diff --git a/src/Mod/TechDraw/App/DrawPage.cpp b/src/Mod/TechDraw/App/DrawPage.cpp
index f35835c0f6..75bd59e160 100644
--- a/src/Mod/TechDraw/App/DrawPage.cpp
+++ b/src/Mod/TechDraw/App/DrawPage.cpp
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ void DrawPage::onChanged(const App::Property* prop)
 //Page is just a container. It doesn't "do" anything.
 App::DocumentObjectExecReturn *DrawPage::execute(void)
 {
-    return App::DocumentObject::StdReturn;
+    return App::DocumentObject::execute();
 }
 
 // this is now irrelevant, b/c DP::execute doesn't do anything. 
diff --git a/src/Mod/TechDraw/Gui/Command.cpp b/src/Mod/TechDraw/Gui/Command.cpp
index da4565bfdd..d540d9f0a4 100644
--- a/src/Mod/TechDraw/Gui/Command.cpp
+++ b/src/Mod/TechDraw/Gui/Command.cpp
@@ -141,6 +141,7 @@ void CmdTechDrawPageDefault::activated(int iMsg)
         doCommand(Doc,"App.activeDocument().%s.Template = '%s'",TemplateName.c_str(), templateFileName.toStdString().c_str());
         doCommand(Doc,"App.activeDocument().%s.Template = App.activeDocument().%s",PageName.c_str(),TemplateName.c_str());
 
+        updateActive();
         commitCommand();
         TechDraw::DrawPage* fp = dynamic_cast<TechDraw::DrawPage*>(getDocument()->getObject(PageName.c_str()));
         if (!fp) {
@@ -220,6 +221,7 @@ void CmdTechDrawPageTemplate::activated(int iMsg)
         doCommand(Doc,"App.activeDocument().%s.Template = App.activeDocument().%s",PageName.c_str(),TemplateName.c_str());
         // consider renaming DrawSVGTemplate.Template property?
 
+        updateActive();
         commitCommand();
         TechDraw::DrawPage* fp = dynamic_cast<TechDraw::DrawPage*>(getDocument()->getObject(PageName.c_str()));
         if (!fp) {