diff --git a/src/java/com/granicus/grails/plugins/cookiesession/SerializableSession.java b/src/java/com/granicus/grails/plugins/cookiesession/SerializableSession.java
index 3785ebd..6279797 100644
--- a/src/java/com/granicus/grails/plugins/cookiesession/SerializableSession.java
+++ b/src/java/com/granicus/grails/plugins/cookiesession/SerializableSession.java
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ public boolean hasMoreElements() {
       private HashMap<String,Serializable> attributes;
 
       private Boolean isValid = true; 
+      private Boolean isDirty = false;
       transient private ServletContext servletContext;
       transient private boolean newSession;
       transient private int maxInactiveInterval;
@@ -166,12 +167,24 @@ public void removeValue(String name){
 
       public void invalidate(){
         isValid = false;
+        isDirty = true;
       }
 
       protected void setIsNewSession( boolean isNewSession ){
         this.newSession = isNewSession;
       }
+
       public boolean isNew(){
         return ( this.newSession );
       }
+
+      protected void setIsDirty(boolean isDirty)
+      {
+          this.isDirty = isDirty;
+      }
+
+      protected boolean getIsDirty()
+      {
+          return this.isDirty;
+      }
 }
diff --git a/src/java/com/granicus/grails/plugins/cookiesession/SessionRepositoryRequestWrapper.java b/src/java/com/granicus/grails/plugins/cookiesession/SessionRepositoryRequestWrapper.java
index ea72dbd..0481494 100644
--- a/src/java/com/granicus/grails/plugins/cookiesession/SessionRepositoryRequestWrapper.java
+++ b/src/java/com/granicus/grails/plugins/cookiesession/SessionRepositoryRequestWrapper.java
@@ -56,6 +56,12 @@ public void restoreSession() {
         // - assign the servlet context
 
         session = sessionRepository.restoreSession( this );
+        
+        // we just loaded so we can't be dirty
+        if (session != null)
+        {
+            session.setIsDirty(false);
+        }
 
         if( sessionPersistenceListeners != null ){
           // call sessionPersistenceListeners
diff --git a/src/java/com/granicus/grails/plugins/cookiesession/SessionRepositoryResponseWrapper.java b/src/java/com/granicus/grails/plugins/cookiesession/SessionRepositoryResponseWrapper.java
index 042327d..1ea041f 100644
--- a/src/java/com/granicus/grails/plugins/cookiesession/SessionRepositoryResponseWrapper.java
+++ b/src/java/com/granicus/grails/plugins/cookiesession/SessionRepositoryResponseWrapper.java
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ public class SessionRepositoryResponseWrapper extends HttpServletResponseWrapper
     private String sessionId = "simplesession";
     private SessionRepository sessionRepository;
     private SessionRepositoryRequestWrapper request;
-    private boolean sessionSaved = false;
     private boolean enforceSession = false;
     private ArrayList<SessionPersistenceListener> sessionPersistenceListeners;
 
@@ -63,11 +62,6 @@ public void saveSession(){
         return; 
       }
 
-      if( sessionSaved == true ){
-        if( log.isTraceEnabled() ){ log.trace("session is already saved, not attempting to save again."); }
-        return;
-      }
-
       SerializableSession session = (SerializableSession) request.getSession(this.enforceSession);
 
       if( session == null ){
@@ -75,8 +69,10 @@ public void saveSession(){
         return;
       }
 
-      // flag the session as saved.
-      sessionSaved = true;
+      if(session.getIsDirty() == false ){
+        if( log.isTraceEnabled() ){ log.trace("session is not dirty, not saving."); }
+        return;
+      }
 
       if( log.isTraceEnabled() ){ log.trace("calling session repository to save session."); }
 
@@ -93,6 +89,7 @@ public void saveSession(){
       }
  
       sessionRepository.saveSession(session,this);
+      session.setIsDirty(false);
     }
 
     @Override