diff --git a/frontend/src/framework/EnsembleParameters.ts b/frontend/src/framework/EnsembleParameters.ts
index 6d868f905..6cd5c41e3 100644
--- a/frontend/src/framework/EnsembleParameters.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/framework/EnsembleParameters.ts
@@ -59,6 +59,17 @@ export class ParameterIdent {
             return this.name;
         }
     }
+
+    equals(otherIdent: ParameterIdent | null): boolean {
+        if (!otherIdent) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        if (otherIdent === this) {
+            return true;
+        }
+
+        return this.name === otherIdent.name && this.groupName === otherIdent.groupName;
+    }
 }
 
 export class EnsembleParameters {
@@ -72,7 +83,7 @@ export class EnsembleParameters {
         const identArr: ParameterIdent[] = [];
         for (const par of this._parameterArr) {
             if (requiredParamType == null || par.type === requiredParamType) {
-                identArr.push({ name: par.name, groupName: par.groupName });
+                identArr.push(new ParameterIdent(par.name, par.groupName));
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/frontend/tests/unit-tests/EnsembleParameters.test.ts b/frontend/tests/unit-tests/EnsembleParameters.test.ts
index 0e16fd033..fb4c89b4d 100644
--- a/frontend/tests/unit-tests/EnsembleParameters.test.ts
+++ b/frontend/tests/unit-tests/EnsembleParameters.test.ts
@@ -97,3 +97,22 @@ describe("EnsembleParameters tests", () => {
         }
     });
 });
+
+
+describe("ParameterIdent tests", () => {
+    test("Conversion to/from string", () => {
+        const ident = ParameterIdent.fromNameAndGroup("aName", "aGroup");
+        const identStr = ident.toString();
+        expect(ParameterIdent.fromString(identStr)).toEqual(ident);
+    });
+
+    test("Check for equality", () => {
+        const identA = new ParameterIdent("aName", "aGroup");
+        const identB = new ParameterIdent("aName", "aGroup");
+        const identC = new ParameterIdent("anotherName", "anotherGroup");
+        expect(identA.equals(identA)).toBe(true);
+        expect(identA.equals(identB)).toBe(true);
+        expect(identA.equals(identC)).toBe(false);
+        expect(identA.equals(null)).toBe(false);
+    });
+});