diff --git a/src/gui/GroupView.cpp b/src/gui/GroupView.cpp
index 1deee16ca..6ed08e317 100644
--- a/src/gui/GroupView.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/GroupView.cpp
@@ -32,9 +32,6 @@ GroupView::GroupView(Database* db, QWidget* parent)
     setHeaderHidden(true);
     setUniformRowHeights(true);
 
-    connect(selectionModel(), SIGNAL(selectionChanged(QItemSelection,QItemSelection)),
-            SLOT(emitGroupChanged()));
-
     recInitExpanded(db->rootGroup());
     connect(this, SIGNAL(expanded(QModelIndex)), this, SLOT(expandedChanged(QModelIndex)));
     connect(this, SIGNAL(collapsed(QModelIndex)), this, SLOT(expandedChanged(QModelIndex)));
@@ -116,6 +113,13 @@ void GroupView::syncExpandedState(const QModelIndex& parent, int start, int end)
     }
 }
 
+void GroupView::currentChanged(const QModelIndex &current, const QModelIndex &previous)
+{
+    Q_UNUSED(current);
+    Q_UNUSED(previous);
+    emitGroupChanged();
+}
+
 void GroupView::setCurrentGroup(Group* group)
 {
     setCurrentIndex(m_model->index(group));
diff --git a/src/gui/GroupView.h b/src/gui/GroupView.h
index af87dbe89..239ad99f4 100644
--- a/src/gui/GroupView.h
+++ b/src/gui/GroupView.h
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ private Q_SLOTS:
     void emitGroupChanged(const QModelIndex& index);
     void emitGroupChanged();
     void syncExpandedState(const QModelIndex& parent, int start, int end);
+    void currentChanged(const QModelIndex &current, const QModelIndex &previous);
 
 protected:
     void dragMoveEvent(QDragMoveEvent* event);