diff --git a/src/components/ScaffoldTreeControls.vue b/src/components/ScaffoldTreeControls.vue
index c5db0aa..0d8f3a4 100644
--- a/src/components/ScaffoldTreeControls.vue
+++ b/src/components/ScaffoldTreeControls.vue
@@ -142,6 +142,12 @@ export default {
             isRegion: true,
           };
           this.addTreeItem(data.children, childRegionItem, region);
+          //Special case for helper region
+          if (path === "/_helper") {
+            this.$nextTick(() => {
+              this.$refs.treeControls.$refs.regionTree.setChecked(childRegionItem.id, false);
+            });
+          }
         }
         _paths.shift();
         return this.findOrCreateRegion(childRegionItem, _paths, path);
diff --git a/src/components/ScaffoldVuer.vue b/src/components/ScaffoldVuer.vue
index 0865ae7..8957a4b 100644
--- a/src/components/ScaffoldVuer.vue
+++ b/src/components/ScaffoldVuer.vue
@@ -2146,7 +2146,6 @@ export default {
     },
     setURLFinishCallback: function (options) {
       return () => {
-        this.restoreSettings(options);
         this.localAnnotationsList.length = 0;
         this.updateSettingsfromScene();
         this.$module.updateTime(0.01);
@@ -2168,6 +2167,7 @@ export default {
         const {centre, size} = this.$module.getCentreAndSize();
         this.boundingDims.centre = centre;
         this.boundingDims.size = size;
+        this.$nextTick(() => this.restoreSettings(options) );
         this.isReady = true;
       };
     },