diff --git a/app/src/googleplay/java/org/tasks/wear/WearService.kt b/app/src/googleplay/java/org/tasks/wear/WearService.kt
index 4b5f6bd81..3f90fa1b0 100644
--- a/app/src/googleplay/java/org/tasks/wear/WearService.kt
+++ b/app/src/googleplay/java/org/tasks/wear/WearService.kt
@@ -200,14 +200,14 @@ class WearService(
     override suspend fun saveTask(request: GrpcProto.SaveTaskRequest): SaveTaskResponse {
         Timber.d("saveTask($request)")
         if (request.taskId == 0L) {
-            taskCreator
-                .basicQuickAddTask(request.title)
-                .apply {
-                    if (request.completed) {
-                        completionDate = System.currentTimeMillis()
-                    }
-                }
-                .let { taskDao.save(it) }
+            val filter = defaultFilterProvider.getFilterFromPreference(
+                settings.data.firstOrNull()?.filter?.takeIf { it.isNotBlank() }
+            )
+            val task = taskCreator.basicQuickAddTask(
+                title = request.title,
+                filter = filter,
+            )
+            return SaveTaskResponse.newBuilder().setTaskId(task.id).build()
         } else {
             taskDao.fetch(request.taskId)?.let { task ->
                 taskDao.save(
@@ -221,8 +221,8 @@ class WearService(
                     )
                 )
             }
+            return SaveTaskResponse.newBuilder().setTaskId(request.taskId).build()
         }
-        return SaveTaskResponse.newBuilder().build()
     }
 
     private fun getColor(filter: Filter): Int {
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/todoroo/astrid/service/TaskCreator.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/todoroo/astrid/service/TaskCreator.kt
index 70dd8c6c6..4fd409802 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/todoroo/astrid/service/TaskCreator.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/todoroo/astrid/service/TaskCreator.kt
@@ -55,9 +55,8 @@ class TaskCreator @Inject constructor(
     private val locationDao: LocationDao,
     private val alarmDao: AlarmDao,
 ) {
-
-    suspend fun basicQuickAddTask(title: String): Task {
-        val task = createWithValues(title.trim { it <= ' ' })
+    suspend fun basicQuickAddTask(title: String, filter: Filter? = null): Task {
+        val task = createWithValues(filter, title.trim { it <= ' ' })
         taskDao.createNew(task)
         val gcalCreateEventEnabled = preferences.isDefaultCalendarSet && task.hasDueDate() // $NON-NLS-1$
         if (!isNullOrEmpty(task.title)
diff --git a/wear-datalayer/src/main/proto/grpc.proto b/wear-datalayer/src/main/proto/grpc.proto
index c72146ae7..fa86dbfd4 100644
--- a/wear-datalayer/src/main/proto/grpc.proto
+++ b/wear-datalayer/src/main/proto/grpc.proto
@@ -92,7 +92,9 @@ message SaveTaskRequest {
   string title = 2;
   bool completed = 3;
 }
-message SaveTaskResponse {}
+message SaveTaskResponse {
+  uint64 taskId = 1;
+}
 
