diff --git a/frontend/src/components/DeviceConnection.tsx b/frontend/src/components/DeviceConnection.tsx
index 5fad9e4..3b8cf81 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/DeviceConnection.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/DeviceConnection.tsx
@@ -38,11 +38,11 @@ export const DeviceConnectionComponent = React.memo(
             <MethodComponent
               name="connect"
               parentPath={fullAccessPath}
-              parameters={connect.parameters}
               docString={connect.doc}
               addNotification={addNotification}
               displayName={'reconnect'}
               id={id + '-connect'}
+              render={true}
             />
           </div>
         )}
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/GenericComponent.tsx b/frontend/src/components/GenericComponent.tsx
index 91ae477..f477fca 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/GenericComponent.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/GenericComponent.tsx
@@ -37,8 +37,8 @@ export type SerializedValue = {
   value?: ValueType | ValueType[];
   readonly: boolean;
   doc?: string | null;
-  parameters?: Record<string, SerializedValue>;
   async?: boolean;
+  frontend_render?: boolean;
   enum?: Record<string, string>;
 };
 type GenericComponentProps = {
@@ -147,6 +147,7 @@ export const GenericComponent = React.memo(
           parentPath={parentPath}
           docString={attribute.doc}
           value={String(attribute.value)}
+          readOnly={attribute.readonly}
           enumDict={attribute.enum}
           addNotification={addNotification}
           changeCallback={changeCallback}
@@ -161,10 +162,10 @@ export const GenericComponent = React.memo(
             name={name}
             parentPath={parentPath}
             docString={attribute.doc}
-            parameters={attribute.parameters}
             addNotification={addNotification}
             displayName={displayName}
             id={id}
+            render={attribute.frontend_render}
           />
         );
       } else {
@@ -173,11 +174,11 @@ export const GenericComponent = React.memo(
             name={name}
             parentPath={parentPath}
             docString={attribute.doc}
-            parameters={attribute.parameters}
             value={attribute.value as Record<string, string>}
             addNotification={addNotification}
             displayName={displayName}
             id={id}
+            render={attribute.frontend_render}
           />
         );
       }