diff --git a/app/src/processing/app/Base.java b/app/src/processing/app/Base.java
index bc9c90ef8..1fa6bb5bd 100644
--- a/app/src/processing/app/Base.java
+++ b/app/src/processing/app/Base.java
@@ -613,7 +613,11 @@ public class Base {
     activeEditor.rebuildRecentSketchesMenu();
     if (PreferencesData.getBoolean("editor.external")) {
       try {
+        int previousCaretPosition = activeEditor.getTextArea().getCaretPosition();
         activeEditor.getSketch().load(true);
+        if (previousCaretPosition < activeEditor.getText().length()) {
+          activeEditor.getTextArea().setCaretPosition(previousCaretPosition);
+        }
       } catch (IOException e) {
         // noop
       }