diff --git a/desktop_version/src/Game.cpp b/desktop_version/src/Game.cpp
index 2c00a7b3..f951fbdb 100644
--- a/desktop_version/src/Game.cpp
+++ b/desktop_version/src/Game.cpp
@@ -4971,6 +4971,10 @@ void Game::readmaingamesave(tinyxml2::XMLDocument& doc)
                 music.play(song);
             }
         }
+        else if (SDL_strcmp(pKey, "showtargets") == 0)
+        {
+            map.showtargets = help.Int(pText);
+        }
 
     }
 
@@ -5495,6 +5499,8 @@ std::string Game::writemaingamesave(tinyxml2::XMLDocument& doc)
         xml::update_tag(msgs, "currentsong", music.currentsong);
     }
 
+    xml::update_tag(msgs, "showtargets", (int) map.showtargets);
+
     xml::update_tag(msgs, "teleportscript", teleportscript.c_str());
     xml::update_tag(msgs, "companion", companion);