForType
+      type={'dataset'}
+      hideReprocess={hideReprocess}
+      datasetViewerType="generic" // This forces the viewer type independently of their remote configuration
+    />
   );
 }
diff --git a/apps/portal/src/components/selection/SelectionPanelForType.tsx b/apps/portal/src/components/selection/SelectionPanelForType.tsx
index eb676650d71b953e7de5a27d47db7ce8bac96b7a..507d54942fdd55e4ca02aaf4d832fdb8d737ffd1 100644
--- a/apps/portal/src/components/selection/SelectionPanelForType.tsx
+++ b/apps/portal/src/components/selection/SelectionPanelForType.tsx
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import {
   useUser,
   SelectEntityType,
   useSelection,
+  DatasetViewerType,
 } from '@edata-portal/core';
 import {
   useEndpointURL,
@@ -20,19 +21,26 @@ export function SelectionPanelForType({
   linkToSelectionPage,
   hideDownload,
   hideMintDOI,
+  datasetViewerType,
 }: {
   type: SelectEntityType;
   hideReprocess?: boolean;
   linkToSelectionPage?: boolean;
   hideDownload?: boolean;
   hideMintDOI?: boolean;
+  datasetViewerType?: DatasetViewerType; // This forces the viewer type independently of their remote configuration
 }) {
   const { value: selection, clearSelection } = useSelection(type);
 
   const content = !selection.length ? (
     <NoData />
   ) : type === 'dataset' ? (
-    <DatasetList groupBy="dataset" datasetIds={selection} showInvestigation />
+    <DatasetList
+      groupBy="dataset"
+      datasetIds={selection}
+      showInvestigation
+      datasetViewerType={datasetViewerType}
+    />
   ) : (
     <DatasetList groupBy="sample" sampleIds={selection} showInvestigation />
   );
diff --git a/apps/portal/src/components/viewers/DatasetViewer.tsx b/apps/portal/src/components/viewers/DatasetViewer.tsx
index 83b5baa1a89b0af5a31fe48db8239b5e9fd1062f..5a47c56cb7963d460c7084d1b78629d6847c5638 100644
--- a/apps/portal/src/components/viewers/DatasetViewer.tsx
+++ b/apps/portal/src/components/viewers/DatasetViewer.tsx
@@ -113,6 +113,11 @@ export function DatasetViewer({
 
   const viewerForType = viewer?.render[type];
 
+  // This forces the display of the viewer despite its remote configuration
+  if (type === 'generic') {
+    return <GenericDatasetDetailsViewer dataset={dataset} {...props} />;
+  }
+
   if (viewerForType?.type === 'remote') {
     return (
       <RemoteComponent
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index dd41387704dc07be267dc8a934f0a13186aa2f2c..7bb0f35cdf0eedf1d3a038efd6718903136a1fe1 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@
     "lint:tsc": "pnpm --filter @edata-portal/core lint:tsc && pnpm --filter @edata-portal/h5 lint:tsc && pnpm -r --parallel --filter './apps/**' lint:tsc",
     "lint:prettier": "pnpm -r --parallel lint:prettier",
     "fix:eslint": "pnpm -r --parallel fix:eslint",
-    "fix:prettier": "pnpm -r --parallel fix:prettier"
+    "fix:prettier": "pnpm -r --parallel fix:prettier",
+    "validate": "pnpm lint:eslint && pnpm lint:tsc && pnpm lint:prettier"
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "eslint": "^8.57.0",
diff --git a/packages/core/src/components/dataset/generic/DatasetList.tsx b/packages/core/src/components/dataset/generic/DatasetList.tsx
index b7289ecdc0a1d55087d452443e48e2f675486f67..aedcb4e97cf57b6cf8701041d3f48c60b94c0ede 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/components/dataset/generic/DatasetList.tsx
+++ b/packages/core/src/components/dataset/generic/DatasetList.tsx
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import {
 } from '@edata-portal/icat-plus-api';
 import { useQueryClient } from '@tanstack/react-query';
 import { Loading, NoData } from 'components/utils';
-import { useViewers } from 'context';
+import { DatasetViewerType, useViewers } from 'context';
 import { formatDateToDay } from 'helpers';
 import { PaginationMenu, useEndpointPagination, useParam } from 'hooks';
 import React, {
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ export function DatasetList(
     investigationId?: string;
     showInvestigation?: boolean;
     parameterFilter?: string;
+    datasetViewerType?: DatasetViewerType;
   } & (
     | {
         groupBy: 'dataset';
@@ -54,7 +55,13 @@ export function DatasetList(
   switch (args.groupBy) {
     case 'dataset':
       if (args.datasets) {
-        return <DatasetObjectList datasets={args.datasets} {...args} />;
+        return (
+          <DatasetObjectList
+            datasetViewerType={args.datasetViewerType}
+            datasets={args.datasets}
+            {...args}
+          />
+        );
       }
       return (
         <Suspense fallback={<Loading />}>
@@ -259,6 +266,7 @@ function LoadDatasetListByDataset({
   search,
   sampleId,
   showInvestigation,
+  datasetViewerType,
 }: {
   instrumentName?: string;
   investigationId?: string;
@@ -268,6 +276,7 @@ function LoadDatasetListByDataset({
   search?: string;
   sampleId?: string;
   showInvestigation?: boolean;
+  datasetViewerType?: DatasetViewerType;
 }) {
   const datasets = useEndpointPagination({
     endpoint: DATASET_LIST_ENDPOINT,
@@ -295,6 +304,7 @@ function LoadDatasetListByDataset({
         <DatasetObjectList
           datasets={datasets.data}
           showInvestigation={showInvestigation}
+          datasetViewerType={datasetViewerType}
         />
       </Row>
 
@@ -306,9 +316,11 @@ function LoadDatasetListByDataset({
 function DatasetObjectList({
   datasets,
   showInvestigation = false,
+  datasetViewerType = 'details',
 }: {
   datasets: Dataset[];
   showInvestigation?: boolean;
+  datasetViewerType?: DatasetViewerType;
 }) {
   const viewers = useViewers();
 
@@ -336,7 +348,7 @@ function DatasetObjectList({
                 />
               )}
             <Row key={dataset.id} className="mb-4">
-              <Col>{viewers.viewDataset(dataset, 'details')}</Col>
+              <Col>{viewers.viewDataset(dataset, datasetViewerType)}</Col>
             </Row>
           </React.Fragment>
         );
diff --git a/packages/core/src/context/viewers.tsx b/packages/core/src/context/viewers.tsx
index f16928efed34931b3a72a7437ab87b2f5fee93ff..dfdac2f3c6899dfccbe06b3e3e10699be4921382 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/context/viewers.tsx
+++ b/packages/core/src/context/viewers.tsx
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ export const DATASET_VIEWER_TYPES = [
   'details',
   'snapshot',
   'tableCell',
+  'generic',
 ] as const;
 export type DatasetViewerType = (typeof DATASET_VIEWER_TYPES)[number];