diff --git a/internal/handlers/source_management.go b/internal/handlers/source_management.go
index 0e8aa1b..bc5d2c9 100644
--- a/internal/handlers/source_management.go
+++ b/internal/handlers/source_management.go
@@ -1911,9 +1911,13 @@ func (h *Handlers) HandleTargetToggle() http.HandlerFunc {
 				return false, err
 			}
 
-			tgt.Active = !tgt.Active
+			// Only the active column: saving the whole row would
+			// write back the name and settings read above over an
+			// edit saved since.
+			active := !tgt.Active
 
-			return tgt.Active, h.db.DB().Save(&tgt).Error
+			return active, h.db.DB().Model(&tgt).
+				Update("active", active).Error
 		},
 		"failed to toggle target",
 		targetActivated, targetDeactivated,
diff --git a/internal/handlers/target_toggle_test.go b/internal/handlers/target_toggle_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..05a9695
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/handlers/target_toggle_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+package handlers_test
+
+import (
+	"net/http"
+	"net/http/httptest"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+	"gorm.io/gorm"
+)
+
+// TestHandleTargetToggle_DoesNotUndoAnEdit proves that a toggle which
+// loaded the target before an edit of it was saved does not write the
+// old name and settings back over the edit. The edit is submitted from
+// a callback on the toggle's own read of the target, so it is saved
+// after that read and before the toggle writes.
+func TestHandleTargetToggle_DoesNotUndoAnEdit(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	env := setupSourceTest(t)
+	wh, tgt := seedHTTPTarget(t, env, "", "")
+	require.True(t, tgt.Active)
+
+	var (
+		edited   bool
+		editCode int
+	)
+
+	require.NoError(t, env.db.DB().Callback().Query().
+		After("gorm:query").
+		Register("test:edit_after_toggle_read", func(tx *gorm.DB) {
+			// The edit reads the target too; only the toggle's read,
+			// the first, submits it.
+			if tx.Statement.Table != "targets" || edited {
+				return
+			}
+
+			edited = true
+			editCode = submitTargetEdit(
+				env, wh.ID, tgt.ID,
+				editForm(editReplacedURL, "", ""),
+			).Code
+		}),
+	)
+
+	req := postRequest(
+		"/hook/"+wh.ID+"/targets/"+tgt.ID+"/toggle",
+		env.cookies,
+		map[string]string{paramSourceID: wh.ID, paramTargetID: tgt.ID},
+	)
+	w := httptest.NewRecorder()
+
+	env.handlers.HandleTargetToggle().ServeHTTP(w, req)
+
+	require.Equal(t, http.StatusSeeOther, w.Code)
+	require.Equal(t, http.StatusSeeOther, editCode)
+
+	stored := storedTarget(t, env, tgt.ID)
+	assert.False(t, stored.Active)
+	assert.Equal(t, "edited-name", stored.Name)
+	assert.Equal(t, 5, stored.MaxRetries)
+	assert.Equal(
+		t, editReplacedURL, storedHTTPConfig(t, env, tgt.ID).URL,
+	)
+}