diff --git a/resources/qml/Preferences/MaterialView.qml b/resources/qml/Preferences/MaterialView.qml
index e5319e280a..5016768502 100644
--- a/resources/qml/Preferences/MaterialView.qml
+++ b/resources/qml/Preferences/MaterialView.qml
@@ -407,7 +407,10 @@ TabView
         if (old_value != new_value) {
             Cura.ContainerManager.setContainerMetaDataEntry(base.containerId, entry_name, new_value)
             // make sure the UI properties are updated as well since we don't re-fetch the entire model here
-            properties[entry_name] = new_value
+            // When the entry_name is something like properties/diameter, we take the last part of the entry_name
+            var list = entry_name.split("/")
+            var key = list[list.length - 1]
+            properties[key] = new_value
         }
     }