diff --git a/src/lib/vis/components/VisualizationPanel.tsx b/src/lib/vis/components/VisualizationPanel.tsx
index eaf4a7a17b4e7de750e18c7c28ae729248e90331..c42b3857f7020f51d2fe65f9f60440759e1aa302 100644
--- a/src/lib/vis/components/VisualizationPanel.tsx
+++ b/src/lib/vis/components/VisualizationPanel.tsx
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import {
 } from '@/lib/data-access';
 import VisualizationTabBar from './VisualizationTabBar';
 import { Recommender, NoData, Querying } from '../views';
-import { resultSetSelection, unSelect } from '../../data-access/store/interactionSlice';
+import { resultSetFocus, resultSetSelection, unSelect } from '../../data-access/store/interactionSlice';
 import { updateVisualization, addVisualization } from '../../data-access/store/visualizationSlice';
 import { VisualizationPropTypes, VISComponentType } from '../common';
 import { ErrorBoundary } from '../../components/errorBoundary';
@@ -82,8 +82,10 @@ export const VisualizationPanel = ({ fullSize }: { fullSize: () => void }) => {
   };
 
   const handleSelect = (selection?: { nodes?: NodeQueryResult[]; edges?: EdgeQueryResult[] }) => {
-    if (selection?.nodes && selection.nodes.length > 0) dispatch(resultSetSelection({ content: selection.nodes }));
-    else dispatch(unSelect());
+    if (selection?.nodes && selection.nodes.length > 0) {
+      dispatch(resultSetSelection({ selectionType: 'node', content: selection.nodes }));
+      dispatch(resultSetFocus({ focusType: 'query' }));
+    } else dispatch(unSelect());
   };
 
   const updateSettings = (newSettings: Record<string, any>) => {