diff --git a/app/widget/nodeparamview/nodeparamview.cpp b/app/widget/nodeparamview/nodeparamview.cpp
index 28466f778..98f835529 100644
--- a/app/widget/nodeparamview/nodeparamview.cpp
+++ b/app/widget/nodeparamview/nodeparamview.cpp
@@ -133,6 +133,7 @@ NodeParamView::NodeParamView(QWidget *parent) :
           &QApplication::focusChanged,
           this,
           &NodeParamView::FocusChanged);
+
 }
 
 void NodeParamView::SelectNodes(const QVector<Node *> &nodes)
@@ -315,6 +316,9 @@ void NodeParamView::AddNode(Node *n)
   // Set time target
   item->SetTimeTarget(GetTimeTarget());
 
+  // Set the timebase
+  item->SetTimebase(timebase());
+
   items_.insert(n, item);
   param_widget_area_->addDockWidget(Qt::LeftDockWidgetArea, item);
 
diff --git a/app/widget/nodeparamview/nodeparamviewwidgetbridge.cpp b/app/widget/nodeparamview/nodeparamviewwidgetbridge.cpp
index b0469d8d0..73d4f3a57 100644
--- a/app/widget/nodeparamview/nodeparamviewwidgetbridge.cpp
+++ b/app/widget/nodeparamview/nodeparamviewwidgetbridge.cpp
@@ -528,6 +528,8 @@ rational NodeParamViewWidgetBridge::GetCurrentTimeAsNodeTime() const
 
 void NodeParamViewWidgetBridge::SetTimebase(const rational& timebase)
 {
+  timebase_ = timebase;
+
   if (input_.GetDataType() == NodeValue::kRational) {
     static_cast<RationalSlider*>(widgets_.first())->SetTimebase(timebase);
   }
diff --git a/app/widget/nodeparamview/nodeparamviewwidgetbridge.h b/app/widget/nodeparamview/nodeparamviewwidgetbridge.h
index d985eb52d..90102dd07 100644
--- a/app/widget/nodeparamview/nodeparamviewwidgetbridge.h
+++ b/app/widget/nodeparamview/nodeparamviewwidgetbridge.h
@@ -76,6 +76,8 @@ private:
 
   rational time_;
 
+  rational timebase_;
+
   NodeInputDragger dragger_;
 
   NodeParamViewScrollBlocker scroll_filter_;
diff --git a/app/widget/slider/rationalslider.cpp b/app/widget/slider/rationalslider.cpp
index 71dd834ab..43ce05ba0 100644
--- a/app/widget/slider/rationalslider.cpp
+++ b/app/widget/slider/rationalslider.cpp
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ RationalSlider::RationalSlider(QWidget *parent) :
   display_type_(kTimecode),
   decimal_places_(2),
   autotrim_decimal_places_(false),
-  timebase_(rational(1,24)),
   lock_display_type_(false)
 {
   connect(this, SIGNAL(ValueChanged(QVariant)), this, SLOT(ConvertValue(QVariant)));