diff --git a/cms/static/coffee/src/views/unit.coffee b/cms/static/coffee/src/views/unit.coffee
index cbf49ccaa4..5527e0da44 100644
--- a/cms/static/coffee/src/views/unit.coffee
+++ b/cms/static/coffee/src/views/unit.coffee
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ class CMS.Views.UnitEdit extends Backbone.View
       placeholder: 'component-placeholder'
       forcePlaceholderSize: true
       axis: 'y'
+      items: '> .component'
     )
 
     @$('.component').each((idx, element) =>