diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/SearchDialog.cpp b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/SearchDialog.cpp
index 951369450..c884e8fad 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/SearchDialog.cpp
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/SearchDialog.cpp
@@ -95,6 +95,8 @@ SearchDialog::SearchDialog(QWidget *parent)
     /* Invoke the Qt Designer generated object setup routine */
     ui.setupUi(this);
 
+    m_bProcessSettings = false;
+
 	 _queueIsAlreadyTakenCareOf = false ;
     ui.lineEdit->setFocus();
     ui.lineEdit->setToolTip(tr("Enter a keyword here (at least 3 char long)"));
@@ -180,6 +182,9 @@ SearchDialog::SearchDialog(QWidget *parent)
 
     ui.resetButton->hide();
 	ui.clearButton->hide();
+	
+	// load settings
+    processSettings(true);
   
   	ui._ownFiles_CB->setMinimumWidth(20);
   	ui._friendListsearch_SB->setMinimumWidth(20);
@@ -192,6 +197,43 @@ SearchDialog::SearchDialog(QWidget *parent)
 #endif
 }
 
+SearchDialog::~SearchDialog()
+{
+    // save settings
+    processSettings(false);
+}
+
+void SearchDialog::processSettings(bool bLoad)
+{
+    m_bProcessSettings = true;
+
+    QHeaderView *pHeader = ui.searchSummaryWidget->header () ;
+
+    Settings->beginGroup(QString("SearchDialog"));
+
+    if (bLoad) {
+        // load settings
+
+        // state of SearchSummary tree
+        pHeader->restoreState(Settings->value("SearchSummaryTree").toByteArray());
+
+        // state of splitter
+        ui.splitter->restoreState(Settings->value("Splitter").toByteArray());
+    } else {
+        // save settings
+
+        // state of SearchSummary tree
+        Settings->setValue("SearchSummaryTree", pHeader->saveState());
+
+        // state of splitter
+        Settings->setValue("Splitter", ui.splitter->saveState());
+    }
+
+    Settings->endGroup();
+    m_bProcessSettings = false;
+}
+
+
 void SearchDialog::checkText(const QString& txt)
 {
 	if(txt.length() < 3)
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/SearchDialog.h b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/SearchDialog.h
index a3fb35522..b79f89a21 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/SearchDialog.h
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/SearchDialog.h
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ class SearchDialog : public MainPage
 /** Default Constructor */
     SearchDialog(QWidget *parent = 0);
 /** Default Destructor */
-
+    ~SearchDialog();
 
 public slots:
 		void updateFiles(qulonglong request_id,FileDetail file) ;
@@ -126,9 +126,13 @@ private:
     static bool initialised;
     void initialiseFileTypeMappings();
 
+	void processSettings(bool bLoad);
+
 	void FilterItems();
 	bool FilterItem(QTreeWidgetItem *pItem, QString &sPattern, int nFilterColumn);
 
+    bool m_bProcessSettings;
+
     int nextSearchId;
 
 /** Qt Designer generated object */