diff --git a/bundles/org.eclipse.e4.tools.spy/fragment.e4xmi b/bundles/org.eclipse.e4.tools.spy/fragment.e4xmi
index b300f3d..5fcc35e 100644
--- a/bundles/org.eclipse.e4.tools.spy/fragment.e4xmi
+++ b/bundles/org.eclipse.e4.tools.spy/fragment.e4xmi
@@ -1,10 +1,8 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ASCII"?>
 <fragment:ModelFragments xmi:version="2.0" xmlns:xmi="http://www.omg.org/XMI" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:basic="http://www.eclipse.org/ui/2010/UIModel/application/ui/basic" xmlns:commands="http://www.eclipse.org/ui/2010/UIModel/application/commands" xmlns:fragment="http://www.eclipse.org/ui/2010/UIModel/fragment" xmlns:menu="http://www.eclipse.org/ui/2010/UIModel/application/ui/menu" xmi:id="_Yv7zwLnQEeWXX4KE4W3FyQ">
   <fragments xsi:type="fragment:StringModelFragment" xmi:id="_ZeXAALnQEeWXX4KE4W3FyQ" featurename="menuContributions" parentElementId="xpath:/" positionInList="">
-    <elements xsi:type="menu:MenuContribution" xmi:id="_br97sLn_EeWJoqtWvx7b2g" elementId="org.eclipse.e4.tools.spy.menucontribution.0" positionInParent="after=additions" parentId="org.eclipse.ui.main.menu">
-      <children xsi:type="menu:Menu" xmi:id="_fUHHELn_EeWJoqtWvx7b2g" elementId="window" label="Window"/>
-    </elements>
     <elements xsi:type="menu:MenuContribution" xmi:id="_dFxLkLnQEeWXX4KE4W3FyQ" elementId="org.eclipse.e4.tools.spy.menucontribution" positionInParent="after=additions" parentId="window">
+      <persistedState key="persistState" value="false"/>
       <children xsi:type="menu:MenuSeparator" xmi:id="_Xncg4LoAEeWJoqtWvx7b2g" elementId="org.eclipse.e4.tools.spy.menuseparator.0"/>
       <children xsi:type="menu:Menu" xmi:id="_9DJHILnQEeWXX4KE4W3FyQ" elementId="org.eclipse.e4.tools.spy.menu.e4spies" label="Spies" iconURI="platform:/plugin/org.eclipse.e4.tools.spy/icons/spyicon.png" tooltip="">
         <children xsi:type="menu:DynamicMenuContribution" xmi:id="_iCu00LnQEeWXX4KE4W3FyQ" elementId="org.eclipse.e4.tools.spy.dynamicmenucontribution.0" label="E4 Spies" contributionURI="bundleclass://org.eclipse.e4.tools.spy/org.eclipse.e4.tools.spy.SpyProcessor"/>
@@ -13,14 +11,18 @@
   </fragments>
   <fragments xsi:type="fragment:StringModelFragment" xmi:id="_PV6YoOmnEei5O53ZMcQRyw" featurename="commands" parentElementId="xpath:/">
     <elements xsi:type="commands:Command" xmi:id="_QytGwOmnEei5O53ZMcQRyw" elementId="org.eclipse.e4.tools.spy.command" commandName="Open Spy" description="The command to open any spy in the E4 Spies window">
+      <persistedState key="persistState" value="false"/>
       <parameters xmi:id="_WFMUEOmnEei5O53ZMcQRyw" elementId="org.eclipse.e4.tools.spy.command.partID" name="viewPart"/>
     </elements>
   </fragments>
   <fragments xsi:type="fragment:StringModelFragment" xmi:id="_bH9DUOmnEei5O53ZMcQRyw" featurename="handlers" parentElementId="xpath:/">
