diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 1ed8cb3..1b3ae5c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
   issues during the restore and is now fixed.
 - restoring sessions multiple times messes up the whole environment - new panes
   are all around. This is now fixed - pane restorations are now idempotent.
+- if pane exists from before session restore - do not restore the process within
+  it. This makes the restoration process even more idempotent.
 
 ### v0.2.0, 2014-08-29
 - bugfix: with vim 'session' strategy, if the session file does not exist - make
diff --git a/scripts/process_restore_helpers.sh b/scripts/process_restore_helpers.sh
index c9e22ef..7681a0d 100644
--- a/scripts/process_restore_helpers.sh
+++ b/scripts/process_restore_helpers.sh
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ restore_pane_process() {
 	local window_number="$3"
 	local pane_index="$4"
 	local dir="$5"
-	if _process_should_be_restored "$pane_full_command"; then
+	if _process_should_be_restored "$pane_full_command" "$session_name" "$window_number" "$pane_index"; then
 		tmux switch-client -t "${session_name}:${window_number}"
 		tmux select-pane -t "$pane_index"
 
@@ -32,7 +32,14 @@ restore_pane_process() {
 
 _process_should_be_restored() {
 	local pane_full_command="$1"
-	if _restore_all_processes; then
+	local session_name="$2"
+	local window_number="$3"
+	local pane_index="$4"
+	if is_pane_registered_as_existing "$session_name" "$window_number" "$pane_index"; then
+		# Scenario where pane existed before restoration, so we're not
+		# restoring the proces either.
+		return 1
+	elif _restore_all_processes; then
 		return 0
 	elif _process_on_the_restore_list "$pane_full_command"; then
 		return 0
diff --git a/scripts/session_restorer.sh b/scripts/session_restorer.sh
index 7984ef5..bc736e5 100755
--- a/scripts/session_restorer.sh
+++ b/scripts/session_restorer.sh
@@ -7,6 +7,12 @@ source "$CURRENT_DIR/helpers.sh"
 source "$CURRENT_DIR/process_restore_helpers.sh"
 source "$CURRENT_DIR/spinner_helpers.sh"
 
+# Global variable.
+# Used during the restoration: if a pane already exists from before, it is
+# saved in the array in this variable. Later, process running in existing pane
+# is also not restored. That makes the restoration process more idempotent.
+EXISTING_PANES_VAR=""
+
 is_line_type() {
 	local line_type="$1"
 	local line="$2"
@@ -30,6 +36,23 @@ pane_exists() {
 		\grep -q "^$pane_index$"
 }
 
+register_existing_pane() {
+	local session_name="$1"
+	local window_number="$2"
+	local pane_index="$3"
+	local pane_custom_id="${session_name}:${window_number}:${pane_index}"
+	local delimiter=$'\t'
+	EXISTING_PANES_VAR="${EXISTING_PANES_VAR}${delimiter}${pane_custom_id}"
+}
+
+is_pane_registered_as_existing() {
+	local session_name="$1"
+	local window_number="$2"
+	local pane_index="$3"
+	local pane_custom_id="${session_name}:${window_number}:${pane_index}"
+	[[ "$EXISTING_PANES_VAR" =~ "$pane_custom_id" ]]
+}
+
 window_exists() {
 	local session_name="$1"
 	local window_number="$2"
@@ -81,13 +104,14 @@ new_pane() {
 
 restore_pane() {
 	local pane="$1"
-	echo "$pane" |
 	while IFS=$'\t' read line_type session_name window_number window_name window_active window_flags pane_index dir pane_active pane_command pane_full_command; do
 		dir="$(remove_first_char "$dir")"
 		window_name="$(remove_first_char "$window_name")"
 		pane_full_command="$(remove_first_char "$pane_full_command")"
 		if pane_exists "$session_name" "$window_number" "$pane_index"; then
-			true  # pane exists, no need to create it!
+			# Pane exists, no need to create it!
+			# Pane existence is registered. Later, it's process also isn't restored.
+			register_existing_pane "$session_name" "$window_number" "$pane_index"
 		elif window_exists "$session_name" "$window_number"; then
 			new_pane "$session_name" "$window_number" "$window_name" "$dir"
 		elif session_exists "$session_name"; then
@@ -95,7 +119,7 @@ restore_pane() {
 		else
 			new_session "$session_name" "$window_number" "$window_name" "$dir"
 		fi
-	done
+	done < <(echo "$pane")
 }
 
 restore_state() {