diff --git a/specifyweb/frontend/js_src/lib/components/DataModel/resourceApi.ts b/specifyweb/frontend/js_src/lib/components/DataModel/resourceApi.ts
index 314e68e3f44..587091f3c86 100644
--- a/specifyweb/frontend/js_src/lib/components/DataModel/resourceApi.ts
+++ b/specifyweb/frontend/js_src/lib/components/DataModel/resourceApi.ts
@@ -755,7 +755,7 @@ export const ResourceBase = Backbone.Model.extend({
           return this;
         });
       if (options === undefined || options.strict)
-        return (this._fetch = fetchCallback);
+        return (this._fetch = fetchCallback());
       else
         return (this._fetch = hijackBackboneAjax(
           [Http.NOT_FOUND],