diff --git a/src/apps/stylededit/StyledEditView.cpp b/src/apps/stylededit/StyledEditView.cpp
index e82f751752..4e6c7b3819 100644
--- a/src/apps/stylededit/StyledEditView.cpp
+++ b/src/apps/stylededit/StyledEditView.cpp
@@ -128,6 +128,7 @@ StyledEditView::WriteStyledEditFile(BFile * file, uint32 charSet)
 			}
 			file->Write(buffer,written);
 			sourceLength -= length;
+			outText += length;
 		}
 		file->WriteAttr("be:encoding",B_INT32_TYPE,0,&id,sizeof(id));
 	}