diff --git a/src/gui/widgets/timeline/timeline-body.cpp b/src/gui/widgets/timeline/timeline-body.cpp
index 3bee2110f..3be2af378 100644
--- a/src/gui/widgets/timeline/timeline-body.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/widgets/timeline/timeline-body.cpp
@@ -306,6 +306,15 @@ TimelineBody::on_state_changed (shared_ptr<TimelineState> newState)
 {
   REQUIRE (newState);
   timelineState = newState;
+  if(timelineState)
+    {
+      // Connect up some events
+      viewWindow().changed_signal().connect(
+        sigc::mem_fun(this, &TimelineBody::on_update_view) );
+    }
+
+  // Redraw
+  queue_draw();
 }
 
 void