diff --git a/umap/static/umap/js/modules/data/layer.js b/umap/static/umap/js/modules/data/layer.js
index 97f1ec26..b5f31977 100644
--- a/umap/static/umap/js/modules/data/layer.js
+++ b/umap/static/umap/js/modules/data/layer.js
@@ -458,13 +458,13 @@ export class DataLayer extends ServerStored {
       .sort(Utils.naturalSort)
   }
 
-  addData(geojson, sync, batch = true) {
+  addData(geojson, sync) {
     try {
       // Do not fail if remote data is somehow invalid,
       // otherwise the layer becomes uneditable.
-      if (batch) this.sync.startBatch()
+      this.sync.startBatch()
       const features = this.makeFeatures(geojson, sync)
-      if (batch) this.sync.commitBatch()
+      this.sync.commitBatch()
       return features
     } catch (err) {
       console.debug('Error with DataLayer', this.id)
diff --git a/umap/static/umap/js/modules/sync/updaters.js b/umap/static/umap/js/modules/sync/updaters.js
index 34fb656c..7388168d 100644
--- a/umap/static/umap/js/modules/sync/updaters.js
+++ b/umap/static/umap/js/modules/sync/updaters.js
@@ -64,7 +64,9 @@ export class DataLayerUpdater extends BaseUpdater {
     } catch {
       const datalayer = this._umap.createDataLayer(value._umap_options || value, false)
       if (value.features) {
-        datalayer.addData(value, true, false)
+        // FIXME: this will create new stages in the undoStack, thus this will empty
+        // the redoStack
+        datalayer.addData(value)
       }
     }
   }