diff --git a/binr/radare2/radare2.c b/binr/radare2/radare2.c
index 11fdfea617..e307c99e51 100644
--- a/binr/radare2/radare2.c
+++ b/binr/radare2/radare2.c
@@ -767,6 +767,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv, char **envp) {
 				prj = r_config_get (r.config, "file.project");
 				if (prj && *prj && r_cons_yesno ('y', "Do you want to save the project? (Y/n)"))
 					r_core_project_save (&r, prj);
+				r_line_hist_save (R2_HOMEDIR"/history");
 			} else {
 				// r_core_project_save (&r, prj);
 				if (debug) {
diff --git a/libr/core/cmd_quit.c b/libr/core/cmd_quit.c
index c00a4cf4ff..39473e7f34 100644
--- a/libr/core/cmd_quit.c
+++ b/libr/core/cmd_quit.c
@@ -19,12 +19,10 @@ static int cmd_quit(void *data, const char *input) {
 		return -2;
 	case '\0':
 		core->num->value = 0LL;
-		r_line_hist_save (R2_HOMEDIR"/history");
 		return -2;
 	default:
 		if (*input == ' ')
 			input++;
-		r_line_hist_save (R2_HOMEDIR"/history");
 		if (*input)
 			r_num_math (core->num, input);
 		else core->num->value = 0LL;