-    <elements xsi:type="commands:Handler" xmi:id="_cVMSgOmnEei5O53ZMcQRyw" elementId="org.eclipse.e4.tools.spy.handler.0" contributionURI="bundleclass://org.eclipse.e4.tools.spy/org.eclipse.e4.tools.spy.SpyHandler" command="_QytGwOmnEei5O53ZMcQRyw"/>
+    <elements xsi:type="commands:Handler" xmi:id="_cVMSgOmnEei5O53ZMcQRyw" elementId="org.eclipse.e4.tools.spy.handler.0" contributionURI="bundleclass://org.eclipse.e4.tools.spy/org.eclipse.e4.tools.spy.SpyHandler" command="_QytGwOmnEei5O53ZMcQRyw">
+      <persistedState key="persistState" value="false"/>
+    </elements>
   </fragments>
   <fragments xsi:type="fragment:StringModelFragment" xmi:id="_D-9ugOmnEei5O53ZMcQRyw" featurename="snippets" parentElementId="xpath:/">
     <elements xsi:type="basic:TrimmedWindow" xmi:id="_I_PxgOmnEei5O53ZMcQRyw" elementId="org.eclipse.e4.tools.spy.window" selectedElement="_UUrRUOmqEei5O53ZMcQRyw" label="E4 Spies window" iconURI="platform:/plugin/org.eclipse.e4.tools.spy/icons/spyicon.png" width="600" height="1000">
+      <persistedState key="persistState" value="false"/>
       <children xsi:type="basic:PartStack" xmi:id="_UUrRUOmqEei5O53ZMcQRyw" elementId="org.eclipse.e4.tools.spy.partStack"/>
       <trimBars xmi:id="_MYxKsOmqEei5O53ZMcQRyw" elementId="org.eclipse.e4.tools.spy.trimbar">
         <children xsi:type="menu:ToolBar" xmi:id="_RKEWgOmqEei5O53ZMcQRyw" elementId="org.eclipse.e4.tools.spy.toolbar"/>
diff --git a/bundles/org.eclipse.e4.tools.spy/plugin.xml b/bundles/org.eclipse.e4.tools.spy/plugin.xml
index c6be73b..a9024b2 100644
--- a/bundles/org.eclipse.e4.tools.spy/plugin.xml
+++ b/bundles/org.eclipse.e4.tools.spy/plugin.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
             class="org.eclipse.e4.tools.spy.SpyProcessor">
       </processor>
       <fragment
-            apply="notexists"
+            apply="always"
             uri="fragment.e4xmi">
       </fragment>
    </extension>
diff --git a/bundles/org.eclipse.e4.tools.spy/src/org/eclipse/e4/tools/spy/SpyProcessor.java b/bundles/org.eclipse.e4.tools.spy/src/org/eclipse/e4/tools/spy/SpyProcessor.java
index afa8338..6b7f2bc 100644
--- a/bundles/org.eclipse.e4.tools.spy/src/org/eclipse/e4/tools/spy/SpyProcessor.java
+++ b/bundles/org.eclipse.e4.tools.spy/src/org/eclipse/e4/tools/spy/SpyProcessor.java
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
 import org.eclipse.e4.ui.model.application.descriptor.basic.MPartDescriptor;
 import org.eclipse.e4.ui.model.application.ui.menu.MHandledMenuItem;
 import org.eclipse.e4.ui.model.application.ui.menu.MMenuElement;
+import org.eclipse.e4.ui.workbench.IWorkbench;
 import org.eclipse.e4.ui.workbench.modeling.EModelService;
 import org.osgi.framework.Bundle;
 import org.osgi.framework.FrameworkUtil;
@@ -160,6 +161,7 @@
 		binding.setElementId(paramViewId + ".binding");
 		binding.setContributorURI(cmd.getContributorURI());
 		binding.setKeySequence(keySequence);
+		binding.getPersistedState().put(IWorkbench.PERSIST_STATE, "false");
 
 		MParameter p = modelService.createModelElement(MParameter.class);
 		p.setName(SPY_COMMAND_PARAM);