diff --git a/dialogs/edititemdialog.cpp b/dialogs/edititemdialog.cpp
index 94b56a2..1311eac 100644
--- a/dialogs/edititemdialog.cpp
+++ b/dialogs/edititemdialog.cpp
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ void EditItemDialog::createContent() {
   m_contentContainer = m_detailMapper;
 
   m_outerLayout->insertWidget(0, m_contentContainer);
+}
 
 void EditItemDialog::accept() {
   m_detailMapper->submit();
diff --git a/mainwindow.cpp b/mainwindow.cpp
index 5397ccc..b372b16 100644
--- a/mainwindow.cpp
+++ b/mainwindow.cpp
@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@ MainWindow::MainWindow(QWidget* parent)
   ui->setupUi(this);
 
   m_core = std::make_unique<GenericCore>();
-  setWindowTitle(windowTitle() + " [*]");
+
+  setWindowTitle(QCoreApplication::applicationName() + " [*]");
 
   /// application icon
   const QString iconString = "://feature.png";
@@ -76,7 +77,7 @@ void MainWindow::closeEvent(QCloseEvent* event) {
 
     switch (ret) {
       case QMessageBox::Save:
-        // TODO m_core->saveItems();
+        emit saveItems();
         event->accept();
         break;
       case QMessageBox::Discard:
@@ -232,6 +233,11 @@ void MainWindow::onShowUndoViewToggled(bool checked) {
   }
 }
 
+void MainWindow::saveItems() {
+  showStatusMessage(tr("Invoked 'File|Save'"));
+  m_core->saveItems();
+}
+
 void MainWindow::createActions() {
   // TODO add generic menu actions (file/new, edit/cut, ...)
   createFileActions();
@@ -257,8 +263,7 @@ void MainWindow::createFileActions() {
   m_saveAct = make_unique<QAction>(tr("&Save"), this);
   m_saveAct->setShortcuts(QKeySequence::Save);
   m_saveAct->setStatusTip(tr("Save the document to disk"));
-  // connect(m_saveAct, &QAction::triggered, this, &MainWindow::save);
-  m_saveAct->setEnabled(false);
+  connect(m_saveAct.get(), &QAction::triggered, this, &MainWindow::saveItems);
   ui->menu_File->addAction(m_saveAct.get());
 
   ui->menu_File->addSeparator();
diff --git a/mainwindow.h b/mainwindow.h
index 652087d..1da27c5 100644
--- a/mainwindow.h
+++ b/mainwindow.h
@@ -54,6 +54,9 @@ class MainWindow : public QMainWindow {
   void onCleanStateChanged(bool clean);
   void onShowUndoViewToggled(bool checked);
 
+  /// 'File' slots
+  void saveItems();
+
  private:
   Ui::MainWindow* ui;