diff --git a/src/core/js/edit_mode.js b/src/core/js/edit_mode.js
index cb44eb3f05dd8d67688f4d46ff7a68039476e8f8..be224d7213b2b02149c80b9f74600ffd2b2c7569 100644
--- a/src/core/js/edit_mode.js
+++ b/src/core/js/edit_mode.js
@@ -1894,9 +1894,9 @@ var edit_mode = new function () {
      */
     this.retrieve_datatype_list = async function (datatype) {
         var find_entity = ["FILE", "REFERENCE"].includes(datatype) ? "" : `"${datatype}"`;
-        const max_options = parseInt("${BUILD_MAX_EDIT_MODE_DROPDOWN_OPTIONS}"); //for each query; there might be more candidates in total
+        var max_options = parseInt("${BUILD_MAX_EDIT_MODE_DROPDOWN_OPTIONS}"); //for each query; there might be more candidates in total
 
-        var query_suffix = max_options != -1 ? `&P=0L${max_options}` : "";
+        const query_suffix = max_options != -1 ? `&P=0L${max_options}` : "";
         if (max_options != -1) {
             var n_entities = datatype !== "FILE" ? await edit_mode.query(`COUNT Record ${find_entity}`, true) : 0;
             var n_files = await edit_mode.query(`COUNT File ${find_entity}`, true);