diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/componentcore/modelnodeoperations.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/componentcore/modelnodeoperations.cpp
index 93696919fd4..3ca731a6395 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/componentcore/modelnodeoperations.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/componentcore/modelnodeoperations.cpp
@@ -1670,11 +1670,10 @@ void openEffectMaker(const QString &filePath)
         Utils::QtcProcess *qqemProcess = new Utils::QtcProcess();
         qqemProcess->setEnvironment(env);
         qqemProcess->setCommand({ effectMakerPath, arguments });
-        qqemProcess->start();
-
         QObject::connect(qqemProcess, &Utils::QtcProcess::done, [qqemProcess]() {
             qqemProcess->deleteLater();
         });
+        qqemProcess->start();
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/model/qmlitemnode.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/model/qmlitemnode.cpp
index 4570e5fc432..266bb5528aa 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/model/qmlitemnode.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/model/qmlitemnode.cpp
@@ -214,6 +214,9 @@ void QmlItemNode::placeEffectNode(NodeAbstractProperty &parentProperty, const Qm
     } else {
         parentProperty.parentModelNode().variantProperty("layer.enabled").setValue(true);
     }
+
+    if (effectNode.modelNode().metaInfo().hasProperty("timeRunning"))
+        effectNode.modelNode().variantProperty("timeRunning").setValue(true);
 }
 
 bool QmlItemNode::isValid() const