diff --git a/HISTORY.md b/HISTORY.md
index 0a7d0a13..c47caf16 100755
--- a/HISTORY.md
+++ b/HISTORY.md
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 ### 2021-04-22
 * store, gui: first pass at deserializing multi-scene projects
 * gui, scenes: migrated "new project" feature
+* gui: replaced openScene() with openProject()
 
 ### 2021-04-21
 * store, gui: refactored project loading structure
diff --git a/src/gui.js b/src/gui.js
index 4ad726c6..372e4718 100644
--- a/src/gui.js
+++ b/src/gui.js
@@ -5207,7 +5207,7 @@ IDE_Morph.prototype.rawOpenCloudDataString = function (str) {
         try {
             model = this.serializer.parse(str);
             this.serializer.loadMediaModel(model.childNamed('media'));
-            this.openScene(
+            this.openProject(
                 this.serializer.loadProjectModel(
                     model.childNamed('project'),
                     this,
@@ -5220,7 +5220,7 @@ IDE_Morph.prototype.rawOpenCloudDataString = function (str) {
     } else {
         model = this.serializer.parse(str);
         this.serializer.loadMediaModel(model.childNamed('media'));
-        this.openScene(
+        this.openProject(
             this.serializer.loadProjectModel(
                 model.childNamed('project'),
                 this,
@@ -5427,14 +5427,6 @@ IDE_Morph.prototype.openProject = function (project) {
     this.switchToScene(project.scenes.at(1), true); // refresh album
 };
 
-IDE_Morph.prototype.openScene = function (scene) {
-    if (!this.isAddingScenes) {
-        this.scenes = new List();
-    }
-    this.scenes.add(scene);
-    this.switchToScene(scene, this.isAddingScenes);
-};
-
 IDE_Morph.prototype.switchToScene = function (scene, refreshAlbum) {
     if (!scene || !scene.stage) {
         return;