diff --git a/data/app.metainfo.xml b/data/app.metainfo.xml
index de10fcc9d..888d14506 100644
--- a/data/app.metainfo.xml
+++ b/data/app.metainfo.xml
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@
           <li>Library: Simplify "Column View" entry</li>
           <li>Library: Simplify "Status Page" entry</li>
           <li>Library: Modernize "HTTP Image" entry</li>
+          <li>Library: Make the "Save File" entry actually save a file</li>
           <li>Library: Port "Welcome" entry to Python</li>
           <li>Library: Port "Actions" entry to Python</li>
           <li>Library: Port "Spinner" entry to Python</li>
diff --git a/src/Library/demos/Save File/main.js b/src/Library/demos/Save File/main.js
index cde42ccc2..fd15b797c 100644
--- a/src/Library/demos/Save File/main.js	
+++ b/src/Library/demos/Save File/main.js	
@@ -2,15 +2,31 @@ import Gio from "gi://Gio";
 import Gtk from "gi://Gtk";
 
 Gio._promisify(Gtk.FileDialog.prototype, "save", "save_finish");
+Gio._promisify(
+  Gio.File.prototype,
+  "replace_contents_async",
+  "replace_contents_finish",
+);
+
 const button = workbench.builder.get_object("button");
 
 async function saveFile() {
   const dialog = new Gtk.FileDialog({
     initial_name: "Workbench.txt",
   });
-  // "save" returns a Gio.File you can write to
+  // "dialog.save" returns a Gio.File you can write to
   const file = await dialog.save(workbench.window, null);
-  console.log(`Save file to ${file.get_path()}`);
+
+  const contents = new TextEncoder().encode("Hello from Workbench!");
+  await file.replace_contents_async(
+    contents,
+    null,
+    false,
+    Gio.FileCreateFlags.NONE,
+    null,
+  );
+
+  console.log(`File ${file.get_basename()} saved`);
 }
 
 // Handle button click
diff --git a/src/Library/demos/Save File/main.py b/src/Library/demos/Save File/main.py
index dd42ff0af..c7f02a741 100644
--- a/src/Library/demos/Save File/main.py	
+++ b/src/Library/demos/Save File/main.py	
@@ -7,15 +7,28 @@
 button = workbench.builder.get_object("button")
 
 
-def on_output_path_selected(_dialog, result):
-    # "save_finish" returns a Gio.File you can write to
-    file = _dialog.save_finish(result)
-    print(f"Save file to {file.get_path()}")
-
-
 def save_file(button):
     dialog = Gtk.FileDialog(initial_name="Workbench.txt")
-    dialog.save(workbench.window, None, on_output_path_selected)
+    dialog.save(parent=workbench.window, cancellable=None, callback=on_save)
+
+
+def on_save(dialog, result):
+    # "save_finish" returns a Gio.File you can write to
+    file = dialog.save_finish(result)
+    contents = "Hello from Workbench!".encode("UTF-8")
+    file.replace_contents_async(
+        contents,
+        etag=None,
+        make_backup=False,
+        flags=Gio.FileCreateFlags.NONE,
+        cancellable=None,
+        callback=on_replace_contents,
+    )
+
+
+def on_replace_contents(file, result):
+    file.replace_contents_finish(result)
+    print(f"File {file.get_basename()} saved")
 
 
 # Handle button click