diff --git a/apps/opencs/model/world/commands.cpp b/apps/opencs/model/world/commands.cpp
index 097e83f7c..f8c72a390 100644
--- a/apps/opencs/model/world/commands.cpp
+++ b/apps/opencs/model/world/commands.cpp
@@ -68,9 +68,6 @@ void CSMWorld::ModifyCommand::undo()
 
 void CSMWorld::CreateCommand::applyModifications()
 {
-    for (std::map<int, QVariant>::const_iterator iter (mValues.begin()); iter!=mValues.end(); ++iter)
-        mModel.setData (mModel.getModelIndex (mId, iter->first), iter->second);
-
     if (!mNestedValues.empty())
     {
         CSMWorld::IdTree *tree = dynamic_cast<CSMWorld::IdTree *>(&mModel);
@@ -114,7 +111,7 @@ void CSMWorld::CreateCommand::setType (UniversalId::Type type)
 
 void CSMWorld::CreateCommand::redo()
 {
-    mModel.addRecord (mId, mType);
+    mModel.addRecordWithData (mId, mValues, mType);
     applyModifications();
 }
 
diff --git a/apps/opencs/model/world/idtable.cpp b/apps/opencs/model/world/idtable.cpp
index bd1179cea..4d8a0842f 100644
--- a/apps/opencs/model/world/idtable.cpp
+++ b/apps/opencs/model/world/idtable.cpp
@@ -149,6 +149,21 @@ void CSMWorld::IdTable::addRecord (const std::string& id, UniversalId::Type type
     endInsertRows();
 }
 
+void CSMWorld::IdTable::addRecordWithData (const std::string& id,
+    const std::map<int, QVariant>& data, UniversalId::Type type)
+{
+    int index = mIdCollection->getAppendIndex (id, type);
+
+    beginInsertRows (QModelIndex(), index, index);
+
+    mIdCollection->appendBlankRecord (id, type);
+
+    for (std::map<int, QVariant>::const_iterator iter (data.begin()); iter!=data.end(); ++iter)
+        mIdCollection->setData (index, iter->first, iter->second);
+
+    endInsertRows();
+}
+
 void CSMWorld::IdTable::cloneRecord(const std::string& origin,
                                     const std::string& destination,
                                     CSMWorld::UniversalId::Type type)
diff --git a/apps/opencs/model/world/idtable.hpp b/apps/opencs/model/world/idtable.hpp
index 9ecba0214..8c2f8a46d 100644
--- a/apps/opencs/model/world/idtable.hpp
+++ b/apps/opencs/model/world/idtable.hpp
@@ -53,6 +53,10 @@ namespace CSMWorld
             void addRecord (const std::string& id, UniversalId::Type type = UniversalId::Type_None);
             ///< \param type Will be ignored, unless the collection supports multiple record types
 
+            void addRecordWithData (const std::string& id, const std::map<int, QVariant>& data,
+                UniversalId::Type type = UniversalId::Type_None);
+            ///< \param type Will be ignored, unless the collection supports multiple record types
+
             void cloneRecord(const std::string& origin,
                              const std::string& destination,
                              UniversalId::Type type = UniversalId::Type_None);