diff --git a/subprojects/gst-editing-services/tools/ges-launcher.c b/subprojects/gst-editing-services/tools/ges-launcher.c
index 6064c5a65c..9e132cc113 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-editing-services/tools/ges-launcher.c
+++ b/subprojects/gst-editing-services/tools/ges-launcher.c
@@ -961,7 +961,9 @@ _set_sink (GESLauncher * self, const gchar * sink_desc, SetSinkFunc set_func)
   if (sink_desc != NULL) {
     GError *err = NULL;
     GstElement *sink = gst_parse_bin_from_description_full (sink_desc, TRUE,
-        NULL, GST_PARSE_FLAG_NO_SINGLE_ELEMENT_BINS, &err);
+        NULL,
+        GST_PARSE_FLAG_NO_SINGLE_ELEMENT_BINS | GST_PARSE_FLAG_PLACE_IN_BIN,
+        &err);
     if (sink == NULL) {
       GST_ERROR ("could not create the requested videosink %s (err: %s), "
           "exiting", err ? err->message : "", sink_desc);