1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/views/viewproperties.cpp b/src/views/viewproperties.cpp
index f392f45c5..484047651 100644
--- a/src/views/viewproperties.cpp
+++ b/src/views/viewproperties.cpp
@@ -589,8 +589,9 @@ void ViewProperties::save()
         return;
     }
     const auto items = m_node->items();
+    // default settings must not be cleared
+    bool allDefault = ViewProperties::destinationDir(QStringLiteral("global")) != m_filePath;
     const auto defaultConfig = defaultProperties();
-    bool allDefault = true;
     for (const auto item : items) {
         if (item->name() == "Timestamp") {
             continue;