diff --git a/sources/conductorproperties.cpp b/sources/conductorproperties.cpp
index a4a593a18..8d8bb7178 100644
--- a/sources/conductorproperties.cpp
+++ b/sources/conductorproperties.cpp
@@ -360,6 +360,7 @@ bool ConductorProperties::fromXml(const QDomElement &e)
 	QMetaEnum me = QMetaEnum::fromType<Qt::Alignment>();
 
     QString alinment_temp;
+    lksjdflj
     propertyString(e, "horizontal-alignment", &alinment_temp, "AlignBottom");
     m_horizontal_alignment = Qt::Alignment(me.keyToValue(alinment_temp.toStdString().data()));
     propertyString(e, "vertical-alignment", &alinment_temp, "AlignRight");
diff --git a/sources/qetgraphicsitem/conductor.cpp b/sources/qetgraphicsitem/conductor.cpp
index e4567b0ec..64accc001 100644
--- a/sources/qetgraphicsitem/conductor.cpp
+++ b/sources/qetgraphicsitem/conductor.cpp
@@ -1027,7 +1027,12 @@ QDomElement Conductor::toXml(QDomDocument & doc) const {
     dom_element.appendChild(dom_seq);
 
         // Export the properties and text
-    dom_element.appendChild(m_properties.toXml(doc));
+    QDomElement conductorProperties = m_properties.toXml(doc);
+    for (int i=0; i < conductorProperties.childNodes().count(); i++) {
+        QDomNode node = conductorProperties.childNodes().at(i).cloneNode(); // cloneNode() is important!
+        dom_element.appendChild(node);
+    }
+
     if(m_text_item->wasMovedByUser())
     {
         dom_element.appendChild(createXmlProperty(doc, "userx", m_text_item->pos().x()));