diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/app/controllers/ticket_zoom/attribute_bar.coffee b/app/assets/javascripts/app/controllers/ticket_zoom/attribute_bar.coffee
index 0553e0151..2c2b3e3c6 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/app/controllers/ticket_zoom/attribute_bar.coffee
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/app/controllers/ticket_zoom/attribute_bar.coffee
@@ -188,6 +188,7 @@ class App.TicketZoomAttributeBar extends App.Controller
   setUserPreferencesSecondaryAction: (type) ->
     session = App.Session.get()
     return if session.preferences.secondaryAction is type
+    session.preferences.secondaryAction = type
 
     @ajax(
       id:          'setUserPreferencesSecondaryAction'