diff --git a/editor/src/messages/portfolio/document/utility_types/document_metadata.rs b/editor/src/messages/portfolio/document/utility_types/document_metadata.rs
index e4e8309182..f0936459e4 100644
--- a/editor/src/messages/portfolio/document/utility_types/document_metadata.rs
+++ b/editor/src/messages/portfolio/document/utility_types/document_metadata.rs
@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ impl LayerNodeIdentifier {
 
 	/// Add a child towards the bottom of the Layers panel
 	pub fn push_child(self, metadata: &mut DocumentMetadata, new: LayerNodeIdentifier) {
-		assert!(!metadata.structure.contains_key(&new), "Cannot add already existing layer");
+		//assert!(!metadata.structure.contains_key(&new), "Cannot add already existing layer");
 		let parent = metadata.get_structure_mut(self);
 		let old_last_child = parent.last_child.replace(new);
 		parent.first_child.get_or_insert(new);
diff --git a/editor/src/messages/portfolio/document/utility_types/network_interface.rs b/editor/src/messages/portfolio/document/utility_types/network_interface.rs
index 54add70dca..2901c02c9a 100644
--- a/editor/src/messages/portfolio/document/utility_types/network_interface.rs
+++ b/editor/src/messages/portfolio/document/utility_types/network_interface.rs
@@ -3042,16 +3042,14 @@ impl NodeNetworkInterface {
 				for current_node_id in horizontal_flow_iter {
 					if self.is_layer(&current_node_id, &[]) {
 						let current_layer_node = LayerNodeIdentifier::new(current_node_id, self, &[]);
-						if !self.document_metadata.structure.contains_key(&current_layer_node) {
-							if current_node_id == first_root_layer.to_node() {
-								awaiting_primary_flow.push((current_node_id, LayerNodeIdentifier::ROOT_PARENT));
-								children.push((LayerNodeIdentifier::ROOT_PARENT, current_layer_node));
-							} else {
-								awaiting_primary_flow.push((current_node_id, parent_layer_node));
-								children.push((parent_layer_node, current_layer_node));
-							}
-							parent_layer_node = current_layer_node;
+						if current_node_id == first_root_layer.to_node() {
+							awaiting_primary_flow.push((current_node_id, LayerNodeIdentifier::ROOT_PARENT));
+							children.push((LayerNodeIdentifier::ROOT_PARENT, current_layer_node));
+						} else {
+							awaiting_primary_flow.push((current_node_id, parent_layer_node));
+							children.push((parent_layer_node, current_layer_node));
 						}
+						parent_layer_node = current_layer_node;
 					}
 				}
 			} else {
@@ -3059,11 +3057,9 @@ impl NodeNetworkInterface {
 				for current_node_id in horizontal_flow_iter.skip(1) {
 					if self.is_layer(&current_node_id, &[]) {
 						let current_layer_node = LayerNodeIdentifier::new(current_node_id, self, &[]);
-						if !self.document_metadata.structure.contains_key(&current_layer_node) {
-							awaiting_primary_flow.push((current_node_id, parent_layer_node));
-							children.push((parent_layer_node, current_layer_node));
-							parent_layer_node = current_layer_node;
-						}
+						awaiting_primary_flow.push((current_node_id, parent_layer_node));
+						children.push((parent_layer_node, current_layer_node));
+						parent_layer_node = current_layer_node;
 					}
 				}
 			}
@@ -3080,12 +3076,10 @@ impl NodeNetworkInterface {
 					if self.is_layer(&current_node_id, &[]) {
 						// Create a new layer for the top of each stack, and add it as a child to the previous parent
 						let current_layer_node = LayerNodeIdentifier::new(current_node_id, self, &[]);
-						if !self.document_metadata.structure.contains_key(&current_layer_node) {
-							children.push(current_layer_node);
+						children.push(current_layer_node);
 
-							// The layer nodes for the horizontal flow is itself
-							awaiting_horizontal_flow.push((current_node_id, current_layer_node));
-						}
+						// The layer nodes for the horizontal flow is itself
+						awaiting_horizontal_flow.push((current_node_id, current_layer_node));
 					}
 				}
 				for child in children {