diff --git a/src/plugins/effectmakernew/compositionnode.cpp b/src/plugins/effectmakernew/compositionnode.cpp
index 9412153ddee..811cdbcb8f9 100644
--- a/src/plugins/effectmakernew/compositionnode.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/effectmakernew/compositionnode.cpp
@@ -113,6 +113,9 @@ void CompositionNode::parse(const QString &effectName, const QString &qenPath, c
     m_fragmentCode = EffectUtils::codeFromJsonArray(json.value("fragmentCode").toArray());
     m_vertexCode = EffectUtils::codeFromJsonArray(json.value("vertexCode").toArray());
 
+    if (json.contains("enabled"))
+        m_isEnabled = json["enabled"].toBool();
+
     m_id = json.value("id").toString();
     if (m_id.isEmpty() && !qenPath.isEmpty()) {
         QString fileName = qenPath.split('/').last();
diff --git a/src/plugins/effectmakernew/effectmakermodel.cpp b/src/plugins/effectmakernew/effectmakermodel.cpp
index 8542b72d2ad..dc71418f1d0 100644
--- a/src/plugins/effectmakernew/effectmakermodel.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/effectmakernew/effectmakermodel.cpp
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ bool EffectMakerModel::setData(const QModelIndex &index, const QVariant &value,
     if (role == EnabledRole) {
         m_nodes.at(index.row())->setIsEnabled(value.toBool());
         bakeShaders();
+        setHasUnsavedChanges(true);
 
         emit dataChanged(index, index, {role});
     }