diff --git a/crates/gitbutler-core/src/fs.rs b/crates/gitbutler-core/src/fs.rs
index 1952e28cc..43a7d626b 100644
--- a/crates/gitbutler-core/src/fs.rs
+++ b/crates/gitbutler-core/src/fs.rs
@@ -87,7 +87,12 @@ fn persist_tempfile(
     to_path: impl AsRef<Path>,
 ) -> std::io::Result<()> {
     match tempfile.persist(to_path) {
-        Ok(Some(_opened_file)) => Ok(()),
+        Ok(Some(_opened_file)) => {
+            // EXPERIMENT: Does this fix #3601?
+            #[cfg(windows)]
+            _opened_file.sync_all()?;
+            Ok(())
+        }
         Ok(None) => unreachable!(
             "BUG: a signal has caused the tempfile to be removed, but we didn't install a handler"
         ),