diff --git a/apps/desktop-gpui/src/app_windows.rs b/apps/desktop-gpui/src/app_windows.rs
index 028fcc3ab0..07865f8a59 100644
--- a/apps/desktop-gpui/src/app_windows.rs
+++ b/apps/desktop-gpui/src/app_windows.rs
@@ -6119,6 +6119,11 @@ pub fn reload_editor(project_path: &Path, cx: &mut App) {
         let index = editors.iter().position(|(path, _)| path == &key);
         index.map(|index| editors.remove(index).1)
     };
+    let transform = handle.and_then(|handle| {
+        handle
+            .update(cx, |view, _window, _cx| view.timeline_transform())
+            .ok()
+    });
 
     if let Some(handle) = handle {
         if let Ok(pending) = handle.update(cx, |view, _window, _cx| view.pending_save()) {
@@ -6137,7 +6142,16 @@ pub fn reload_editor(project_path: &Path, cx: &mut App) {
     }
 
     tracing::info!(path = %key.display(), "reloading editor after import");
-    open_editor(key, cx);
+    open_editor(key.clone(), cx);
+    if let Some(transform) = transform
+        && let Some(handle) = editor_window_handle(&key, cx)
+    {
+        handle
+            .update(cx, |view, _window, _cx| {
+                view.restore_timeline_transform(transform)
+            })
+            .ok();
+    }
 }
 
 /// `editor_window_for_path` (`src-tauri/src/windows.rs:3699-3706`): the live
diff --git a/apps/desktop-gpui/src/editor_timeline.rs b/apps/desktop-gpui/src/editor_timeline.rs
index 78757d14de..9cd6a884a8 100644
--- a/apps/desktop-gpui/src/editor_timeline.rs
+++ b/apps/desktop-gpui/src/editor_timeline.rs
@@ -283,6 +283,16 @@ impl Transform {
         }
     }
 
+    pub fn restored(saved: Transform, total_duration: f64) -> Option<Self> {
+        if saved.zoom <= 0. {
+            return None;
+        }
+        let mut transform = Self::initial(total_duration);
+        transform.update_zoom(saved.zoom, 0., total_duration);
+        transform.set_position(saved.position, total_duration);
+        Some(transform)
+    }
+
     /// `secsPerPixel = transform.zoom / timelineBounds.width`
     /// (`TL/index.tsx:189`, `TL/context.ts:91-92`).
     /// Floored at the smallest positive double so a transform with no project
@@ -3634,6 +3644,19 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!(Transform::initial(3_600.0).zoom, 600.0);
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn restored_transform_keeps_the_saved_view_and_clamps_to_the_timeline() {
+        let saved = Transform {
+            zoom: 17.05,
+            position: 12.5,
+        };
+        assert_eq!(Transform::restored(saved, 61.0), Some(saved));
+        let shorter = Transform::restored(saved, 10.0).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(shorter.zoom, 10.0);
+        assert_eq!(shorter.position, 4.0);
+        assert_eq!(Transform::restored(Transform::default(), 61.0), None);
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn zoom_clamps_to_max_zoom_in_and_the_zoom_out_limit() {
         let total = 60.0;
diff --git a/apps/desktop-gpui/src/editor_window.rs b/apps/desktop-gpui/src/editor_window.rs
index 086f10a0f2..d88e57ac19 100644
--- a/apps/desktop-gpui/src/editor_window.rs
+++ b/apps/desktop-gpui/src/editor_window.rs
@@ -1435,6 +1435,7 @@ pub struct EditorWindow {
     /// width (`TL/index.tsx:689-703`). There is no mount hook here, so the
     /// first render that knows both the width and the duration does it.
     fitted: bool,
+    restore_transform: Option<Transform>,
     /// The transport's zoom slider track rect, written by the slider's own
     /// prepaint canvas and read by the pointer maths.
     zoom_slider_track: ui::SliderTrack,
@@ -2090,6 +2091,7 @@ impl EditorWindow {
             view: TimelineView::default(),
             playback_follow: timeline::PlaybackFollow::default(),
             fitted: false,
+            restore_transform: None,
             zoom_slider_track: ui::SliderTrack::default(),
             zoom_slider_drag: false,
             project: ProjectConfiguration::default(),
@@ -2911,6 +2913,14 @@ impl EditorWindow {
         self.instance.take()
     }
 
+    pub fn timeline_transform(&self) -> Transform {
+        self.view.transform
+    }
+
+    pub fn restore_timeline_transform(&mut self, transform: Transform) {
+        self.restore_transform = Some(transform);
+    }
+
     /// Hand the window its transport, the pump's counters, and the duration
     /// the engine will actually stop at.
     pub fn set_transport(
@@ -11204,9 +11214,17 @@ impl Render for EditorWindow {
         if !self.fitted && self.total_duration() > 0.0 {
             self.fitted = true;
             let total = self.total_duration();
-            self.view
-                .transform
-                .fit_on_mount(timeline::content_width(viewport_width), total);
+            match self
+                .restore_transform
+                .take()
+                .and_then(|saved| Transform::restored(saved, total))
+            {
+                Some(transform) => self.view.transform = transform,
+                None => self
+                    .view
+                    .transform
+                    .fit_on_mount(timeline::content_width(viewport_width), total),
+            }
         }
 
         if self.export.is_some() {