From 38871a35fe53b2ae7e734bea32fd500842b705dc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: 7174Andy <hep003@ucsd.edu>
Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2024 15:44:02 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] update backend init

---
 sleap/gui/widgets/video.py | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/sleap/gui/widgets/video.py b/sleap/gui/widgets/video.py
index 97d1798d6..bbf16db4c 100644
--- a/sleap/gui/widgets/video.py
+++ b/sleap/gui/widgets/video.py
@@ -2143,8 +2143,11 @@ def _duplicate_instance(self, event):
 
         # Add instance to the context
         context = self.player.context
-        current_frame = self.instance.frame
+        current_frame = self.player.state["labeled_frame"]
         if context:
+            context.labels.labeled_frames.insert(
+                self.player.state["frame_idx"], new_instance
+            )
             context.labels.add_instance(current_frame, new_instance)
 
         # Create a new QtInstance object for the new instance
@@ -2156,6 +2159,7 @@ def _duplicate_instance(self, event):
             show_non_visible=self.show_non_visible,
         )
         scene.addItem(new_instance_gui)
+        self.player.update_plot()
 
         # Select the duplicated QtInstance object
         new_instance_gui.setFlag(QGraphicsItem.ItemIsMovable)