diff --git a/frontend/src/scenes/insights/insightDataLogic.ts b/frontend/src/scenes/insights/insightDataLogic.ts
index 153be0b0b27c3..e2ac23f175ed2 100644
--- a/frontend/src/scenes/insights/insightDataLogic.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/scenes/insights/insightDataLogic.ts
@@ -84,14 +84,21 @@ export const insightDataLogic = kea<insightDataLogicType>([
 
     selectors({
         query: [
-            (s) => [s.filters, s.insight, s.internalQuery, s.filterTestAccountsDefault],
-            (filters, insight, internalQuery, filterTestAccountsDefault) =>
+            (s) => [s.propsQuery, s.filters, s.insight, s.internalQuery, s.filterTestAccountsDefault],
+            (propsQuery, filters, insight, internalQuery, filterTestAccountsDefault) =>
+                propsQuery ||
                 internalQuery ||
                 insight.query ||
                 (filters && filters.insight ? queryFromFilters(filters) : undefined) ||
                 queryFromKind(NodeKind.TrendsQuery, filterTestAccountsDefault),
         ],
 
+        propsQuery: [
+            () => [(_, props) => props],
+            // overwrite query from props for standalone InsightVizNode queries
+            (props: InsightLogicProps) => (props.dashboardItemId?.startsWith('new-AdHoc.') ? props.query : null),
+        ],
+
         isQueryBasedInsight: [
             (s) => [s.query],
             (query) => {
diff --git a/frontend/src/scenes/notebooks/Nodes/NotebookNodeQuery.tsx b/frontend/src/scenes/notebooks/Nodes/NotebookNodeQuery.tsx
index 9b262bc694125..e5579e7c4fd42 100644
--- a/frontend/src/scenes/notebooks/Nodes/NotebookNodeQuery.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/scenes/notebooks/Nodes/NotebookNodeQuery.tsx
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ const Component = ({ attributes }: NotebookNodeProps<NotebookNodeQueryAttributes
         <div
             className={clsx('flex flex-1 flex-col', NodeKind.DataTableNode === modifiedQuery.kind && 'overflow-hidden')}
         >
-            <Query query={modifiedQuery} uniqueKey={nodeId} />
+            <Query query={modifiedQuery} uniqueKey={nodeId} readOnly={true} />
         </div>
     )
 }
@@ -127,7 +127,6 @@ export const Settings = ({
 
         if (NodeKind.InsightVizNode === modifiedQuery.kind || NodeKind.SavedInsightNode === modifiedQuery.kind) {
             modifiedQuery.showFilters = true
-            modifiedQuery.showHeader = true
             modifiedQuery.showResults = false
             modifiedQuery.embedded = true
         }