diff --git a/manifest.json b/manifest.json
index 5c8c7be..20159c6 100644
--- a/manifest.json
+++ b/manifest.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
 	"id": "excalibrain",
 	"name": "ExcaliBrain",
-	"version": "0.2.4",
+	"version": "0.2.5",
   "minAppVersion": "1.1.6",
 	"description": "A clean, intuitive and editable graph view for Obsidian",
 	"author": "Zsolt Viczian",
diff --git a/src/Scene.ts b/src/Scene.ts
index 14dd071..a8e2c1b 100644
--- a/src/Scene.ts
+++ b/src/Scene.ts
@@ -716,7 +716,7 @@ export class Scene {
     ea.targetView.clearDirty(); //hack to prevent excalidraw from saving the changes
 
     excalidrawAPI.updateScene({appState: {viewBackgroundColor: settings.backgroundColor}});
-    if(settings.allowAutozoom) {
+    if(settings.allowAutozoom && !retainCentralNode) {
       setTimeout(()=>excalidrawAPI.zoomToFit(ea.getViewElements(),settings.maxZoom,0.15),100);
     }