1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/gui/basewindow.cc b/gui/basewindow.cc
index de4e8272..e93428cf 100644
--- a/gui/basewindow.cc
+++ b/gui/basewindow.cc
@@ -365,6 +365,11 @@ void BaseMainWindow::open_json()
     QString fileName = QFileDialog::getOpenFileName(this, QString("Open JSON"), QString(), QString("*.json"));
     if (!fileName.isEmpty()) {
         disableActions();
+        if (ctx->settings.find(ctx->id("synth")) == ctx->settings.end()) {
+            ArchArgs chipArgs = ctx->getArchArgs();
+            ctx = std::unique_ptr<Context>(new Context(chipArgs));
+            Q_EMIT contextChanged(ctx.get());
+        }
         handler->load_json(ctx.get(), fileName.toStdString());
         Q_EMIT updateTreeView();
         log("Loading design successful.\n");