diff --git a/src/bonsai/bonsai/bim/module/model/product.py b/src/bonsai/bonsai/bim/module/model/product.py
index ac55a17244..306068cf42 100644
--- a/src/bonsai/bonsai/bim/module/model/product.py
+++ b/src/bonsai/bonsai/bim/module/model/product.py
@@ -326,6 +326,12 @@ class AddConstrTypeInstance(bpy.types.Operator, tool.Ifc.Operator):
         instance_class = ifcopenshell.util.type.get_applicable_entities(ifc_class, tool.Ifc.get().schema)[0]
         material = ifcopenshell.util.element.get_material(relating_type)
 
+        existing_context = None
+        for existing_occurrence in ifcopenshell.util.element.get_types(relating_type):
+            if existing_obj := tool.Ifc.get_object(existing_occurrence):
+                existing_context = tool.Geometry.get_active_representation_context(existing_obj)
+                break
+
         if material and material.is_a("IfcMaterialProfileSet"):
             if obj := profile.DumbProfileGenerator(relating_type).generate():
                 tool.Blender.select_and_activate_single_object(context, obj)
@@ -415,7 +421,10 @@ class AddConstrTypeInstance(bpy.types.Operator, tool.Ifc.Operator):
         element = tool.Ifc.get_entity(obj)
         bonsai.core.type.assign_type(tool.Ifc, tool.Type, element=element, type=relating_type)
 
-        representation = ifcopenshell.util.representation.get_representation(element, "Model", "Body", "MODEL_VIEW")
+        if existing_context:
+            representation = ifcopenshell.util.representation.get_representation(element, existing_context)
+        else:
+            representation = ifcopenshell.util.representation.get_representation(element, "Model", "Body", "MODEL_VIEW")
         if not representation and element.Representation:
             representation = element.Representation.Representations[0]
 
diff --git a/src/bonsai/test/bim/test_feature.py b/src/bonsai/test/bim/test_feature.py
index 675fb3b278..edaa4f1bb8 100644
--- a/src/bonsai/test/bim/test_feature.py
+++ b/src/bonsai/test/bim/test_feature.py
@@ -733,8 +733,9 @@ def the_object_name_has_a_representation_type_of_context(name, type, context):
     element = ifc.by_id(the_object_name_exists(name).BIMObjectProperties.ifc_definition_id)
     context, subcontext, target_view = context.split("/")
     rep = ifcopenshell.util.representation.get_representation(element, context, subcontext or None, target_view or None)
+    rep =ifcopenshell.util.representation.resolve_representation(rep)
     assert rep
-    assert rep.RepresentationType == type
+    assert rep.RepresentationType == type, f"The object {name} does not have a {type} representation"
 
 
 @given(parsers.parse('the object "{name}" data is a "{type}" representation of "{context}"'))
@@ -744,7 +745,7 @@ def the_object_name_data_is_a_type_representation_of_context(name, type, context
     context, subcontext, target_view = context.split("/")
     rep = ifc.by_id(the_object_name_exists(name).data.BIMMeshProperties.ifc_definition_id)
     assert rep
-    assert rep.RepresentationType == type
+    assert rep.RepresentationType == type, f"The object {name} is not a {type} representation"
     assert rep.ContextOfItems.ContextType == context
     assert rep.ContextOfItems.ContextIdentifier == subcontext
     assert rep.ContextOfItems.TargetView == target_view