diff --git a/navalplanner-webapp/src/main/java/org/navalplanner/web/orders/OrderElementTreeController.java b/navalplanner-webapp/src/main/java/org/navalplanner/web/orders/OrderElementTreeController.java
index d4ae6aec1..5bed92a68 100644
--- a/navalplanner-webapp/src/main/java/org/navalplanner/web/orders/OrderElementTreeController.java
+++ b/navalplanner-webapp/src/main/java/org/navalplanner/web/orders/OrderElementTreeController.java
@@ -990,4 +990,16 @@ public class OrderElementTreeController extends TreeController<OrderElement> {
         }
     }
 
+    @Override
+    protected void refreshHoursBox(OrderElement node) {
+        List<OrderElement> parentNodes = getModel().getParents(node);
+        // Remove the last element because it's an
+        // Order node, not an OrderElement
+        parentNodes.remove(parentNodes.size() - 1);
+        for (OrderElement parent : parentNodes) {
+            getRenderer().hoursIntBoxByOrderElement.get(parent)
+                    .setValue(parent.getWorkHours());
+        }
+    }
+
 }
diff --git a/navalplanner-webapp/src/main/java/org/navalplanner/web/templates/TemplatesTreeController.java b/navalplanner-webapp/src/main/java/org/navalplanner/web/templates/TemplatesTreeController.java
index 4531ef2e0..fe09cfa45 100644
--- a/navalplanner-webapp/src/main/java/org/navalplanner/web/templates/TemplatesTreeController.java
+++ b/navalplanner-webapp/src/main/java/org/navalplanner/web/templates/TemplatesTreeController.java
@@ -220,4 +220,9 @@ public class TemplatesTreeController extends
             return tooltipText.toString();
         }
 
+    @Override
+    protected void refreshHoursBox(OrderElementTemplate node) {
+        // we do nothing, since there isn't an hours box in this tree
+    }
+
 }
diff --git a/navalplanner-webapp/src/main/java/org/navalplanner/web/tree/TreeController.java b/navalplanner-webapp/src/main/java/org/navalplanner/web/tree/TreeController.java
index 8cbf6d2f3..f980932b9 100644
--- a/navalplanner-webapp/src/main/java/org/navalplanner/web/tree/TreeController.java
+++ b/navalplanner-webapp/src/main/java/org/navalplanner/web/tree/TreeController.java
@@ -189,8 +189,10 @@ public abstract class TreeController<T extends ITreeNode<T>> extends
         // Parse hours
         try {
             if (tree.getSelectedCount() == 1) {
-                getModel().addElementAt(getSelectedNode(), name.getValue(),
+                T node = getSelectedNode();
+                getModel().addElementAt(node, name.getValue(),
                         hours.getValue());
+                refreshHoursBox(node);
             } else {
                 getModel().addElement(name.getValue(), hours.getValue());
             }
@@ -204,6 +206,7 @@ public abstract class TreeController<T extends ITreeNode<T>> extends
         name.focus();
     }
 
+    protected abstract void refreshHoursBox(T node);
 
     protected abstract void filterByPredicateIfAny();