diff --git a/src/Progressable.php b/src/Progressable.php
index 4fe078d..ecd26cb 100644
--- a/src/Progressable.php
+++ b/src/Progressable.php
@@ -204,9 +204,21 @@ public function setOverallUniqueName(string $overallUniqueName): static {
      * @throws UniqueNameNotSetException
      */
     public function makeSureLocalIsPartOfTheCalc(): void {
-        if ($this->getLocalProgress(0) == 0) {
-            // This make sure that the class who called this method will be part of the overall progress calculation
-            $this->resetLocalProgress();
+        if ($this->progress == 0) {
+            $progressData = $this->getOverallProgressData();
+            $localKey = $this->getLocalKey();
+
+            if (isset($progressData[$localKey])) {
+                $localData = $progressData[$localKey];
+                $this->progress = $localData['progress'] ?? 0;
+                $this->startTime = $localData['start_time'] ?? null;
+                $this->statusMessage = $localData['message'] ?? null;
+                $this->totalSteps = $localData['total_steps'] ?? null;
+                $this->currentStep = $localData['current_step'] ?? null;
+                $this->metadata = $localData['metadata'] ?? [];
+            } else {
+                $this->resetLocalProgress();
+            }
         }
     }
 
@@ -442,8 +454,10 @@ public function setLocalKey(string $name): static {
         $overallProgressData = $this->getOverallProgressData();
 
         if (isset($overallProgressData[$currentKey])) {
-            // Rename the local key preserving the data
-            $overallProgressData[$name] = $overallProgressData[$currentKey];
+            // Rename the local key preserving the data, but do not overwrite existing target data
+            if (!isset($overallProgressData[$name])) {
+                $overallProgressData[$name] = $overallProgressData[$currentKey];
+            }
             unset($overallProgressData[$currentKey]);
             $this->saveOverallProgressData($overallProgressData);
         }
diff --git a/tests/MakeSureLocalOverwriteBugTest.php b/tests/MakeSureLocalOverwriteBugTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5c7d738
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/MakeSureLocalOverwriteBugTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+<?php
+namespace Verseles\Progressable\Tests;
+
+use Orchestra\Testbench\TestCase;
+use Verseles\Progressable\Progressable;
+
+class MakeSureLocalOverwriteBugTest extends TestCase {
+    public function test_make_sure_local_does_not_overwrite_existing_progress() {
+        $task1 = new class { use Progressable; };
+        $task1->setOverallUniqueName('my-group');
+        $task1->setLocalKey('task-1');
+        $task1->setLocalProgress(50);
+
+        // Assert state correctly saved
+        $data = $task1->getOverallProgressData();
+        $this->assertEquals(50, $data['task-1']['progress']);
+
+        // Now imagine this is another PHP process/request but handling the same logical task
+        $task2 = new class { use Progressable; };
+        $task2->setOverallUniqueName('my-group');
+        $task2->setLocalKey('task-1');
+
+        $data = $task2->getOverallProgressData();
+
+        // Progress should still be 50, not reset to 0!
+        $this->assertEquals(50, $data['task-1']['progress']);
+    }
+}