diff --git a/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/FragmentMessages.java b/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/FragmentMessages.java
index 191e7065c2..356b529510 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/FragmentMessages.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/FragmentMessages.java
@@ -4381,6 +4381,7 @@ public class FragmentMessages extends FragmentBase implements SharedPreferences.
 
                                 inline = true;
                                 in = new ByteArrayInputStream(section.getBytes());
+                                out = new FileOutputStream(plain);
                             }
                         }
                     }