diff --git a/web/app/sketcher/io.ts b/web/app/sketcher/io.ts
index ddbd9c9b..4a802d99 100644
--- a/web/app/sketcher/io.ts
+++ b/web/app/sketcher/io.ts
@@ -522,6 +522,8 @@ export class IO {
       });
     });
 
+    // reset the current layer to 0, because its preserved in the dxf.
+    dxf.setCurrentLayerName('0');
     return dxf.stringify();
   }
 }