diff --git a/src/notesapi.cpp b/src/notesapi.cpp
index a3f5add..de2b0b1 100644
--- a/src/notesapi.cpp
+++ b/src/notesapi.cpp
@@ -136,10 +136,8 @@ void NotesApi::setPath(QString path) {
 void NotesApi::setDataFile(QString dataFile) {
     if (dataFile != m_jsonFile.fileName()) {
         m_jsonFile.close();
-        if (!dataFile.isEmpty()) {
+        if (!dataFile.isEmpty())
             m_jsonFile.setFileName(dataFile);
-            m_jsonFile.open(QIODevice::ReadWrite | QIODevice::Text); // | QIODevice::Unbuffered
-        }
         emit dataFileChanged(m_jsonFile.fileName());
         //qDebug() << m_jsonFile.fileName();
     }
@@ -259,5 +257,9 @@ void NotesApi::sslError(QNetworkReply *reply, const QList<QSslError> &errors) {
 }
 
 void NotesApi::saveToFile(QModelIndex, QModelIndex, QVector<int>) {
-    qDebug() << "Should write the data now to a file" << m_jsonFile.fileName();
+    if (m_jsonFile.open(QIODevice::ReadWrite | QIODevice::Truncate | QIODevice::Text)) {
+        qDebug() << "Writing data to file" << m_jsonFile.fileName();
+        m_jsonFile.write(mp_model->toJsonDocument().toJson());
+        m_jsonFile.close();
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/notesmodel.cpp b/src/notesmodel.cpp
index 7816f2a..609aaf2 100644
--- a/src/notesmodel.cpp
+++ b/src/notesmodel.cpp
@@ -141,6 +141,7 @@ bool NotesModel::removeNote(const Note &note) {
         beginRemoveRows(QModelIndex(), position, position);
         m_notes.removeAt(position);
         endRemoveRows();
+        emit dataChanged(index(position), index(position));
         return true;
     }
     return false;