diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/statusbar/OpModeStatus.cpp b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/statusbar/OpModeStatus.cpp
index 96934c5bf..260c1a0c9 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/statusbar/OpModeStatus.cpp
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/statusbar/OpModeStatus.cpp
@@ -23,7 +23,10 @@
 #include <QLabel>
 
 #include "gui/statusbar/OpModeStatus.h"
+#include "gui/settings/rsharesettings.h"
+
 #include <retroshare/rsconfig.h>
+
 #include <iostream>
 
 OpModeStatus::OpModeStatus(QWidget *parent)
@@ -37,6 +40,8 @@ OpModeStatus::OpModeStatus(QWidget *parent)
 
 	connect(this, SIGNAL(activated( int )), this, SLOT(setOpMode()));
 
+	setCurrentIndex(Settings->valueFromGroup("StatusBar", "OpMode", QVariant(0)).toInt());
+	setOpMode();
 	setToolTip(tr("Use this DropList to quickly change Retroshare's behaviour\n No Anon D/L: switches off file forwarding\n Gaming Mode: 25% standard traffic and TODO: reduced popups\n Low Traffic: 10% standard traffic and TODO: pauses all file-transfers"));
 
 	setFocusPolicy(Qt::ClickFocus);
@@ -77,6 +82,7 @@ void OpModeStatus::setOpMode()
 
 	// reload to be safe.
 	getOpMode();
+	Settings->setValueToGroup("StatusBar", "OpMode", idx);
 }