diff --git a/src/UI/BigComponents/WaySplitMap.svelte b/src/UI/BigComponents/WaySplitMap.svelte
index 021e3cdb3..7dc53796c 100644
--- a/src/UI/BigComponents/WaySplitMap.svelte
+++ b/src/UI/BigComponents/WaySplitMap.svelte
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@
     Feature<
       Point,
       {
-        id: number
+        id: string
         index: number
         dist: number
         location: number
@@ -101,8 +101,8 @@
   })
   let id = 0
   adaptor.lastClickLocation.addCallbackD(({ lon, lat }) => {
-    let projected: Feature<Point, { index: number; id?: number; reuse?: string }> =
-      GeoOperations.nearestPoint(wayGeojson, [lon, lat])
+    let projected: Feature<Point, { index: number; id: string; reuse?: string }> =
+      <any>GeoOperations.nearestPoint(wayGeojson, [lon, lat])
 
     console.log("Added splitpoint", projected, id)
 
@@ -126,6 +126,7 @@
         },
         properties: {
           index: i + 1,
+          id: "" + id,
           reuse: "yes",
         },
       }
@@ -139,14 +140,14 @@
         },
         properties: {
           index: i,
+          id: "" + id,
           reuse: "yes",
         },
       }
     }
 
-    projected.properties["id"] = id
     id++
-    splitPoints.data.push(<any>projected)
+    splitPoints.data.push(projected)
     splitPoints.ping()
   })
 </script>