diff --git a/src/react-components/create-object-dialog.js b/src/react-components/create-object-dialog.js
index 98d1fb7f3bf87443c6eb001d9c80f27082966b26..145fda14472b497f7c6b62c8235f699c409c13c9 100644
--- a/src/react-components/create-object-dialog.js
+++ b/src/react-components/create-object-dialog.js
@@ -71,7 +71,8 @@ export default class CreateObjectDialog extends Component {
     });
   };
 
-  onCreateClicked = () => {
+  onCreateClicked = e => {
+    e.preventDefault();
     this.props.onCreateObject(this.state.file || this.state.url || DEFAULT_OBJECT_URL);
     this.props.onCloseDialog();
   };