diff --git a/docker/frontend/src/Library.tsx b/docker/frontend/src/Library.tsx
index 53bd158..92549e3 100644
--- a/docker/frontend/src/Library.tsx
+++ b/docker/frontend/src/Library.tsx
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ import {
   onThumbWritten,
   pickFolder,
   putFolder,
+  putPhotosFast,
   readPhotoFile,
   readPhotos,
   reconnectPhotosForFolders,
@@ -1444,8 +1445,12 @@ function Catalogue({ admin, user }: { admin: boolean; user: User | null }) {
   // is running the address bar is the one thing that changes — `go` keeps the
   // reading where it is instead of reloading the page out from under it.
   const open = useCallback(async (photo: LibraryPhoto) => {
-    const row = await getPhoto(photo.id);
+    // A cloud frame is read from its own server by the studio, so a row this
+    // store no longer holds is put back instead of dropping the click — the
+    // catalogue already has the frame, and the server has its bytes.
+    const row = (await getPhoto(photo.id)) ?? (photo.remoteId ? photo : null);
     if (!row) return;
+    if (row === photo) await putPhotosFast([photo]);
     // Read once here so a moved or deleted file answers with a note instead of
     // a studio that opens on nothing.
     try {