diff --git a/packages/editor/test/playground/map-render/html/viewmode.html b/packages/editor/test/playground/map-render/html/viewmode.html
index 6122f96e..d2351e79 100644
--- a/packages/editor/test/playground/map-render/html/viewmode.html
+++ b/packages/editor/test/playground/map-render/html/viewmode.html
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
                     <option value="sample5">sample5</option>
                     <option value="sample6">sample6</option>
                     <option value="sample7">sample7</option>
+                    <option value="sample8">sample8</option>
                     <option value="img-support">img-support</option>
                     <option value="error-on-load">error-on-load</option>
                     <option value="complex">complex</option>
diff --git a/packages/editor/test/playground/map-render/samples/bug7.wxml b/packages/editor/test/playground/map-render/samples/sample8.wxml
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/editor/test/playground/map-render/samples/bug7.wxml
rename to packages/editor/test/playground/map-render/samples/sample8.wxml
diff --git a/packages/mindplot/src/components/persistence/XMLSerializerPela.ts b/packages/mindplot/src/components/persistence/XMLSerializerPela.ts
index cabe08c4..9f163618 100644
--- a/packages/mindplot/src/components/persistence/XMLSerializerPela.ts
+++ b/packages/mindplot/src/components/persistence/XMLSerializerPela.ts
@@ -226,14 +226,6 @@ class XMLSerializerPela implements XMLMindmapSerializer {
     return result;
   }
 
-  /**
-     * @param dom
-     * @param mapId
-     * @throws will throw an error if dom is null or undefined
-     * @throws will throw an error if mapId is null or undefined
-     * @throws will throw an error if the document element is not consistent with a wisemap's root
-     * element
-     */
   loadFromDom(dom: Document, mapId: string) {
     $assert(dom, 'dom can not be null');
     $assert(mapId, 'mapId can not be null');
@@ -415,6 +407,16 @@ class XMLSerializerPela implements XMLMindmapSerializer {
       }
     });
 
+    // Workaround: for some reason, some saved maps have holes in the order.
+    topic
+      .getChildren()
+      .forEach((child, index) => {
+        if (child.getOrder() !== index) {
+          child.setOrder(index);
+          console.log('Toppic with order sequence hole. Introducing fix.');
+        }
+      });
+
     return topic;
   }