diff --git a/frontends/src/quick_frontend/quick_widgets.py b/frontends/src/quick_frontend/quick_widgets.py
index e0f39aec..5cc9b9e9 100644
--- a/frontends/src/quick_frontend/quick_widgets.py
+++ b/frontends/src/quick_frontend/quick_widgets.py
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ class QuickWidgetsManager(object):
             # the widget already exists
             if on_existing_widget == C.WIDGET_KEEP:
                 pass
-            if on_existing_widget == C.WIDGET_RAISE:
+            elif on_existing_widget == C.WIDGET_RAISE:
                 raise WidgetAlreadyExistsError(hash_)
             elif on_existing_widget == C.WIDGET_RECREATE:
                 # we use getOrCreateWidget to recreate the new widget