diff --git a/Core/Core.cc b/Core/Core.cc
index 554ff685fabaa08aa930fd4ef7d0d0d45fee3222..2ceb2155b13ba7fcd083f2a9fa00dd29710eeb76 100644
--- a/Core/Core.cc
+++ b/Core/Core.cc
@@ -896,6 +896,7 @@ Core::slotRecentOpen(QAction* _action)
     if ( recentFiles[i] == _action->text() ){
         OpenFlipper::Options::loadingRecentFile(true);
         loadObject(typeId(recentTypes[i]), recentFiles[i]);
+        coreWidget_->addRecent(recentFiles[i],typeId(recentTypes[i]) );
         OpenFlipper::Options::loadingRecentFile(false);
         return;
     }
diff --git a/Core/openFunctions.cc b/Core/openFunctions.cc
index 864be1d40c8a22a9ea55c727843960f8c44cbaa6..7f4f129660d09cb51235db4a219dc654c9ca59bf 100644
--- a/Core/openFunctions.cc
+++ b/Core/openFunctions.cc
@@ -538,14 +538,6 @@ void Core::slotObjectOpened ( int _id ) {
   QString filename = object->path() + OpenFlipper::Options::dirSeparator() + object->name();
   BaseObject* object2;
   PluginFunctions::getObject(_id,object2);
-  
-  /**
-    * \todo This is wrong here. If a core adds any object, this has already been called! 
-    * If a plugin does that, its also wrong as this adds the name of the object rather than the filename!
-    *
-    */
-  if ( OpenFlipper::Options::gui() )
-    coreWidget_->addRecent( filename, object2->dataType() );
 
   // ================================================================================
   // if this is the first object opend, reset the global view