diff --git a/browser/js/model.js b/browser/js/model.js
index af4316b436fce049367d229b646af0b1d433dca2..887ae5200de346f221c07c902201fab261a5c4d5 100644
--- a/browser/js/model.js
+++ b/browser/js/model.js
@@ -950,6 +950,7 @@ changeAlleleNotation: function(alleleNotation) {
                 this.orderedSelectedClones.splice(index, 1);
             this.clone(cloneID).select = false;
             this.updateElemStyle([cloneID]);
+            segment.set_first_clone(this.orderedSelectedClones[0])
         }
         console.log("orderedSelectedClones: " + this.orderedSelectedClones.join(","));
     },