diff --git a/ui (gen4)/features/collections.js b/ui (gen4)/features/collections.js
index c557c949..7fd145e5 100755
--- a/ui (gen4)/features/collections.js	
+++ b/ui (gen4)/features/collections.js	
@@ -429,9 +429,7 @@ var CollectionActions = actions.Actions({
 			// NOTE: we do not need to care about tags here as they 
 			// 		will get overwritten on load...
 			state.data = (mode == 'empty' ? 
-					// XXX should this be null???
-					//(new this.data.constructor())
-					null
+					(new this.data.constructor())
 				: mode == 'base' && this.crop_stack ? 
 					(this.crop_stack[0] || this.data.clone())
 				: mode == 'crop' ? 
diff --git a/ui (gen4)/features/keyboard.js b/ui (gen4)/features/keyboard.js
index ce33c3e4..a7cbe4db 100755
--- a/ui (gen4)/features/keyboard.js	
+++ b/ui (gen4)/features/keyboard.js	
@@ -373,6 +373,7 @@ module.GLOBAL_KEYBOARD = {
 		//alt_C: 'browseCollections',
 		alt_C: 'browseActions: "/Collections/" -- Collections menu...',
 		shift_O: 'browseCollections',
+		F8: 'addToCollection',
 
 
 		// metadata...