diff --git a/src/MissionManager/SurveyComplexItem.cc b/src/MissionManager/SurveyComplexItem.cc
index 8a0fac3786b69fa41c5ab6894c7ebd99db34e3e6..3c28cf1fc21e38553ba33da00b23c14a93c381db 100644
--- a/src/MissionManager/SurveyComplexItem.cc
+++ b/src/MissionManager/SurveyComplexItem.cc
@@ -157,9 +157,10 @@ bool SurveyComplexItem::load(const QJsonObject& complexObject, int sequenceNumbe
         if (!_loadV3(complexObject, sequenceNumber, errorString)) {
             return false;
         }
-    }
 
-    _rebuildTransects();
+        // V2/3 doesn't include individual items so we need to rebuild manually
+        _rebuildTransects();
+    }
 
     return true;
 }