Adding quotelineitem to quote

On my opportunity detail page users add product/opportunity line items, which can then be added to quotes. However, when a new quote is saved the quote does not have the line items. When I try to update the quote with the quotelineitem Id I get “Quote Line Item: id value of incorrect type:” The Id displayed is actually the opportunitylineitem, how do I get the newly created quotelineitem Id to update the quote?