diff --git a/src/editor/components/scenegraph/Toolbar.js b/src/editor/components/scenegraph/Toolbar.js
index 6c70f813..41d8250c 100644
--- a/src/editor/components/scenegraph/Toolbar.js
+++ b/src/editor/components/scenegraph/Toolbar.js
@@ -163,6 +163,7 @@ export default class Toolbar extends Component {
   newHandler = () => {
     AFRAME.INSPECTOR.selectEntity(null);
     STREET.utils.newScene();
+    AFRAME.scenes[0].emit('newScene');
   };
 
   cloudSaveHandler = async ({ doSaveAs = false }) => {
diff --git a/src/editor/lib/toolbar.js b/src/editor/lib/toolbar.js
index 27e20cdf..8185bb32 100644
--- a/src/editor/lib/toolbar.js
+++ b/src/editor/lib/toolbar.js
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-import Events from './Events';
-
 export function inputStreetmix() {
   const streetmixURL = prompt(
     'Please enter a Streetmix URL',
@@ -21,8 +19,7 @@ export function inputStreetmix() {
     streetmixURL
   );
 
-  // update sceneGraph
-  Events.emit('updatescenegraph');
+  AFRAME.scenes[0].emit('newScene');
 }
 
 export function createElementsForScenesFromJSON(streetData) {
@@ -38,6 +35,7 @@ export function createElementsForScenesFromJSON(streetData) {
   }
 
   STREET.utils.createEntities(streetData, streetContainerEl);
+  AFRAME.scenes[0].emit('newScene');
 }
 
 export function fileJSON(event) {
@@ -45,8 +43,6 @@ export function fileJSON(event) {
 
   reader.onload = function () {
     STREET.utils.createElementsFromJSON(reader.result);
-    // update sceneGraph
-    Events.emit('updatescenegraph');
   };
 
   reader.readAsText(event.target.files[0]);
diff --git a/src/json-utils_1.1.js b/src/json-utils_1.1.js
index 90c7b240..35ac16e1 100644
--- a/src/json-utils_1.1.js
+++ b/src/json-utils_1.1.js
@@ -640,6 +640,7 @@ function inputStreetmix() {
     'streetmixStreetURL',
     streetmixURL
   );
+  AFRAME.scenes[0].emit('newScene');
 }
 
 STREET.utils.inputStreetmix = inputStreetmix;
@@ -677,6 +678,7 @@ function createElementsFromJSON(streetJSON) {
 
   createEntities(streetObject.data, streetContainerEl);
   STREET.notify.successMessage('Scene loaded from JSON');
+  AFRAME.scenes[0].emit('newScene');
 }
 
 STREET.utils.createElementsFromJSON = createElementsFromJSON;
diff --git a/src/street-utils.js b/src/street-utils.js
index 4f844a2b..4ff5f097 100644
--- a/src/street-utils.js
+++ b/src/street-utils.js
@@ -74,8 +74,6 @@ function newScene(
       window.location.hash = '';
     });
   }
-
-  AFRAME.scenes[0].emit('newScene');
 }
 
 STREET.utils.newScene = newScene;