diff --git a/src/frontends/qt/GuiExternal.cpp b/src/frontends/qt/GuiExternal.cpp
index 55688c54e4..62c56c982d 100644
--- a/src/frontends/qt/GuiExternal.cpp
+++ b/src/frontends/qt/GuiExternal.cpp
@@ -644,6 +644,7 @@ void GuiExternal::dispatchParams()
 {
 	string const lfun = InsetExternal::params2string(params_, buffer());
 	dispatch(FuncRequest(getLfun(), lfun));
+	connectToNewInset();
 }