diff --git a/src/gui/treesitterinspector.cpp b/src/gui/treesitterinspector.cpp
index 8d842918..01f4b4c5 100644
--- a/src/gui/treesitterinspector.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/treesitterinspector.cpp
@@ -142,7 +142,10 @@ TreeSitterInspector::~TreeSitterInspector()
 
 void TreeSitterInspector::saveToFile()
 {
-    QString fileName = QFileDialog::getSaveFileName(this, tr("Save Query"), "", tr("Query Files (*.scm)"));
+    const QString fileName = QFileDialog::getSaveFileName(this, tr("Save Query"), "", tr("Query Files (*.scm)"));
+    if (fileName.isEmpty()) {
+        return;
+    }
 
     QFile file(fileName);
     // Note: at least on Linux, the file dialog will already warn if the file exists, so no need