diff --git a/src/store/modules/images.js b/src/store/modules/images.js
index 9bd3001e..83cbe81b 100644
--- a/src/store/modules/images.js
+++ b/src/store/modules/images.js
@@ -200,11 +200,10 @@ const actions = {
       // Reassigning value of current_image to new_image
       // If a user takes smart stack photos and they select the image as it's updating,
       // then the selected image (i.e. the thumbnail with the surrounding yellow border) keeps the yellow border
-      let current_image = state.current_image
-      const current_image_SMARTSTK = current_image.header && current_image.header.SMARTSTK
+      const current_image_SMARTSTK = state.current_image.header && state.current_image.header.SMARTSTK
       const new_image_SMARTSTK = new_image.header && new_image.header.SMARTSTK
       if (current_image_SMARTSTK && current_image_SMARTSTK !== 'no' && current_image_SMARTSTK === new_image_SMARTSTK) {
-        current_image = new_image
+        commit('setCurrentImage', new_image)
       }
 
       // We don't have a toggle implemented yet.