diff --git a/src/App/Document.cpp b/src/App/Document.cpp
index 73367a2cca..a87cc8bada 100644
--- a/src/App/Document.cpp
+++ b/src/App/Document.cpp
@@ -1327,11 +1327,6 @@ std::string Document::getTransientDirectoryName(const std::string& uuid, const s
 
 void Document::Save (Base::Writer &writer) const
 {
-    writer.Stream() << "<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>" << endl
-    << "<!--" << endl
-    << " FreeCAD Document, see http://www.freecadweb.org for more information..." << endl
-    << "-->" << endl;
-
     writer.Stream() << "<Document SchemaVersion=\"4\" ProgramVersion=\""
                     << App::Application::Config()["BuildVersionMajor"] << "."
                     << App::Application::Config()["BuildVersionMinor"] << "R"
@@ -1696,6 +1691,10 @@ bool Document::saveToFile(const char* filename) const
         if (hGrp->GetBool("SaveBinaryBrep", false))
             writer.setMode("BinaryBrep");
 
+        writer.Stream() << "<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>" << endl
+                        << "<!--" << endl
+                        << " FreeCAD Document, see http://www.freecadweb.org for more information..." << endl
+                        << "-->" << endl;
         Document::Save(writer);
 
         // Special handling for Gui document.
diff --git a/src/App/PropertyContainerPyImp.cpp b/src/App/PropertyContainerPyImp.cpp
index a07e157651..f8182dcac7 100644
--- a/src/App/PropertyContainerPyImp.cpp
+++ b/src/App/PropertyContainerPyImp.cpp
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ PyObject* PropertyContainerPy::dumpPropertyContent(PyObject *args, PyObject *kwd
  
     int compression = 3;
     char* property;
-    static char* kwds_def[] = {"Compression",NULL};
+    static char* kwds_def[] = {"Property", "Compression",NULL};
     PyErr_Clear();
     if (!PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords(args, kwds, "s|i", kwds_def, &property, &compression)) {
         return NULL;
diff --git a/src/Mod/Test/Document.py b/src/Mod/Test/Document.py
index 897f871d7f..4a03641104 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Test/Document.py
+++ b/src/Mod/Test/Document.py
@@ -454,7 +454,33 @@ class DocumentSaveRestoreCases(unittest.TestCase):
       self.failUnless(hasattr(Doc.Extension_2.ViewObject.ExtensionProxy, 'testFunction'))
 
     FreeCAD.closeDocument("SaveRestoreExtensions")
-
+    
+  def testPersistenceContentDump(self):
+       
+    #test smallest level... property
+    self.Doc.Label_1.Vector = (1,2,3)
+    dump = self.Doc.Label_1.dumpPropertyContent('Vector', Compression = 9)
+    self.Doc.Label_2.restorePropertyContent('Vector', dump)
+    self.failUnless(self.Doc.Label_1.Vector == self.Doc.Label_2.Vector)
+    
+    #next higher: object
+    self.Doc.Label_1.Distance = 12
+    self.Doc.Label_1.String = 'test'
+    dump = self.Doc.Label_1.dumpContent()
+    self.Doc.Label_3.restoreContent(dump)
+    self.failUnless( self.Doc.Label_1.Distance == self.Doc.Label_3.Distance)   
+    self.failUnless( self.Doc.Label_1.String == self.Doc.Label_3.String)
+    
+    #highest level: document
+    dump = self.Doc.dumpContent(9)
+    Doc = FreeCAD.newDocument("DumpTest")
+    Doc.restoreContent(dump)
+    self.failUnless(len(self.Doc.Objects) == len(Doc.Objects))
+    self.failUnless( self.Doc.Label_1.Distance == Doc.Label_1.Distance)   
+    self.failUnless( self.Doc.Label_1.String == Doc.Label_1.String)
+    self.failUnless(self.Doc.Label_1.Vector == Doc.Label_1.Vector)
+    FreeCAD.closeDocument("DumpTest")   
+    
   def tearDown(self):
     #closing doc
     FreeCAD.closeDocument("SaveRestoreTests")