diff --git a/components/CreatePlaylistWindow.py b/components/CreatePlaylistWindow.py
index 29cc715..b94ec7b 100644
--- a/components/CreatePlaylistWindow.py
+++ b/components/CreatePlaylistWindow.py
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 import logging
 from PyQt5.QtWidgets import QDialog, QHBoxLayout, QLineEdit, QPushButton, QVBoxLayout
+from PyQt5.QtCore import pyqtSignal
 import DBA
 
 
 class CreatePlaylistWindow(QDialog):
-    def __init__(self):
+    def __init__(self, playlistCreatedSignal):
         super(CreatePlaylistWindow, self).__init__()
+        self.playlistCreatedSignal = playlistCreatedSignal
         self.setWindowTitle("Create new playlist")
         layout = QVBoxLayout()
         button_layout = QHBoxLayout()
@@ -38,6 +40,7 @@ class CreatePlaylistWindow(QDialog):
                 logging.error(
                     f"CreatePlaylistWindow.py save() | Could not create playlist: {e}"
                 )
+            self.playlistCreatedSignal.emit()
             self.close()
 
     def cancel(self) -> None:
diff --git a/components/MusicTable.py b/components/MusicTable.py
index ce6d071..9121d30 100644
--- a/components/MusicTable.py
+++ b/components/MusicTable.py
@@ -179,7 +179,6 @@ class MusicTable(QTableView):
         Popen(["xdg-open", path])
 
     def edit_selected_files_metadata(self):
-        # FIXME:
         """Opens a form with metadata from the selected audio files"""
         files = self.get_selected_songs_filepaths()
         song_ids = self.get_selected_songs_db_ids()
diff --git a/components/PlaylistsPane.py b/components/PlaylistsPane.py
index 0f69ab4..f455a08 100644
--- a/components/PlaylistsPane.py
+++ b/components/PlaylistsPane.py
@@ -20,16 +20,16 @@ class PlaylistsPane(QTreeWidget):
         all_songs_branch = QTreeWidgetItem(["All Songs"])
         library_root.addChild(all_songs_branch)
 
-        playlists_root = QTreeWidgetItem(["Playlists"])
-        self.addTopLevelItem(playlists_root)
+        self.playlists_root = QTreeWidgetItem(["Playlists"])
+        self.addTopLevelItem(self.playlists_root)
         with DBA.DBAccess() as db:
             playlists = db.query("SELECT id, name FROM playlist;", ())
         for playlist in playlists:
             branch = PlaylistWidgetItem(self, playlist[0], playlist[1])
-            playlists_root.addChild(branch)
+            self.playlists_root.addChild(branch)
 
         library_root.setExpanded(True)
-        playlists_root.setExpanded(True)
+        self.playlists_root.setExpanded(True)
 
         self.currentItemChanged.connect(self.playlist_clicked)
         self.playlist_db_id_choice: int | None = None
@@ -44,3 +44,11 @@ class PlaylistsPane(QTreeWidget):
 
     def all_songs_selected(self):
         self.allSongsSignal.emit()
+
+    def add_latest_playlist_to_tree(self):
+        with DBA.DBAccess() as db:
+            playlist = db.query(
+                "SELECT id, name FROM playlist ORDER BY date_created DESC LIMIT 1;", ()
+            )[0]
+        branch = PlaylistWidgetItem(self, playlist[0], playlist[1])
+        self.playlists_root.addChild(branch)
diff --git a/main.py b/main.py
index 570d524..8932075 100644
--- a/main.py
+++ b/main.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ from PyQt5.QtWidgets import (
     QGraphicsPixmapItem,
     QMessageBox,
 )
-from PyQt5.QtCore import QUrl, QTimer, Qt
+from PyQt5.QtCore import QUrl, QTimer, Qt, pyqtSignal
 from PyQt5.QtMultimedia import QMediaPlayer, QMediaContent, QAudioProbe
 from PyQt5.QtGui import QCloseEvent, QPixmap
 from utils import scan_for_music, delete_and_create_library_database, initialize_db
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ from components import (
 
 
 class ApplicationWindow(QMainWindow, Ui_MainWindow):
+    playlistCreatedSignal = pyqtSignal()
+
     def __init__(self, qapp):
         super(ApplicationWindow, self).__init__()
         global stopped
@@ -79,7 +81,7 @@ class ApplicationWindow(QMainWindow, Ui_MainWindow):
         self.PlotWidget.getAxis("left").setLabel("")  # Remove y-axis label
 
         # Playlist left-pane
-        self.playlistTreeView
+        # self.playlistTreeView
 
         # Connections
         self.playbackSlider.sliderReleased.connect(
@@ -357,8 +359,13 @@ class ApplicationWindow(QMainWindow, Ui_MainWindow):
 
     def create_playlist(self) -> None:
         """Creates a database record for a playlist, given a name"""
-        create_playlist_window = CreatePlaylistWindow()
-        create_playlist_window.exec_()
+        window = CreatePlaylistWindow(self.playlistCreatedSignal)
+        window.playlistCreatedSignal.connect(self.add_latest_playlist_to_tree)
+        window.exec_()
+
+    def add_latest_playlist_to_tree(self) -> None:
+        """Refreshes the playlist tree"""
+        self.playlistTreeView.add_latest_playlist_to_tree()
 
     def import_playlist(self) -> None:
         """