diff --git a/src/board/UBBoardController.cpp b/src/board/UBBoardController.cpp
index 3e5258f6..493a1a08 100644
--- a/src/board/UBBoardController.cpp
+++ b/src/board/UBBoardController.cpp
@@ -1534,12 +1534,13 @@ void UBBoardController::setActiveDocumentScene(UBDocumentProxy* pDocumentProxy,
     {
         freezeW3CWidgets(true);
 
-        persistCurrentScene();
-
         ClearUndoStack();
 
         mActiveScene = targetScene;
         mActiveSceneIndex = index;
+
+        persistCurrentScene();
+
         setDocument(pDocumentProxy, forceReload);
 
         updateSystemScaleFactor();