diff --git a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/includes/modals/serials_multi_receiving.inc b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/includes/modals/serials_multi_receiving.inc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..91f9377f24
--- /dev/null
+++ b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/includes/modals/serials_multi_receiving.inc
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+<div id="multi_receiving" class="modal" tabindex="-1" role="dialog" aria-labelledby="multi_receiving_label" aria-hidden="true">
+    <div class="modal-dialog">
+        <div class="modal-content">
+            <form action="/cgi-bin/koha/serials/serials-collection.pl" method="post">
+                <div class="modal-body">
+                    <fieldset class="rows">
+                        <legend>Multi receiving</legend>
+                        <ol>
+                            <li>
+                            <label for="nbissues" class="required">How many issues do you want to receive?</label>
+                            <input type="text"  size="25" id="nbissues" name="nbissues" required="required" />
+                            <li>
+                            <li>
+                                <label for="date_received_today">Set the date received to today?</label>
+                                <input type="checkbox" id="date_received_today" name="date_received_today" />
+                            </li>
+                        </ol>
+                        <input type="hidden" name="op" value="gennext" />
+
+                        [%# subscriptionidlist is used from serials-collection, subscriptionid is used from serils-edit %]
+                        <input type="hidden" name="subscriptionid" value="[% subscriptionidlist || subscriptionid %]" />
+                    </fieldset>
+                </div>
+
+                <div class="modal-footer">
+                    <a href="#" class="cancel" data-dismiss="modal" aria-hidden="true">Cancel</a>
+                    <input type="submit" class="btn btn-default approve" value="Multi receiving" />
+                </div>
+            </form>
+        </div>
+    </div>
+</div>
diff --git a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/serials/serials-collection.tt b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/serials/serials-collection.tt
index 7f26f8b867..c2122f7351 100644
--- a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/serials/serials-collection.tt
+++ b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/serials/serials-collection.tt
@@ -21,38 +21,7 @@
 	<div id="yui-main">
 	<div class="yui-b">
 
-    <!-- Modal -->
-    <div id="multi_receiving" class="modal" tabindex="-1" role="dialog" aria-labelledby="multi_receiving_label" aria-hidden="true">
-        <div class="modal-dialog">
-            <div class="modal-content">
-                <form action="/cgi-bin/koha/serials/serials-collection.pl" method="post">
-                    <div class="modal-body">
-                        <fieldset class="rows">
-                            <legend>Multi receiving</legend>
-                            <ol>
-                                <li>
-                                <label for="nbissues" class="required">How many issues do you want to receive?</label>
-                                <input type="text"  size="25" id="nbissues" name="nbissues" required="required" />
-                                <li>
-                                <li>
-                                    <label for="date_received_today">Set the date received to today?</label>
-                                    <input type="checkbox" id="date_received_today" name="date_received_today" />
-                                </li>
-                            </ol>
-                            <input type="hidden" name="op" value="gennext" />
-                            <input type="hidden" name="subscriptionid" value="[% subscriptionidlist %]" />
-                        </fieldset>
-                    </div>
-
-                    <div class="modal-footer">
-                        <a href="#" class="cancel" data-dismiss="modal" aria-hidden="true">Cancel</a>
-                        <input type="submit" class="btn btn-default approve" value="Multi receiving" />
-                    </div>
-                </form>
-            </div>
-        </div>
-    </div>
-
+    [% INCLUDE 'modals/serials_multi_receiving.inc' %]
 
 [% UNLESS ( popup ) %]
 	[% INCLUDE 'serials-toolbar.inc' %]
diff --git a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/serials/serials-edit.tt b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/serials/serials-edit.tt
index e23d35d0d7..0821f43258 100644
--- a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/serials/serials-edit.tt
+++ b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/serials/serials-edit.tt
@@ -8,12 +8,12 @@
 [% INCLUDE 'calendar.inc' %]
 <script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
 //<![CDATA[
-function generateReceive() {
-    var subscriptionid =  document.getElementsByName("subscriptionid")[0].value;
-    if(nbissues=prompt(_("How many issues do you want to receive ?"))){
-        document.location = 'serials-collection.pl?op=gennext&subscriptionid='+subscriptionid+'&nbissues='+nbissues;
-    }
-}
+    $(document).ready(function() {
+        $('#multi_receiving').on('show', function () {
+           $(this).find(".modal-body").html($(".serials_multi_receiving")[0].outerHTML);
+        });
+    });
+
 function popup(subscriptionid) {
 	window.open("subscription-renew.pl?subscriptionid="+subscriptionid,"subscription_renewal",'width=700,height=400,toolbar=false,scrollbars=yes');
 }
@@ -91,6 +91,8 @@ $(document).ready(function() {
 	<div id="yui-main">
 	<div class="yui-b">
 
+    [% INCLUDE 'modals/serials_multi_receiving.inc' %]
+
 <h1>Serial edition <i>[% bibliotitle %]</i>
     [% IF location %] ([% AuthorisedValues.GetByCode('LOC', location) %])[% END %]
     [% IF ( callnumber ) %] callnumber: [% callnumber %][% END %]</h1>
@@ -423,8 +425,11 @@ $(document).ready(function() {
 
 </table>
     <fieldset class="action">
-       <input type="submit" value="Save"  class="button" accesskey="w" />
-       [% UNLESS ( serialsadditems ) %]&nbsp;&nbsp;<input type="button" onclick="javascript:generateReceive()" value="Multi receiving">[% END %]
+        <div class="btn-group"><input type="submit" value="Save" class="btn btn-default btn-sm"  accesskey="w" /></div>
+        [% UNLESS ( serialsadditems ) %]&nbsp;&nbsp;
+            <div class="btn-group"><a href="#multi_receiving" role="button" class="btn btn-default btn-sm" data-toggle="modal"><i class="fa fa-plus"></i> Multi receiving</a></div>
+        [% END %]
+
     </fieldset>
 </form>
 
diff --git a/serials/serials-edit.pl b/serials/serials-edit.pl
index 090e2d3194..e5f69e8192 100755
--- a/serials/serials-edit.pl
+++ b/serials/serials-edit.pl
@@ -421,6 +421,7 @@ my $location = $serialdatalist[0]->{'location'};
 my $default_bib_view = get_default_view();
 
 $template->param(
+    subscriptionid  => $serialdatalist[0]->{subscriptionid},
     serialsadditems => $serialdatalist[0]->{'serialsadditems'},
     callnumber	     => $serialdatalist[0]->{'callnumber'},
     internalnotes   => $serialdatalist[0]->{'internalnotes'},