diff --git a/packages/frontend-2/components/automate/viewer/panel/FunctionRunRowObjectResult.vue b/packages/frontend-2/components/automate/viewer/panel/FunctionRunRowObjectResult.vue
index cdea8347d..8363e7c1d 100644
--- a/packages/frontend-2/components/automate/viewer/panel/FunctionRunRowObjectResult.vue
+++ b/packages/frontend-2/components/automate/viewer/panel/FunctionRunRowObjectResult.vue
@@ -165,6 +165,9 @@ const isolateOrUnisolateObjects = () => {
     logger.debug('[FunctionRunRowObjectResult] Setting metadataGradientIsSet to false')
     metadataGradientIsSet.value = false
 
+    // Clear isolated objects first to ensure watcher fires
+    filters.isolatedObjectIds.value = []
+
     if (!wasIsolated) {
       logger.debug(
         '[FunctionRunRowObjectResult] Objects were not isolated, calling isolateObjects with ids:',