diff --git a/src/nhlobj.c b/src/nhlobj.c
index acaf6366f..44fcc32f5 100644
--- a/src/nhlobj.c
+++ b/src/nhlobj.c
@@ -369,6 +369,7 @@ lua_State *L;
     if (lobj_is_ok(lo)) {
         obj_extract_self(lo->obj);
         place_object(lo->obj, x, y);
+        newsym(x, y);
     }
 
     return 0;