diff --git a/part/buffer/katetextbuffer.cpp b/part/buffer/katetextbuffer.cpp

index 6c0c80f..34e93be 100644

--- a/part/buffer/katetextbuffer.cpp

+++ b/part/buffer/katetextbuffer.cpp

@@ -719,7 +719,10 @@ bool TextBuffer::save (const QString &filename)

    * use KSaveFile for save write + rename

    */

   KSaveFile saveFile (filename);

-  if (!saveFile.open())

+

+  saveFile.setDirectWriteFallback(true);

+

+  if (!saveFile.open(QIODevice::WriteOnly | QIODevice::Truncate))

     return false;

   /**

@@ -734,7 +737,7 @@ bool TextBuffer::save (const QString &filename)

    * try to open, if new file

    */

   if (deleteFile) {

-    if (!file->open (QIODevice::WriteOnly)) {

+    if (!file->open (QIODevice::WriteOnly | QIODevice::Truncate)) {

       delete file;

       return false;

     }