diff --git a/src/components/sentence/SentenceCard.vue b/src/components/sentence/SentenceCard.vue
index 6377735a..fe988440 100644
--- a/src/components/sentence/SentenceCard.vue
+++ b/src/components/sentence/SentenceCard.vue
@@ -534,6 +534,7 @@ export default defineComponent({
             this.sentenceBus.emit('action:saved', {
               userId: this.openTabUser,
             });
+            this.removePendingModification(`${this.sentence.sent_id}_${this.openTabUser}`);
             this.reloadCommits += 1;
             if (this.sentenceData.conlls[changedConllUser]) {
               // the user already had a tree
@@ -552,7 +553,6 @@ export default defineComponent({
               this.openTabUser = changedConllUser;
               this.exportedConll = exportedConll;
             }
-            this.removePendingModification(`${this.sentence.sent_id}_${this.openTabUser}`);
             notifyMessage({ position: 'top', message: 'Saved on the server', icon: 'save' });
           }
         })
diff --git a/src/components/sentence/VueDepTree.vue b/src/components/sentence/VueDepTree.vue
index 1a219aee..47224d08 100644
--- a/src/components/sentence/VueDepTree.vue
+++ b/src/components/sentence/VueDepTree.vue
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ export default defineComponent({
     this.statusChangeHandler();
   },
   methods: {
-    ...mapActions(useGrewSearchStore, ['addPendingModification']),
+    ...mapActions(useGrewSearchStore, ['addPendingModification', 'removePendingModification']),
     svgClickHandler(e: svgClickEvent_t) {
       const clickedId = e.detail.clicked;
       const clickedToken = { ...this.sentenceSVG.treeJson.nodesJson[clickedId] };
@@ -284,6 +284,11 @@ export default defineComponent({
         `${ this.reactiveSentencesObj[this.treeUserId].state.metaJson.sent_id }_${this.reactiveSentencesObj[this.treeUserId].state.metaJson.user_id }`,
         this.reactiveSentencesObj[this.treeUserId].exportConll()
       );
+      else {
+        this.removePendingModification(`${ 
+          this.reactiveSentencesObj[this.treeUserId].state.metaJson.sent_id }_${this.reactiveSentencesObj[this.treeUserId].state.metaJson.user_id }`
+        );
+      }
 
       this.$emit('statusChanged', {
         canUndo,