diff --git a/src/app/core/component/create-pattern-relation/create-pattern-relation.component.ts b/src/app/core/component/create-pattern-relation/create-pattern-relation.component.ts
index 026b7035..e7829bd6 100644
--- a/src/app/core/component/create-pattern-relation/create-pattern-relation.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/component/create-pattern-relation/create-pattern-relation.component.ts
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ export class CreatePatternRelationComponent implements OnInit {
     }
     const type = dialogResult.relationType ? dialogResult.relationType : null;
     const description = dialogResult.description ? dialogResult.description : null;
+    dialogResult.firstPattern.id = this.data.callerPatternId;
     switch (dialogResult.direction.name) {
       case PatternRelationDescriptorDirection.DirectedRight:
         return new DirectedEdgeModel(dialogResult.firstPattern, dialogResult.secondPattern, this.data.patternLanguage, description, type,
@@ -114,6 +115,7 @@ export class CreatePatternRelationComponent implements OnInit {
 export interface DialogData {
   relationType: string;
   description: string;
+  callerPatternId: string;
   firstPattern?: Pattern;
   secondPattern?: Pattern;
   preselectedEdgeDirection?: PatternRelationDescriptorDirection;
diff --git a/src/app/core/default-pattern-renderer/default-pattern-renderer.component.ts b/src/app/core/default-pattern-renderer/default-pattern-renderer.component.ts
index c1f7b441..e0986f1d 100644
--- a/src/app/core/default-pattern-renderer/default-pattern-renderer.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/default-pattern-renderer/default-pattern-renderer.component.ts
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ export class DefaultPatternRendererComponent implements AfterViewInit, OnDestroy
 
   private showAndHandleLinkDialog() {
     const dialogRef = this.dialog.open(CreatePatternRelationComponent,
-      { data: { firstPattern: this.pattern, patterns: this.patterns } }
+      { data: { firstPattern: this.pattern, patterns: this.patterns, callerPatternId: this.patternId } }
     );
     const dialogSubscription = dialogRef.afterClosed().pipe(
       switchMap((edge) => {