diff --git a/atdb/taskdatabase/templates/query/action_buttons_per_row.html b/atdb/taskdatabase/templates/query/action_buttons_per_row.html
index 03e74f559591f275f5afab323dbb03b777c88b4d..6fae0ffc89dc2f0c6b6a4c84c6a329ee13f37cb9 100644
--- a/atdb/taskdatabase/templates/query/action_buttons_per_row.html
+++ b/atdb/taskdatabase/templates/query/action_buttons_per_row.html
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
  <a href="{% url 'task-details' record.pk  0 %}" class="btn btn-primary btn-sm" role="button"><i class="fas fa-list"></i> Details</a>&nbsp;
 
 {% if record.resume  %}
-       <a href="{% url 'task-hold-resume' record.pk 'hold' 0 %}" class="btn btn-warning btn-sm" role="button"><i class="fas fa-pause"></i> hold</a>
+       <a href="{% url 'task-hold-resume' record.pk 'hold' %}" class="btn btn-warning btn-sm" role="button"><i class="fas fa-pause"></i> hold</a>
  {% endif %}
 
 {% if not record.resume  %}
-       <a href="{% url 'task-hold-resume' record.pk 'resume' 0 %}" class="btn btn-success btn-sm" role="button"><i class="fas fa-play"></i> start</a>
+       <a href="{% url 'task-hold-resume' record.pk 'resume' %}" class="btn btn-success btn-sm" role="button"><i class="fas fa-play"></i> start</a>
 {% endif %}
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diff --git a/atdb/taskdatabase/templates/query/set_multi_status_panel.html b/atdb/taskdatabase/templates/query/set_multi_status_panel.html
index 00cb2f624915152dd7300db1c9bae64e09f39ca8..d6daa63bf2609e6d1cdbda50f22b98b2ed6df5d6 100644
--- a/atdb/taskdatabase/templates/query/set_multi_status_panel.html
+++ b/atdb/taskdatabase/templates/query/set_multi_status_panel.html
@@ -8,7 +8,10 @@
                  <p>Click to change Status for all these tasks</p>
                  <table>
                     <tr>
-                     <a href="{% url 'task-multi-setstatus' 'defining' %}" class="btn btn-danger btn-sm" role="button"><i class="fas fa-sync-alt"></i> defining</a>&nbsp;
+                     <a href="{% url 'task-multi-hold' 'hold' %}" class="btn btn-danger btn-sm" role="button"><i class="fas fa-pause"></i> hold</a>&nbsp;
+                     <a href="{% url 'task-multi-hold' 'resume' %}" class="btn btn-danger btn-sm" role="button"><i class="fas fa-play"></i> start</a>&nbsp;
+
+                        <a href="{% url 'task-multi-setstatus' 'defining' %}" class="btn btn-danger btn-sm" role="button"><i class="fas fa-sync-alt"></i> defining</a>&nbsp;
                      <a href="{% url 'task-multi-setstatus' 'defined' %}" class="btn btn-danger btn-sm" role="button"><i class="fas fa-sync-alt"></i> defined</a>&nbsp;
                      <a href="{% url 'task-multi-setstatus' 'staged' %}" class="btn btn-danger btn-sm" role="button"><i class="fas fa-sync-alt"></i> staged</a>&nbsp;
                      <a href="{% url 'task-multi-setstatus' 'processed' %}" class="btn btn-danger btn-sm" role="button"><i class="fas fa-sync-alt"></i> processed</a>&nbsp;
diff --git a/atdb/taskdatabase/templates/taskdatabase/index.html b/atdb/taskdatabase/templates/taskdatabase/index.html
index 95f65c9482db7bf3778b525cfaa39b4cf433ea13..a3413b7fbb9e6224fbc663b2ae50e867daa8e9c1 100644
--- a/atdb/taskdatabase/templates/taskdatabase/index.html
+++ b/atdb/taskdatabase/templates/taskdatabase/index.html
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@
         {% include 'taskdatabase/pagination.html' %}
        </div>
     </div>
-    <p class="footer"> Version 1.0.0 (1 apr 2021 - 12:00)
+    <p class="footer"> Version 1.0.0 (1 apr 2021 - 14:00)
 
 </div>
 
diff --git a/atdb/taskdatabase/urls.py b/atdb/taskdatabase/urls.py
index 73ac3e5803e38dd362a142c3c12ea0f838176b50..e7474e03859303116c3a0e30bc8b0047a1c9a29d 100644
--- a/atdb/taskdatabase/urls.py
+++ b/atdb/taskdatabase/urls.py
@@ -64,7 +64,8 @@ urlpatterns = [
     path('tasks/task-set-onhold-filter/<onhold>', views.TaskSetOnHoldFilter, name='task-set-onhold-filter'),
     path('tasks/<int:pk>/set_status/<new_status>/<page>', views.TaskSetStatusTables2, name = 'task-setstatus'),
     path('tasks/set_status_multi/<new_status>', views.TaskSetStatusMulti, name='task-multi-setstatus'),
-
+    path('tasks/set_multi_hold/<onhold>', views.TaskMultiHold, name='task-multi-hold'),
 
     path('tasks/<int:pk>/hold/<hold_it>/<page>', views.Hold, name='task-hold-resume'),
+    path('tasks/<int:pk>/hold/<hold_it>', views.Hold, name='task-hold-resume'),
 ]
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diff --git a/atdb/taskdatabase/views.py b/atdb/taskdatabase/views.py
index b9757b70ff548f1d76a0a7b72f8725b36d34fb38..ebfb1e473a03af73f4213ef7d7c4104f4e5e9547 100644
--- a/atdb/taskdatabase/views.py
+++ b/atdb/taskdatabase/views.py
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ from django.contrib.auth.decorators import login_required
 
 from django.views.generic import ListView
 from django.contrib import messages
-from django.core.cache import cache
 
 from rest_framework import generics, pagination
 from rest_framework.response import Response
@@ -453,7 +452,7 @@ class JobDetailsViewAPI(generics.RetrieveUpdateDestroyAPIView):
 # set task status to 'new_status' - called from the GUI
 
 @login_required
-def Hold(request,pk,hold_it,page):
+def Hold(request,pk,hold_it,page=0):
     model = Task
     task = Task.objects.get(pk=pk)
     task.resume = (hold_it == 'resume')
@@ -537,10 +536,6 @@ def TaskSetStatusTables2(request,pk,new_status,page):
 def TaskSetStatusMulti(request, new_status):
     # read the current querylist from the session
 
-    # yikes, this doesn't work if 2 users are simultaneously logged in
-    # query_list = cache.get('query_list')
-    # cache.delete('query_list')
-
     # get the list of id's from the session
     query_list_of_ids = request.session['query_list_of_ids']
 
@@ -550,6 +545,22 @@ def TaskSetStatusMulti(request, new_status):
         task.save()
     return redirect('/atdb/query')
 
+
+@login_required
+def TaskMultiHold(request, onhold):
+    # read the current querylist from the session
+
+    # get the list of id's from the session
+    query_list_of_ids = request.session['query_list_of_ids']
+
+    for id in query_list_of_ids:
+        task = Task.objects.get(id=id[0])
+        task.resume = (onhold == 'resume')
+        task.save()
+
+    return redirect('/atdb/query')
+
+
 # /atdb/get_size?status__in=defined,staged
 class GetSizeView(generics.ListAPIView):
     queryset = Task.objects.all()