diff --git a/src/obiview.c b/src/obiview.c
index 91b0abd..333b9ef 100644
--- a/src/obiview.c
+++ b/src/obiview.c
@@ -471,7 +471,6 @@ Obiview_p obi_new_view(OBIDMS_p dms, const char* view_name, Obiview_p view_to_cl
 		}
 
 		view->dms = dms;
-		view->column_count = view_to_clone->column_count;
 
 		// If the view to clone has an associated line selection and there is no new line selection, open the associated line selection
 		if ((view_to_clone->line_selection != NULL) && (line_selection == NULL))
@@ -530,12 +529,14 @@ Obiview_p obi_new_view(OBIDMS_p dms, const char* view_name, Obiview_p view_to_cl
 			(view->columns)[i] = obi_open_column(dms, (((view_to_clone->columns)[i])->header)->name, (((view_to_clone->columns)[i])->header)->version);
 			if ((view->columns)[i] == NULL)
 			{
-				obi_close_column(view->line_selection);
+				if (view->line_selection != NULL)
+					obi_close_column(view->line_selection);
 				free(view);
 				return NULL;
 			}
 		}
 
+		view->column_count = view_to_clone->column_count;
 		strcpy(view->view_type, view_to_clone->view_type);
 		strcpy(view->created_from, view_to_clone->name);
 		view->new_line_selection = NULL;
@@ -599,6 +600,8 @@ Obiview_p obi_new_view_nuc_seqs(OBIDMS_p dms, const char* view_name, Obiview_p v
 
 	if (view_to_clone == NULL)
 	{
+		// TODO Add quality column?
+
 		// Adding sequence column
 		if (obi_view_add_column(view, NUC_SEQUENCE_COLUMN, -1, OBI_SEQ, 0, 1, NUC_SEQUENCE_COLUMN, NUC_SEQUENCE_INDEXER, "Nucleotide sequences", true) < 0)
 		{
@@ -809,7 +812,10 @@ int obi_view_add_column(Obiview_p view,
 						const char* comments,
 						bool create)	// all infos for creation or open
 {
+	int             i;
 	OBIDMS_column_p column;
+	OBIDMS_column_p column_buffer;
+	OBIDMS_column_p current_line_selection;
 
 	// Check that the view is not read-only
 	if (view->read_only)
@@ -819,6 +825,48 @@ int obi_view_add_column(Obiview_p view,
 		return -1;
 	}
 
+	// If there is a line selection, clone the columns to delete it
+	if (view->new_line_selection != NULL)	// TODO Probably shouldn't happen, trigger error?
+		current_line_selection = view->new_line_selection;
+	else
+		current_line_selection = view->line_selection;
+
+	if (current_line_selection != NULL)
+	{
+		for (i=0; i<(view->column_count); i++)
+		{
+			{ // Clone with the right line selection and replace for all columns
+				// Save pointer to close column after cloning
+				column_buffer = (view->columns)[i];
+
+				// Clone and replace the column in the view
+				(view->columns)[i] = obi_clone_column(view->dms, current_line_selection, (((view->columns)[i])->header)->name, (((view->columns)[i])->header)->version, 1);
+				if ((view->columns)[i] == NULL)
+				{
+					obi_set_errno(OBIVIEW_ERROR);
+					obidebug(1, "\nError cloning a column to replace in a view");
+					return -1;
+				}
+
+				// Close old cloned column
+				obi_close_column(column_buffer);
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	// Close old line selections
+	if (view->line_selection != NULL)
+	{
+		obi_close_column(view->line_selection);
+		view->line_selection = NULL;
+	}
+	if (view->new_line_selection != NULL)
+	{
+		obi_close_column(view->new_line_selection);
+		view->new_line_selection = NULL;
+	}
+
+	// Update the line count
 	if (view->line_count > nb_lines)
 		nb_lines = view->line_count;
 	else if (nb_lines > view->line_count)
@@ -905,7 +953,7 @@ OBIDMS_column_p obi_view_get_column(Obiview_p view, const char* column_name)
 }
 
 
-OBIDMS_column_p* obi_view_get_pointer_on_column_in_view(Obiview_p view, const char* column_name)
+OBIDMS_column_p* obi_view_get_pointer_on_column_in_view(Obiview_p view, const char* column_name)	// TODO delete?
 {
 	int i;