 service WearService {
   rpc getTasks(GetTasksRequest) returns (Tasks);
diff --git a/wear/src/main/java/org/tasks/presentation/screens/TaskEditScreen.kt b/wear/src/main/java/org/tasks/presentation/screens/TaskEditScreen.kt
index e2b65ca81..e2897bbe8 100644
--- a/wear/src/main/java/org/tasks/presentation/screens/TaskEditScreen.kt
+++ b/wear/src/main/java/org/tasks/presentation/screens/TaskEditScreen.kt
@@ -40,7 +40,25 @@ fun TaskEditScreen(
     toggleCompleted: () -> Unit,
     save: () -> Unit,
 ) {
-    if (uiState.loading) {
+    val keyboardInputRequest: ManagedActivityResultLauncher<Intent, ActivityResult> = rememberLauncherForActivityResult(
+        contract = ActivityResultContracts.StartActivityForResult()
+    ) { result: ActivityResult ->
+        if (result.resultCode == RESULT_OK) {
+            val text =
+                result
+                    .data
+                    ?.let { RemoteInput.getResultsFromIntent(it) }
+                    ?.getCharSequence("input")
+                    ?: return@rememberLauncherForActivityResult
+            setTitle(text.toString())
+        }
+    }
+    LaunchedEffect(uiState.taskId) {
+        if (uiState.taskId == 0L) {
+            keyboardInputRequest.openKeyboard()
+        }
+    }
+    if (uiState.taskId == 0L) {
         Box(
             modifier = Modifier.fillMaxRectangle(),
             contentAlignment = Alignment.Center,
@@ -51,19 +69,6 @@ fun TaskEditScreen(
         val columnState = rememberResponsiveColumnState(
             verticalArrangement = Arrangement.spacedBy(12.dp)
         )
-        val keyboardInputRequest: ManagedActivityResultLauncher<Intent, ActivityResult> = rememberLauncherForActivityResult(
-            contract = ActivityResultContracts.StartActivityForResult()
-        ) { result: ActivityResult ->
-            if (result.resultCode == RESULT_OK) {
-                val text =
-                    result
-                        .data
-                        ?.let { RemoteInput.getResultsFromIntent(it) }
-                        ?.getCharSequence("input")
-                        ?: return@rememberLauncherForActivityResult
-                setTitle(text.toString())
-            }
-        }
         ScreenScaffold(
             scrollState = columnState,
         ) {
@@ -104,11 +109,6 @@ fun TaskEditScreen(
                 }
             }
         }
-        LaunchedEffect(Unit) {
-            if (uiState.isNew) {
-                keyboardInputRequest.openKeyboard()
-            }
-        }
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/wear/src/main/java/org/tasks/presentation/screens/TaskEditViewModel.kt b/wear/src/main/java/org/tasks/presentation/screens/TaskEditViewModel.kt
index 38fd169dd..1872bfc81 100644
--- a/wear/src/main/java/org/tasks/presentation/screens/TaskEditViewModel.kt
+++ b/wear/src/main/java/org/tasks/presentation/screens/TaskEditViewModel.kt
@@ -17,8 +17,7 @@ import org.tasks.extensions.wearDataLayerRegistry
 import timber.log.Timber
 
 data class UiState(
-    val isNew: Boolean,
-    val loading: Boolean = !isNew,
+    val taskId: Long = 0,
     val completed: Boolean = false,
     val repeating: Boolean = false,
     val priority: Int = 0,
@@ -30,7 +29,7 @@ class TaskEditViewModel(
     applicationContext: Context,
     private val taskId: Long,
 ) : ViewModel() {
-    private val _uiState = MutableStateFlow(UiState(isNew = taskId == 0L))
+    private val _uiState = MutableStateFlow(UiState())
     val uiState = _uiState.asStateFlow()
     private val registry = applicationContext.wearDataLayerRegistry(viewModelScope)
 
@@ -44,22 +43,35 @@ class TaskEditViewModel(
     init {
         if (taskId > 0) {
             viewModelScope.launch {
-                val task = wearService
-                    .getTask(GrpcProto.GetTaskRequest.newBuilder().setTaskId(taskId).build())
-                Timber.d("Received $task")
-                _uiState.update {
-                    it.copy(
-                        loading = false,
-                        completed = task.completed,
-                        title = task.title,
-                        repeating = task.repeating,
-                        priority = task.priority,
-                    )
-                }
+                fetchTask(taskId)
             }
         }
     }
 
+    private fun fetchTask(taskId: Long) = viewModelScope.launch {
+        val task = wearService
+            .getTask(GrpcProto.GetTaskRequest.newBuilder().setTaskId(taskId).build())
+        Timber.d("Received $task")
+        _uiState.update {
+            it.copy(
+                taskId = taskId,
+                completed = task.completed,
+                title = task.title,
+                repeating = task.repeating,
+                priority = task.priority,
+            )
+        }
+    }
+
+    fun createTask() = viewModelScope.launch {
+        val response = wearService.saveTask(
+            GrpcProto.SaveTaskRequest.newBuilder()
+                .setTitle(uiState.value.title)
+                .build()
+        )
+        fetchTask(response.taskId)
+    }
+
     fun save(onComplete: () -> Unit) = viewModelScope.launch {
         val state = uiState.value
         wearService.saveTask(
@@ -74,6 +86,9 @@ class TaskEditViewModel(
 
     fun setTitle(title: String) {
         _uiState.update { it.copy(title = title) }
+        if (uiState.value.taskId == 0L) {
+            createTask()
+        }
     }
 
     fun setCompleted(completed: Boolean) {