diff --git a/web/src/elements/TreeView.ts b/web/src/elements/TreeView.ts
index 1604e0783..c1c7e2f89 100644
--- a/web/src/elements/TreeView.ts
+++ b/web/src/elements/TreeView.ts
@@ -169,7 +169,9 @@ export class TreeView extends LitElement {
             }
             return item;
         } else {
-            return this.createNode(path, tree[idx].childItems, level + 1);
+            const child = this.createNode(path, tree[idx].childItems, level + 1);
+            child.parent = tree[idx];
+            return child;
         }
     }