diff --git a/src-ui/src/app/components/document-detail/document-detail.component.ts b/src-ui/src/app/components/document-detail/document-detail.component.ts
index 31e477d76..59378289f 100644
--- a/src-ui/src/app/components/document-detail/document-detail.component.ts
+++ b/src-ui/src/app/components/document-detail/document-detail.component.ts
@@ -180,6 +180,10 @@ export class DocumentDetailComponent
     return this.settings.get(SETTINGS_KEYS.USE_NATIVE_PDF_VIEWER)
   }
 
+  get exitOnSave(): boolean {
+    return this.settings.get(SETTINGS_KEYS.EXIT_ON_SAVE)
+  }
+
   getContentType() {
     return this.metadata?.has_archive_version
       ? 'application/pdf'
@@ -529,7 +533,7 @@ export class DocumentDetailComponent
         next: () => {
           this.store.next(this.documentForm.value)
           this.toastService.showInfo($localize`Document saved successfully.`)
-          this.close()
+          this.exitOnSave && this.close()
           this.networkActive = false
           this.error = null
         },
diff --git a/src-ui/src/app/components/manage/settings/settings.component.ts b/src-ui/src/app/components/manage/settings/settings.component.ts
index dc4f1746d..19838a416 100644
--- a/src-ui/src/app/components/manage/settings/settings.component.ts
+++ b/src-ui/src/app/components/manage/settings/settings.component.ts
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ export class SettingsComponent
     darkModeInvertThumbs: new FormControl(null),
     themeColor: new FormControl(null),
     useNativePdfViewer: new FormControl(null),
+    exitOnSave: new FormControl(null),
     displayLanguage: new FormControl(null),
     dateLocale: new FormControl(null),
     dateFormat: new FormControl(null),
@@ -193,6 +194,9 @@ export class SettingsComponent
       useNativePdfViewer: this.settings.get(
         SETTINGS_KEYS.USE_NATIVE_PDF_VIEWER
       ),
+      exitOnSave: this.settings.get(
+        SETTINGS_KEYS.EXIT_ON_SAVE
+      ),
       displayLanguage: this.settings.getLanguage(),
       dateLocale: this.settings.get(SETTINGS_KEYS.DATE_LOCALE),
       dateFormat: this.settings.get(SETTINGS_KEYS.DATE_FORMAT),
@@ -527,6 +531,10 @@ export class SettingsComponent
       SETTINGS_KEYS.USE_NATIVE_PDF_VIEWER,
       this.settingsForm.value.useNativePdfViewer
     )
+    this.settings.set(
+      SETTINGS_KEYS.EXIT_ON_SAVE,
+      this.settingsForm.value.exitOnSave
+    )
     this.settings.set(
       SETTINGS_KEYS.DATE_LOCALE,
       this.settingsForm.value.dateLocale
diff --git a/src-ui/src/app/data/paperless-uisettings.ts b/src-ui/src/app/data/paperless-uisettings.ts
index c06aa405d..e4164d6c2 100644
--- a/src-ui/src/app/data/paperless-uisettings.ts
+++ b/src-ui/src/app/data/paperless-uisettings.ts
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ export const SETTINGS_KEYS = {
   DARK_MODE_THUMB_INVERTED: 'general-settings:dark-mode:thumb-inverted',
   THEME_COLOR: 'general-settings:theme:color',
   USE_NATIVE_PDF_VIEWER: 'general-settings:document-details:native-pdf-viewer',
+  EXIT_ON_SAVE: 'general-settings:document-details:exit-on-save',
   DATE_LOCALE: 'general-settings:date-display:date-locale',
   DATE_FORMAT: 'general-settings:date-display:date-format',
   NOTIFICATIONS_CONSUMER_NEW_DOCUMENT:
@@ -95,6 +96,11 @@ export const SETTINGS: PaperlessUiSetting[] = [
     type: 'boolean',
     default: false,
   },
+  {
+    key: SETTINGS_KEYS.EXIT_ON_SAVE,
+    type: 'boolean',
+    default: true,
+  },
   {
     key: SETTINGS_KEYS.DATE_LOCALE,
     type: 'string',