diff --git a/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/controlLayers/hooks/saveCanvasHooks.ts b/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/controlLayers/hooks/saveCanvasHooks.ts
index 395768585f..f164b1f2f1 100644
--- a/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/controlLayers/hooks/saveCanvasHooks.ts
+++ b/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/controlLayers/hooks/saveCanvasHooks.ts
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ export const useNewGlobalReferenceImageFromBbox = () => {
           image: imageDTOToImageWithDims(imageDTO),
         },
       };
-      dispatch(refImageAdded({ overrides, isSelected: true }));
+      dispatch(refImageAdded({ overrides }));
     };
 
     return {