diff --git a/ui/v2.5/src/components/Changelog/versions/v0140.md b/ui/v2.5/src/components/Changelog/versions/v0140.md
index 6277bb7c5..e571d0bbb 100644
--- a/ui/v2.5/src/components/Changelog/versions/v0140.md
+++ b/ui/v2.5/src/components/Changelog/versions/v0140.md
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 * Improved autotag performance. ([#2368](https://github.com/stashapp/stash/pull/2368))
 
 ### 🐛 Bug fixes
+* Fix existing performers being lost when setting performers in the scene tagger. ([#2478](https://github.com/stashapp/stash/issues/2478))
 * Fix scene fields being overwritten with empty values when saving from the scene tagger. ([#2461](https://github.com/stashapp/stash/pull/2461))
 * Fix Is Missing Date filter not including null date values. ([#2434](https://github.com/stashapp/stash/pull/2434))
 * Fix Open Stash systray menu item not opening stash when Skip Opening Browser was enabled. ([#2418](https://github.com/stashapp/stash/pull/2418))
diff --git a/ui/v2.5/src/components/Tagger/scenes/StashSearchResult.tsx b/ui/v2.5/src/components/Tagger/scenes/StashSearchResult.tsx
index 2a10cc361..7f39deac1 100755
--- a/ui/v2.5/src/components/Tagger/scenes/StashSearchResult.tsx
+++ b/ui/v2.5/src/components/Tagger/scenes/StashSearchResult.tsx
@@ -310,10 +310,9 @@ const StashSearchResult: React.FC<IStashSearchResultProps> = ({
       title: resolveField("title", stashScene.title, scene.title),
       details: resolveField("details", stashScene.details, scene.details),
       date: resolveField("date", stashScene.date, scene.date),
-      performer_ids:
-        filteredPerformerIDs.length === 0
-          ? stashScene.performers.map((p) => p.id)
-          : filteredPerformerIDs,
+      performer_ids: uniq(
+        stashScene.performers.map((p) => p.id).concat(filteredPerformerIDs)
+      ),
       studio_id: studioID,
       cover_image: resolveField("cover_image", undefined, imgData),
       url: resolveField("url", stashScene.url, scene.url),