1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormView.tsx
index bb3c59eae..77615c650 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormView.tsx
@@ -1738,10 +1738,11 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
         );
 
         if (addAsAnnotation) {
-            if (Cast(this.dataDoc[this._props.fieldKey + '_annotations'], listSpec(Doc), null) !== undefined) {
-                Cast(this.dataDoc[this._props.fieldKey + '_annotations'], listSpec(Doc), [])?.push(anchor);
+            const fieldKey = this._props.isAnnotationOverlay ? this._props.fieldKey : this._props.fieldKey + '_annotations';
+            if (Cast(this.dataDoc[fieldKey], listSpec(Doc), null) !== undefined) {
+                Cast(this.dataDoc[fieldKey], listSpec(Doc), [])?.push(anchor);
             } else {
-                this.dataDoc[this._props.fieldKey + '_annotations'] = new List<Doc>([anchor]);
+                this.dataDoc[fieldKey] = new List<Doc>([anchor]);
             }
         }
         return anchor;