diff --git a/apps/opencs/model/world/ref.cpp b/apps/opencs/model/world/ref.cpp
index e25a1471ef..a0b7165533 100644
--- a/apps/opencs/model/world/ref.cpp
+++ b/apps/opencs/model/world/ref.cpp
@@ -3,15 +3,12 @@
 
 #include "cell.hpp"
 
-void CSMWorld::CellRef::load (ESM::ESMReader &esm)
+void CSMWorld::CellRef::load (ESM::ESMReader &esm, Cell& cell, const std::string& id)
 {
-    // The CellRef is not loaded here. Because of the unfortunate way how the ESMReader and the cell
-    // record is constructed, we do not have enough context in this function to perform a load.
+    mId = id;
 
-//    mId = id;
+    cell.getNextRef (esm, *this);
 
-//    cell.getNextRef (esm, *this);
-
-//    if (!mDeleted)
-//        cell.addRef (mId);
-}
+    if (!mDeleted)
+        cell.addRef (mId);
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/apps/opencs/model/world/ref.hpp b/apps/opencs/model/world/ref.hpp
index bf665b77a4..5b3e87f840 100644
--- a/apps/opencs/model/world/ref.hpp
+++ b/apps/opencs/model/world/ref.hpp
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@ namespace CSMWorld
     {
         std::string mId;
 
-        void load (ESM::ESMReader &esm);
+        void load (ESM::ESMReader &esm, Cell& cell, const std::string& id);
+        ///< Load cell ref and register it with \a cell.
     };
 }