diff --git a/guacamole/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/guacamole/net/basic/crud/connections/Update.java b/guacamole/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/guacamole/net/basic/crud/connections/Update.java
index 9cd5727b4..a25b1d502 100644
--- a/guacamole/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/guacamole/net/basic/crud/connections/Update.java
+++ b/guacamole/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/guacamole/net/basic/crud/connections/Update.java
@@ -78,8 +78,7 @@ public class Update extends AuthenticatingHttpServlet {
             }
 
             // Create connection skeleton
-            Connection connection = new DummyConnection();
-            connection.setIdentifier(identifier);
+            Connection connection = directory.get(identifier);
             connection.setConfiguration(config);
 
             // Update connection