diff --git a/mainwindow.cpp b/mainwindow.cpp
index 959f847..b87974d 100644
--- a/mainwindow.cpp
+++ b/mainwindow.cpp
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 #include "sqlhighlighter.h"
 #include <QStandardPaths>
 #include <QFileDialog>
+#include <QMessageBox>
 #include <QTextDocumentFragment>
 #include <QTextStream>
 #include <QTextTable>
@@ -14,6 +15,7 @@
 #include "json/json.h"
 #include "explaintreemodelitem.h"
 #include <algorithm>
+#include <QCloseEvent>
 
 //#include <thread>
 
@@ -121,6 +123,8 @@ MainWindow::MainWindow(QWidget *parent)
 			QueueTask([this, details]() { receiveNotice(details); });
 		});
 
+	connect(ui->queryEdit, &QPlainTextEdit::textChanged, this, &MainWindow::queryTextChanged);
+
 	m_timeElapsedLabel = new QLabel(this);
 	statusBar()->addPermanentWidget(m_timeElapsedLabel);
 }
@@ -420,9 +424,24 @@ void MainWindow::endTimer()
 	}
 }
 
+bool MainWindow::continueWithoutSaving()
+{
+	QMessageBox msgBox;
+	msgBox.setText("The document has been modified.");
+	msgBox.setInformativeText("The current query has unsaved changes, do you want to continue without saving those changes?");
+	msgBox.setStandardButtons(QMessageBox::Yes | QMessageBox::No);
+	msgBox.setDefaultButton(QMessageBox::No);
+	int ret = msgBox.exec();
+	return ret == QMessageBox::Yes;
+}
+
 void MainWindow::on_actionLoad_SQL_triggered()
 {
 	//
+	if (m_queryTextChanged && !continueWithoutSaving()) {
+		return;
+	}
+
 	QString home_dir = QStandardPaths::locate(QStandardPaths::HomeLocation, "", QStandardPaths::LocateDirectory);
 	QString file_name = QFileDialog::getOpenFileName(this,
 		tr("Open sql query"), home_dir, tr("SQL files (*.sql *.txt)"));
@@ -435,6 +454,7 @@ void MainWindow::on_actionLoad_SQL_triggered()
 				QString line = stream.readLine();
 				ui->queryEdit->appendPlainText(line);
 			}
+			m_queryTextChanged = false;
 		}
 
 
@@ -452,6 +472,7 @@ void MainWindow::on_actionSave_SQL_triggered()
 			QTextStream stream(&file);
 			QString text = ui->queryEdit->toPlainText();
 			stream << text;
+			m_queryTextChanged = false;
 		}
 	}
 }
@@ -519,3 +540,18 @@ void MainWindow::on_actionCancel_triggered()
 {
 	cancel_query();
 }
+
+void MainWindow::queryTextChanged()
+{
+	m_queryTextChanged = true;
+}
+
+void MainWindow::closeEvent(QCloseEvent *event)
+{
+	if (!m_queryTextChanged  || continueWithoutSaving()) {
+		event->accept();
+	}
+	else {
+		event->ignore();
+	}
+}
diff --git a/mainwindow.h b/mainwindow.h
index 2a834a1..05dc4da 100644
--- a/mainwindow.h
+++ b/mainwindow.h
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ namespace Pgsql {
 	class Connection;
 }
 
+class QCloseEvent;
 
 class MainWindow : public QMainWindow
 {
@@ -47,6 +48,7 @@ private:
 	std::unique_ptr<QTimer> m_timer;
 	std::chrono::time_point<std::chrono::steady_clock> m_startTime;
 	ConnectionConfig m_config;
+	bool m_queryTextChanged = false;
 
 
 	void startTimer();
@@ -67,6 +69,9 @@ private:
 	void query_ready(std::shared_ptr<Pgsql::Result> res);
 	void explain_ready(std::shared_ptr<ExplainRoot> explain);
 	std::string getCommand() const;
+
+	bool continueWithoutSaving();
+	void closeEvent(QCloseEvent *event);
 private slots:
 
 	void startConnect();
@@ -75,6 +80,7 @@ private slots:
 	void performExplain();
 
 	void cancel_query();
+	void queryTextChanged();
 	void receiveNotice(Pgsql::ErrorDetails notice);
 
 	void processCallableQueue();