diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 266f96a72..955d14447 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ Enhancements
 
 Bug fixes
  - [web] properly handle Windows-1256 charaset (#4781)
+ - [web] fixed saving value of receipt action for main IMAP account
 
 4.0.8 (2019-07-19)
 ------------------
diff --git a/UI/PreferencesUI/UIxPreferences.m b/UI/PreferencesUI/UIxPreferences.m
index 76be037e3..0994c0a90 100644
--- a/UI/PreferencesUI/UIxPreferences.m
+++ b/UI/PreferencesUI/UIxPreferences.m
@@ -1994,8 +1994,8 @@ static NSArray *reminderValues = nil;
 
   if ([receipts isKindOfClass: [NSDictionary class]])
     {
-      action = [receipts objectForKey: @"receiptAction"];
-      [target setObject: @"1" forKey: @"SOGoMailReceiptAllow"];
+      action = [[receipts objectForKey: @"receiptAction"] isEqualToString: @"ignore"] ? @"0" : @"1";
+      [target setObject: action forKey: @"SOGoMailReceiptAllow"];
 
       action = [receipts objectForKey: @"receiptNonRecipientAction"];
       if ([self _validateReceiptAction: action])