diff --git a/src/board/UBBoardController.cpp b/src/board/UBBoardController.cpp
index 62dcd073..8ba62e58 100644
--- a/src/board/UBBoardController.cpp
+++ b/src/board/UBBoardController.cpp
@@ -2020,7 +2020,7 @@ void UBBoardController::persistCurrentScene(bool isAnAutomaticBackup, bool force
             && (mActiveSceneIndex >= 0) && mActiveSceneIndex != mMovingSceneIndex
             && (mActiveScene->isModified()))
     {
-        UBPersistenceManager::persistenceManager()->persistDocumentScene(selectedDocument(), mActiveScene, mActiveSceneIndex);
+        UBPersistenceManager::persistenceManager()->persistDocumentScene(selectedDocument(), mActiveScene, mActiveSceneIndex, isAnAutomaticBackup);
         updatePage(mActiveSceneIndex);
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/core/UBPersistenceManager.cpp b/src/core/UBPersistenceManager.cpp
index 70a6ceb8..a53342a4 100644
--- a/src/core/UBPersistenceManager.cpp
+++ b/src/core/UBPersistenceManager.cpp
@@ -931,11 +931,12 @@ void UBPersistenceManager::reassignDocProxy(UBDocumentProxy *newDocument, UBDocu
     return mSceneCache.reassignDocProxy(newDocument, oldDocument);
 }
 
-void UBPersistenceManager::persistDocumentScene(UBDocumentProxy* pDocumentProxy, UBGraphicsScene* pScene, const int pSceneIndex)
+void UBPersistenceManager::persistDocumentScene(UBDocumentProxy* pDocumentProxy, UBGraphicsScene* pScene, const int pSceneIndex, bool isAnAutomaticBackup)
 {
     checkIfDocumentRepositoryExists();
 
-    pScene->deselectAllItems();
+    if (!isAnAutomaticBackup)
+        pScene->deselectAllItems();
 
     generatePathIfNeeded(pDocumentProxy);
 
diff --git a/src/core/UBPersistenceManager.h b/src/core/UBPersistenceManager.h
index 93492def..8a1462ce 100644
--- a/src/core/UBPersistenceManager.h
+++ b/src/core/UBPersistenceManager.h
@@ -103,8 +103,7 @@ class UBPersistenceManager : public QObject
 
         virtual void copyDocumentScene(UBDocumentProxy *from, int fromIndex, UBDocumentProxy *to, int toIndex);
 
-        virtual void persistDocumentScene(UBDocumentProxy* pDocumentProxy,
-                UBGraphicsScene* pScene, const int pSceneIndex);
+        virtual void persistDocumentScene(UBDocumentProxy* pDocumentProxy, UBGraphicsScene* pScene, const int pSceneIndex, bool isAnAutomaticBackup = false);
 
         virtual UBGraphicsScene* createDocumentSceneAt(UBDocumentProxy* pDocumentProxy, int index, bool useUndoRedoStack = true);