diff --git a/src/d/d_menu_save.cpp b/src/d/d_menu_save.cpp
index 48f3f953ea..a9c4e8f908 100644
--- a/src/d/d_menu_save.cpp
+++ b/src/d/d_menu_save.cpp
@@ -1452,6 +1452,12 @@ void dMenu_save_c::memCardDataSaveWait() {
 
     mCmdState = g_mDoMemCd_control.SaveSync();
     if (mCmdState != 0) {
+#if TARGET_PC
+        if (mCmdState == 1) {
+                dusk::mods::svc::save_slot_written(
+                    mSelectedFile, mSaveBuffer + mSelectedFile * QUEST_LOG_SIZE);
+            }
+#endif
         printf("save cmdState %d\n", mCmdState);
         mMenuProc = PROC_MEMCARD_DATA_SAVE_WAIT2;
     }
@@ -1469,10 +1475,6 @@ void dMenu_save_c::memCardDataSaveWait2() {
         dComIfGs_setDataNum(mSelectedFile);
         dComIfGs_setNoFile(0);
 
-#if TARGET_PC
-        dusk::mods::svc::save_slot_written(mSelectedFile, mSaveBuffer + mSelectedFile * QUEST_LOG_SIZE);
-#endif
-
         if (mUseType == TYPE_WHITE_EVENT || mUseType == TYPE_BLACK_EVENT) {
             headerTxtSet(0x530);  // Saved.
             mWarning->closeInit();
diff --git a/src/dusk/mods/svc/save.cpp b/src/dusk/mods/svc/save.cpp
index 209c0037fa..1b4e2047e7 100644
--- a/src/dusk/mods/svc/save.cpp
+++ b/src/dusk/mods/svc/save.cpp
@@ -193,6 +193,8 @@ void save_slot_written(uint32_t slot, const void* slotData) {
     if (slot >= kSlotCount) {
         return;
     }
+    s_currentSlot = static_cast<int32_t>(slot);
+    notify(slot, &SaveObserverRecord::onWritten, "save-written");
     load_sidecar();
     auto& store = s_slots[slot];
     if (slotData != nullptr) {
@@ -200,8 +202,6 @@ void save_slot_written(uint32_t slot, const void* slotData) {
         store.snapshotCrc = utils::crc32(slotData, kQuestLogSize);
     }
     flush_sidecar();
-    s_currentSlot = static_cast<int32_t>(slot);
-    notify(slot, &SaveObserverRecord::onWritten, "save-written");
 }
 
 void save_slot_copied(uint32_t fromSlot, uint32_t toSlot) {