Index: src/obj_text.c
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--- src/obj_text.c	(revision 11815)
+++ src/obj_text.c	(revision 11816)
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@
 	text->Scale = Scale;
 	text->TextString = pcb_strdup(TextString);
 	text->fid = PCBFont->id;
+	text->ID = pcb_create_ID_get();
 
 	pcb_add_text_on_layer(Layer, text, PCBFont);
 
@@ -130,7 +131,6 @@
 {
 	/* calculate size of the bounding box */
 	pcb_text_bbox(PCBFont, text);
-	text->ID = pcb_create_ID_get();
 	if (!Layer->text_tree)
 		Layer->text_tree = pcb_r_create_tree(NULL, 0, 0);
 	pcb_r_insert_entry(Layer->text_tree, (pcb_box_t *) text, 0);