diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 7b525a62999..b7d233c8237 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 - [Issue #802](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/issues/802). Annotations: Fix when using InfluxDB datasource
 - [Issue #795](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/issues/795). Chrome: Fix for display issue in chrome beta & chrome canary when entering edit mode
 - [Issue #818](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/issues/818). Graph: Added percent y-axis format
+- [Issue #828](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/issues/828). Elasticsearch: saving new dashboard with title equal to slugified url would cause it to deleted.
 
 # 1.8.0-RC1 (2014-09-12)
 
diff --git a/src/app/services/elasticsearch/es-datasource.js b/src/app/services/elasticsearch/es-datasource.js
index 4f69df61f17..ab03c614a83 100644
--- a/src/app/services/elasticsearch/es-datasource.js
+++ b/src/app/services/elasticsearch/es-datasource.js
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ function (angular, _, config, kbn, moment) {
 
         return this._request('PUT', '/dashboard/' + id, this.index, data)
           .then(function(results) {
-            self._removeUnslugifiedDashboard(results, title);
+            self._removeUnslugifiedDashboard(results, title, id);
             return { title: title, url: '/dashboard/db/' + id };
           }, function() {
             throw 'Failed to save to elasticsearch';
@@ -177,8 +177,9 @@ function (angular, _, config, kbn, moment) {
       }
     };
 
-    ElasticDatasource.prototype._removeUnslugifiedDashboard = function(saveResult, title) {
+    ElasticDatasource.prototype._removeUnslugifiedDashboard = function(saveResult, title, id) {
       if (saveResult.statusText !== 'Created') { return; }
+      if (title === id) { return; }
 
       var self = this;
       this._get('/dashboard/' + title).then(function() {