diff --git a/src/frontends/qt/GuiRef.cpp b/src/frontends/qt/GuiRef.cpp
index 57859be82b..77ab51535d 100644
--- a/src/frontends/qt/GuiRef.cpp
+++ b/src/frontends/qt/GuiRef.cpp
@@ -613,6 +613,7 @@ void GuiRef::dispatchParams()
 {
 	std::string const lfun = InsetCommand::params2string(params_);
 	dispatch(FuncRequest(getLfun(), lfun));
+	connectToNewInset();
 }