diff --git a/src/FolderManager/FileView.vala b/src/FolderManager/FileView.vala
index 684074922..9fa2800d5 100644
--- a/src/FolderManager/FileView.vala
+++ b/src/FolderManager/FileView.vala
@@ -322,6 +322,9 @@ public class Scratch.FolderManager.FileView : Code.Widgets.SourceList, Code.Pane
                 selected.disconnect (once);
                 var new_path = Path.get_dirname (path) + Path.DIR_SEPARATOR_S + new_name;
                 this.toplevel_action_group.activate_action (MainWindow.ACTION_CLOSE_TAB, new Variant.string (path));
+                // RecentManager requires valid URI
+                var new_uri = "file://" + new_path; // Code only edits local files
+                Gtk.RecentManager.get_default ().add_item (new_uri);
                 this.select (new_path);
             });
         }
diff --git a/src/Services/Document.vala b/src/Services/Document.vala
index 5ea4e1b87..2505959e1 100644
--- a/src/Services/Document.vala
+++ b/src/Services/Document.vala
@@ -635,7 +635,7 @@ namespace Scratch.Services {
             }
 
 
-
+            Gtk.RecentManager.get_default ().add_item (get_uri ());
             debug ("File “%s” saved successfully", get_basename ());
 
             return true;