diff --git a/src/actions/recomputeReduxState.js b/src/actions/recomputeReduxState.js
index d59c0cd2f..c743fe497 100644
--- a/src/actions/recomputeReduxState.js
+++ b/src/actions/recomputeReduxState.js
@@ -694,7 +694,7 @@ export const createStateFromQueryOrJSONs = ({
   }
 
   /* if query.label is undefined then we intend to zoom to the root */
-  tree = modifyTreeStateVisAndBranchThickness(tree, undefined, query.label, controls, dispatch);
+  tree = modifyTreeStateVisAndBranchThickness(tree, query.s, query.label, controls, dispatch);
 
   if (treeToo && treeToo.loaded) {
     treeToo.nodeColorsVersion = tree.nodeColorsVersion;