diff --git a/src/engine/openspaceengine.cpp b/src/engine/openspaceengine.cpp
index 131e681f2b..a28ae88408 100644
--- a/src/engine/openspaceengine.cpp
+++ b/src/engine/openspaceengine.cpp
@@ -1715,8 +1715,11 @@ void setCameraFromProfile(const Profile& p) {
                 if (navStateProfile.aim.has_value()) {
                     nav.aim = navStateProfile.aim.value();
                 }
-                if (nav.referenceFrame.empty()) {
-                    nav.referenceFrame = "Root";
+                if (navStateProfile.referenceFrame.empty()) {
+                    nav.referenceFrame = nav.anchor;
+                }
+                else {
+                    nav.referenceFrame = navStateProfile.referenceFrame;
                 }
                 nav.position = navStateProfile.position;
                 if (navStateProfile.up.has_value()) {
diff --git a/src/navigation/navigationstate.cpp b/src/navigation/navigationstate.cpp
index 09df8caa83..a8ef321bae 100644
--- a/src/navigation/navigationstate.cpp
+++ b/src/navigation/navigationstate.cpp
@@ -106,8 +106,8 @@ CameraPose NavigationState::cameraPose() const {
     if (!referenceFrameNode) {
         LERROR(fmt::format(
             "Could not find scene graph node '{}' used as reference frame.",
-            referenceFrame)
-        );
+            referenceFrame
+        ));
         return CameraPose();
     }