diff --git a/Logic/SimpleMetaTagger.ts b/Logic/SimpleMetaTagger.ts
index 5a978f7bd6..dd19965246 100644
--- a/Logic/SimpleMetaTagger.ts
+++ b/Logic/SimpleMetaTagger.ts
@@ -490,9 +490,10 @@ export default class SimpleMetaTaggers {
         {
             keys: ["_referencing_ways"],
             isLazy: true,
-            doc: "_referencing_ways contains - for a node - which ways use this this node as point in their geometry.",
+            doc: "_referencing_ways contains - for a node - which ways use this this node as point in their geometry. ",
         },
         (feature, _, __, state) => {
+            //this function has some extra code to make it work in SimpleAddUI.ts to also work for newly added points
             const id = feature.properties.id
             if (!id.startsWith("node/")) {
                 return false
diff --git a/UI/BigComponents/SimpleAddUI.ts b/UI/BigComponents/SimpleAddUI.ts
index b9dbcbb5b1..2cebb2512e 100644
--- a/UI/BigComponents/SimpleAddUI.ts
+++ b/UI/BigComponents/SimpleAddUI.ts
@@ -101,6 +101,9 @@ export default class SimpleAddUI extends LoginToggle {
             snapOntoWay?: OsmWay
         ): Promise<void> {
             tags.push(new Tag(Tag.newlyCreated.key, new Date().toISOString()))
+            if (snapOntoWay) {
+                tags.push(new Tag("_referencing_ways", "way/" + snapOntoWay.id))
+            }
             const newElementAction = new CreateNewNodeAction(tags, location.lat, location.lon, {
                 theme: state.layoutToUse?.id ?? "unkown",
                 changeType: "create",