diff --git a/app/app.c b/app/app.c
index 227dad5..46d2f4c 100644
--- a/app/app.c
+++ b/app/app.c
@@ -2026,7 +2026,8 @@ Skip:
 	}
 
 	if (gRequestSaveChannel > 0) { // TODO: remove the gRequestSaveChannel, why use global variable for that??
-		if (!bKeyHeld) {
+		if ((!bKeyHeld && !bKeyPressed) || UI_MENU_GetCurrentMenuId())
+		{
 			SETTINGS_SaveChannel(gTxVfo->CHANNEL_SAVE, gEeprom.TX_VFO, gTxVfo, gRequestSaveChannel);
 
 			if (!SCANNER_IsScanning() && gVfoConfigureMode == VFO_CONFIGURE_NONE)