1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/node_modules/montage/ui/slot.reel/slot.js b/node_modules/montage/ui/slot.reel/slot.js
index 45c0ac1d..818cc68d 100755
--- a/node_modules/montage/ui/slot.reel/slot.js
+++ b/node_modules/montage/ui/slot.reel/slot.js
@@ -247,7 +247,10 @@ var Slot = exports.Slot = Montage.create(Component, /** @lends module:"montage/u
 
                 // Introduce to the componentTree if content appended was a component
                 if (this._contentToAppend && (typeof this._contentToAppend.element !== "undefined")) {
-                    this.childComponents = [this._contentToAppend];
+                    this._contentToAppend.attachToParentComponent();
+                    // HACK: gets around the issue of the component never being part of the draw loop again because of the idempotence of the needsDraw = true.
+                    this._contentToAppend.needsDraw = false;
+                    this._contentToAppend.needsDraw = true;
                 }
             }