diff --git a/SkeletonEditingPlugin.cc b/SkeletonEditingPlugin.cc
index 164c587b8ccb5c8f4469a32b26c3b7f7596a4a0d..2c9b9689986482ceb0e0ba83fc85058e5560b517 100644
--- a/SkeletonEditingPlugin.cc
+++ b/SkeletonEditingPlugin.cc
@@ -439,7 +439,7 @@ void SkeletonEditingPlugin::splitJoint(QMouseEvent* _event)
 			o_it->enablePicking( o_it->dataType(DATA_SKELETON) );
 
 		//perform picking
-		bool successfullyPicked = PluginFunctions::scenegraphPick(ACG::SceneGraph::PICK_VERTEX, _event->pos(), node_idx,
+		bool successfullyPicked = PluginFunctions::scenegraphPick(ACG::SceneGraph::PICK_ANYTHING, _event->pos(), node_idx,
 				target_idx, &hitPoint) && PluginFunctions::getPickedObject(node_idx, object);
 
 		//reenable picking for anything