diff --git a/news/fix-qmax-update.rst b/news/fix-qmax-update.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..958a4dbe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/news/fix-qmax-update.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+**Added:**
+
+* <news item>
+
+**Changed:**
+
+* <news item>
+
+**Deprecated:**
+
+* <news item>
+
+**Removed:**
+
+* <news item>
+
+**Fixed:**
+
+* Fixed load new parsed data with updated `Qmax` attribute
+
+**Security:**
+
+* <news item>
diff --git a/src/diffpy/srfit/fitbase/profilegenerator.py b/src/diffpy/srfit/fitbase/profilegenerator.py
index c6adabbc..3007e8de 100644
--- a/src/diffpy/srfit/fitbase/profilegenerator.py
+++ b/src/diffpy/srfit/fitbase/profilegenerator.py
@@ -163,15 +163,18 @@ def set_profile(self, profile):
             will store the calculated signal.
         """
         if self.profile is not None:
-            self.profile.removeObserver(self._flush)
+            self.profile.removeObserver(self._on_profile_update)
 
         self.profile = profile
-        self.profile.addObserver(self._flush)
-        self._flush(other=(self,))
+        self.profile.addObserver(self._on_profile_update)
+        self._on_profile_update(other=(self,))
+        return
 
-        # Merge the profiles metadata with our own
-        self.meta.update(self.profile.meta)
-        self.processMetaData()
+    def _on_profile_update(self, other=()):
+        if self.profile is not None:
+            self.meta.update(self.profile.meta)
+            self.processMetaData()
+        self._flush(other=other)
         return
 
     def processMetaData(self):