diff --git a/app/src/processing/app/Base.java b/app/src/processing/app/Base.java
index b12444b94..112c96193 100644
--- a/app/src/processing/app/Base.java
+++ b/app/src/processing/app/Base.java
@@ -523,7 +523,14 @@ public class Base {
   }
 
 
+  // . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
+
+
+  private int updatesAvailable = 0;
+
+
   public void setUpdatesAvailable(int n) {
+    updatesAvailable = n;
     synchronized (editors) {
       for (Editor e : editors) {
         e.setUpdatesAvailable(n);
@@ -1229,6 +1236,8 @@ public class Base {
       try {
         Editor editor = nextMode.createEditor(this, path, state);
 
+        editor.setUpdatesAvailable(updatesAvailable);
+
         // opened successfully, let's go to work
         editor.getSketch().setUntitled(untitled);
         editors.add(editor);