diff --git a/packages/mindplot/src/components/persistence/XMLSerializerTango.ts b/packages/mindplot/src/components/persistence/XMLSerializerTango.ts
index b7551016..fbd98485 100644
--- a/packages/mindplot/src/components/persistence/XMLSerializerTango.ts
+++ b/packages/mindplot/src/components/persistence/XMLSerializerTango.ts
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ class XMLSerializerTango implements XMLMindmapSerializer {
       }
     }
 
-    if (topic.areChildrenShrunken() && topic.getType() !== 'CentralTopic') {
+    if ((topic.areChildrenShrunken() && topic.getChildren().length > 0) && topic.getType() !== 'CentralTopic') {
       parentTopic.setAttribute('shrink', 'true');
     }