diff --git a/src/message/example_edit.py b/src/message/example_edit.py
index a9b1ef2..d4ff5c6 100644
--- a/src/message/example_edit.py
+++ b/src/message/example_edit.py
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ class EditExampleText(Message):
     def update_model(self, model):
         example = self.get_arg(0, Example)
         example.overwrite_with_copy()
+        example.edited = True
         
         idx = 0
         for txt in document.getElementsByClassName("example-component-text"):
diff --git a/src/model/example/example.py b/src/model/example/example.py
index 183f711..298ad4a 100644
--- a/src/model/example/example.py
+++ b/src/model/example/example.py
@@ -15,17 +15,21 @@ class Example(Data):
         self.translations = []
         self.inner = None
         self.components = []
+        self.edited = False
     
     def import_xml(self, example_xml):
         self.translations = from_container_list(example_xml.querySelectorAll("translationContainer"))
         
+        if example_xml.hasAttribute("modified"):
+            self.edited = example_xml.getAttribute("modified") == "true"
+                
         inner_xml = example_xml.querySelector("corpusExample")
         if inner_xml is not None:
             self.inner = CorpusExample()
         else:
             inner_xml = example_xml.querySelector("multiwordExample") 
             self.inner = MultiwordExample()
-            
+        
         self.inner.import_xml(inner_xml)
         
         for comp_xml in inner_xml.childNodes:
@@ -37,6 +41,9 @@ class Example(Data):
     def export(self, doc):
         result = doc.createElement("exampleContainer")
         
+        if self.edited:
+            result.setAttribute("modified", "true")
+        
         inner = self.inner.export(doc)
         # TODO: bad quick fix
         for comp in self.components: