diff --git a/libopensesame/metadata.py b/libopensesame/metadata.py
index 3f11687ed..8e4b592a1 100644
--- a/libopensesame/metadata.py
+++ b/libopensesame/metadata.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 from distutils.version import StrictVersion
 import sys
 
-__version__ = '4.0.25'
+__version__ = '4.0.26'
 strict_version = StrictVersion(__version__)
 # The version without the prerelease (if any): e.g. 3.0.0
 main_version = '.'.join([str(i) for i in strict_version.version])
diff --git a/libqtopensesame/widgets/tree_item_item.py b/libqtopensesame/widgets/tree_item_item.py
index 5cf660f9a..41aff5988 100644
--- a/libqtopensesame/widgets/tree_item_item.py
+++ b/libqtopensesame/widgets/tree_item_item.py
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ def copy_linked(self):
         import json
 
         data = {
-            'type': 'item-snippet',
+            'type': 'item-existing',
             'item-name': self.item.name,
             'item-type': self.item.item_type,
             'move': False,
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 6003916b7..818ce7fc9 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "opensesame-core"
-version = "4.0.25"
+version = "4.0.26"
 description = "A graphical experiment builder for the social sciences"
 authors = ["Sebastiaan Mathôt <s.mathot@cogsci.nl>"]
 readme = "readme.md"