diff --git a/src/plugins/notebook/components/notebook-embed.vue b/src/plugins/notebook/components/notebook-embed.vue
index 4c02ca9fc3..d720aa5ed6 100644
--- a/src/plugins/notebook/components/notebook-embed.vue
+++ b/src/plugins/notebook/components/notebook-embed.vue
@@ -217,18 +217,16 @@ export default {
         populateActionMenu() {
             const self = this;
             const actions = [new PreviewAction(self.openmct)];
-            self.openmct.objects.get(self.embed.type)
-                .then((domainObject) => {
-                    actions.forEach((action) => {
-                        self.actions.push({
-                            cssClass: action.cssClass,
-                            name: action.name,
-                            perform: () => {
-                                action.invoke([domainObject].concat(self.openmct.router.path));
-                            }
-                        });
-                    });
+
+            actions.forEach((action) => {
+                self.actions.push({
+                    cssClass: action.cssClass,
+                    name: action.name,
+                    perform: () => {
+                        action.invoke(JSON.parse(self.embed.objectPath));
+                    }
                 });
+            });
         },
         removeEmbed(id) {
             this.$emit('removeEmbed', id);
diff --git a/src/plugins/notebook/utils/notebook-entries.js b/src/plugins/notebook/utils/notebook-entries.js
index ed8ca7f906..6b026e33ea 100644
--- a/src/plugins/notebook/utils/notebook-entries.js
+++ b/src/plugins/notebook/utils/notebook-entries.js
@@ -95,7 +95,8 @@ export const createNewEmbed = (snapshotMeta, snapshot = '') => {
         id: 'embed-' + date,
         name,
         snapshot,
-        type
+        type,
+        objectPath: JSON.stringify(objectPath)
     };
 }
 
diff --git a/src/ui/preview/Preview.vue b/src/ui/preview/Preview.vue
index 9ad0dab327..03af33675b 100644
--- a/src/ui/preview/Preview.vue
+++ b/src/ui/preview/Preview.vue
@@ -40,12 +40,6 @@
                     :current-view="currentView"
                     @setView="setView"
                 />
-                <button
-                    v-if="notebookEnabled"
-                    class="l-browse-bar__actions__edit c-button icon-notebook"
-                    title="New Notebook entry"
-                    @click="snapshot"
-                ></button>
             </div>
         </div>
     </div>
@@ -57,7 +51,6 @@
 
 <script>
 import ContextMenuDropDown from '../../ui/components/contextMenuDropDown.vue';
-import Snapshot from '@/plugins/notebook/snapshot';
 import ViewSwitcher from '../../ui/layout/ViewSwitcher.vue';
 
 export default {
@@ -94,20 +87,11 @@ export default {
     mounted() {
         let view = this.openmct.objectViews.get(this.domainObject)[0];
         this.setView(view);
-
-        if (this.openmct.types.get('notebook')) {
-            this.notebookSnapshot = new Snapshot(this.openmct);
-            this.notebookEnabled = true;
-        }
     },
     destroyed() {
         this.view.destroy();
     },
     methods: {
-        snapshot() {
-            let element = document.getElementsByClassName("l-preview-window__object-view")[0];
-            this.notebookSnapshot.capture(this.domainObject, element);
-        },
         clear() {
             if (this.view) {
                 this.view.destroy();