diff --git a/CHANGED b/CHANGED
index 0d68a0af0..f4526fff3 100644
--- a/CHANGED
+++ b/CHANGED
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@
   - change: FHEMWEB added "Associated with" to detail-screen (Uli)
   - change: FHEMWEB added ETag headers (Matthias)
   - change: FHEMWEB devStateIcon added
+  - change: 98_update.pm due a (probable) bug in perl, modules are no longer
+            loading automatically. A restart is required now! (M. Fischer)
+  - feature: 98_update.pm saves the statefile before an update (M. Fischer)
 
 - 2012-10-28 (5.3)
   - feature: added functions trim, ltrim, rtrim, UntoggleDirect,
diff --git a/FHEM/98_update.pm b/FHEM/98_update.pm
index ca3f5ba68..27863fb3c 100644
--- a/FHEM/98_update.pm
+++ b/FHEM/98_update.pm
@@ -168,6 +168,17 @@ update_DoUpdate(@)
     $ret = $checkUpdates;
   }
 
+  # save statefile
+  $ret .= "\nSaving statefile: ";
+  my $cmdret = WriteStatefile();
+  if (!$cmdret) {
+    Log 1, "update saving statefile";
+    $ret .= "done\n\n";
+  } else {
+    Log 1, "update statefile: $cmdret";
+    $ret .= "Something went wrong with statefile:\n$cmdret\n\n";
+  }
+
   # do a backup first
   my $doBackup = (!defined($attr{global}{backup_before_update}) ? 1 : $attr{global}{backup_before_update});