diff --git a/browser/js/clone.js b/browser/js/clone.js
index 822b6241fb033cd3e5c7a23d9c1d1b75d1a226b8..eb8decfdd4e63cc03b4c8ceb84f85f00c530dae8 100644
--- a/browser/js/clone.js
+++ b/browser/js/clone.js
@@ -48,21 +48,15 @@ function Clone(data, model, index, virtual) {
     }
 
     this.seg = this.m.convertSeg(this.seg)
-    
-    if (typeof (this.getSequence()) != 'undefined' && typeof (this.name) != 'undefined') {
-        this.shortName = this.name.replace(new RegExp('IGHV', 'g'), "VH");
-        this.shortName = this.shortName.replace(new RegExp('IGHD', 'g'), "DH");
-        this.shortName = this.shortName.replace(new RegExp('IGHJ', 'g'), "JH");
-        this.shortName = this.shortName.replace(new RegExp('TRG', 'g'), "");
-        this.shortName = this.shortName.replace(new RegExp('\\*..', 'g'), "");
-    }
-    
+        
     this.m.clusters[index]=[index]
     this.m.clones[index]=this
     this.tag = this.getTag();
     this.computeGCContent()
     this.computeCoverage()
     this.computeEValue()
+
+    this.computeShortName()
 }
 
 function nullIfZero(x) { return (x === 0 || x === '0') ? '' : x }
@@ -110,7 +104,12 @@ Clone.prototype = {
         return size;
     },
 
-    getShortName: function () {
+
+    /**
+     * Compute a .shortName from .getName()
+     */
+
+    computeShortName: function () {
 
         name_items = this.getName().split(' ')
         short_name_items = []
@@ -172,7 +171,11 @@ Clone.prototype = {
             short_name_items.push(s)
         }
 
-        return short_name_items.join(' ')
+        this.shortName = short_name_items.join(' ')
+    },
+
+    getShortName: function () {
+        return this.shortName
     },
 
     /**
diff --git a/browser/js/model.js b/browser/js/model.js
index 3a489a7687f133ec625b44afc747fd25a1055ccc..b333bcccf120d95c2a3424f1b73afc8fee4c616a 100644
--- a/browser/js/model.js
+++ b/browser/js/model.js
@@ -297,12 +297,18 @@ Model.prototype = {
 
 changeCloneNotation: function(cloneNotationType) {
     this.cloneNotationType = cloneNotationType;
+
+    for (var i = 0; i < this.clones.length; i++)
+        this.clone(i).computeShortName()
     this.update();
 },
 
 
 changeAlleleNotation: function(alleleNotation) {
     this.alleleNotation = alleleNotation;
+
+    for (var i = 0; i < this.clones.length; i++)
+        this.clone(i).computeShortName()
     this.update();
 },