diff --git a/src/MainWindow.h b/src/MainWindow.h
index 53e26e2ee..12d11f5d1 100644
--- a/src/MainWindow.h
+++ b/src/MainWindow.h
@@ -143,6 +143,7 @@ class MainWindow : public QMainWindow
         SpecialFields specialFields;
         int session;
         bool isclean;
+        bool ismultisave;
 
         void setBubble(QString text, QPoint pos = QPoint(), Qt::Orientation o = Qt::Horizontal);
 
diff --git a/src/MetricAggregator.cpp b/src/MetricAggregator.cpp
index 12113096d..a9b9f2432 100644
--- a/src/MetricAggregator.cpp
+++ b/src/MetricAggregator.cpp
@@ -205,6 +205,13 @@ void MetricAggregator::addRide(RideItem*ride)
     }
 }
 
+void MetricAggregator::update() {
+    main->isclean = false;
+    if (!main->ismultisave) {
+        refreshMetrics();
+    }
+}
+
 bool MetricAggregator::importRide(QDir path, RideFile *ride, QString fileName, unsigned long fingerprint, bool modify)
 {
     SummaryMetrics *summaryMetric = new SummaryMetrics();
diff --git a/src/MetricAggregator.h b/src/MetricAggregator.h
index cd9e0e880..fc497d808 100644
--- a/src/MetricAggregator.h
+++ b/src/MetricAggregator.h
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ class MetricAggregator : public QObject
         void dataChanged(); // when metricDB table changed
 
     public slots:
-        void update() { main->isclean = false; refreshMetrics(); }
+        void update();
         void addRide(RideItem*);
         void importMeasure(SummaryMetrics *sm);
 
diff --git a/src/SaveDialogs.cpp b/src/SaveDialogs.cpp
index ed30b090d..a54972c36 100644
--- a/src/SaveDialogs.cpp
+++ b/src/SaveDialogs.cpp
@@ -320,12 +320,20 @@ SaveOnExitDialogWidget::saveClicked()
 {
     // whizz through the list and save one by one using
     // singleSave to ensure warnings are given if neccessary
+    // use mainWindow->ismultisave to prevent refreshing stats
+    // for each file
+    mainWindow->ismultisave = true;
     for (int i=0; i<dirtyList.count(); i++) {
         QCheckBox *c = (QCheckBox *)dirtyFiles->cellWidget(i,0);
         if (c->isChecked()) {
+            if (i==dirtyList.count()-1) {
+                mainWindow->ismultisave = false;
+            }
             mainWindow->saveRideSingleDialog(dirtyList.at(i));
         }
     }
+
+    mainWindow->ismultisave = false;
     accept();
 }