diff --git a/src/ViewManager.cpp b/src/ViewManager.cpp
--- a/src/ViewManager.cpp
+++ b/src/ViewManager.cpp
@@ -438,19 +438,22 @@
 {
     TabbedViewContainer *container = createContainer();
 
-    // iterate over each session which has a view in the current active
-    // container and create a new view for that session in a new container
-    for(int i = 0, end = _viewSplitter->activeContainer()->count(); i < end; i++) {
-        auto view = _viewSplitter->activeContainer()->widget(i);
-        Session *session = _sessionMap[qobject_cast<TerminalDisplay *>(view)];
-        TerminalDisplay *display = createTerminalDisplay(session);
-        const Profile::Ptr profile = SessionManager::instance()->sessionProfile(session);
-        applyProfileToView(display, profile);
-        ViewProperties *properties = createController(session, display);
-
+    if (_viewSplitter->activeContainer()->count()) {
+        // get the currently applied profile and use it to create the new tab.
+        auto *activeContainer= _viewSplitter->activeContainer();
+        auto *currentDisplay = qobject_cast<TerminalDisplay*>(activeContainer->currentWidget());
+        auto profile = SessionManager::instance()->sessionProfile(_sessionMap[currentDisplay]);
+
+        // Create a new session with the selected profile.
+        auto *session = SessionManager::instance()->createSession(profile);
+        session->addEnvironmentEntry(QStringLiteral("KONSOLE_DBUS_WINDOW=/Windows/%1").arg(managerId()));
+
+        auto *display = createTerminalDisplay(session);
+        auto *controller = createController(session, display);
         _sessionMap[display] = session;
+        applyProfileToView(display, profile);
 
-        container->addView(display, properties);
+        container->addView(display, controller);
         session->addView(display);
     }
 
@@ -611,12 +614,7 @@
         index = _viewSplitter->activeContainer()->currentIndex() + 1;
     }
 
-    // iterate over the view containers owned by this view manager
-    // and create a new terminal display for the session in each of them, along with
-    // a controller for the session/display pair
-    foreach (TabbedViewContainer *container, _viewSplitter->containers()) {
-        createView(session, container, index);
-    }
+    createView(session, _viewSplitter->activeContainer(), index);
 }
 
 TabbedViewContainer *ViewManager::createContainer()