diff --git a/crates/eframe/src/native/file_storage.rs b/crates/eframe/src/native/file_storage.rs
index 1b4c254c2c2..6b059e81799 100644
--- a/crates/eframe/src/native/file_storage.rs
+++ b/crates/eframe/src/native/file_storage.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 use std::{
     collections::HashMap,
+    io::Write,
     path::{Path, PathBuf},
 };
 
@@ -126,10 +127,13 @@ fn save_to_disk(file_path: &PathBuf, kv: &HashMap<String, String>) {
 
     match std::fs::File::create(file_path) {
         Ok(file) => {
+            let mut writer = std::io::BufWriter::new(file);
             let config = Default::default();
 
-            if let Err(err) = ron::ser::to_writer_pretty(file, &kv, config) {
-                log::warn!("Failed to serialize app state: {err}");
+            if let Err(err) = ron::ser::to_writer_pretty(&mut writer, &kv, config)
+                .and_then(|_| writer.flush().map_err(|err| err.into()))
+            {
+                log::warn!("Failed to serialize app state: {}", err);
             } else {
                 log::trace!("Persisted to {:?}", file_path);
             }