diff --git a/lua/autosave/modules/autocmds.lua b/lua/autosave/modules/autocmds.lua
index 6306c57..5cc9b5d 100644
--- a/lua/autosave/modules/autocmds.lua
+++ b/lua/autosave/modules/autocmds.lua
@@ -32,7 +32,14 @@ local function actual_save()
     -- might use  update, but in that case it can't be checked if a file was modified and so it will always
     -- print opts["execution_message"]
     if (api.nvim_eval([[&modified]]) == 1) then
+        local first_char_pos = vim.fn.getpos("'[")
+        local last_char_pos = vim.fn.getpos("']")
+
         cmd("silent! write")
+
+        vim.fn.setpos("'[", first_char_pos)
+        vim.fn.setpos("']", last_char_pos)
+
         if (get_modified() == nil or get_modified() == false) then
             set_modified(true)
         end