diff --git a/pysimplesql/pysimplesql.py b/pysimplesql/pysimplesql.py
index a74f7f57..66f79f67 100644
--- a/pysimplesql/pysimplesql.py
+++ b/pysimplesql/pysimplesql.py
@@ -1739,7 +1739,7 @@ def prompt_save(self, autosave=False) -> int:
             if self[q]._prompt_save is False:
                 continue
 
-            if self[q].records_changed():
+            if self[q].records_changed(recursive=False): # don't check children
                 # we will only show the popup once, regardless of how many queries have changed
                 if not user_prompted:
                     user_prompted = True