diff --git a/src/core/UBPersistenceManager.cpp b/src/core/UBPersistenceManager.cpp
index 33b12078..8e92e360 100644
--- a/src/core/UBPersistenceManager.cpp
+++ b/src/core/UBPersistenceManager.cpp
@@ -1075,7 +1075,7 @@ void UBPersistenceManager::persistTeacherBar(UBDocumentProxy* pDocumentProxy, in
                     if(f.open(QIODevice::WriteOnly))
                     {
                         QDomElement rootElem = domDoc.documentElement();
-                        QDomNode teacherBarNode = domDoc.namedItem("teacherBar");
+                        QDomNode teacherBarNode = rootElem.namedItem("teacherBar");
                         if(teacherBarNode.isNull())
                         {
                             // Create the element