Selecting song clears current playlist

Hey guys,

I feel like I’m missing something in my settings that should be rather obvious. I’m trying to build a playlist from scratch within Kodi (16.1), which is pretty straightforward. I’ll open up a music folder and right-click and “Queue item” on a song to add it to the playlist I’m building. However, when I just do a regular click on a song to play it, it adds/plays that individual song and simultaneously clears the current playlist.

What am I missing here? How can I play songs without wiping out the current playlist?

Thanks in advance.