diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/MainWindow.cpp b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/MainWindow.cpp
index 031d9bdd5..3b6fd2b95 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/MainWindow.cpp
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/MainWindow.cpp
@@ -129,7 +129,9 @@ MainWindow::MainWindow(QWidget* parent, Qt::WFlags flags)
     ui.quitButton->setToolTip(tr("Quit"));
     //connect(ui.quitButton, SIGNAL(clicked()), qApp, SLOT(quit()));
     connect(ui.quitButton, SIGNAL(clicked()), this, SLOT(doQuit()));
-    loadStyleSheet("Default");
+    
+    /* load the StyleSheet*/
+    loadStyleSheet(Rshare::stylesheet()); 
 
 
 
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/Preferences/GeneralDialog.cpp b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/Preferences/GeneralDialog.cpp
index c6738b006..2da0e2ecb 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/Preferences/GeneralDialog.cpp
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/Preferences/GeneralDialog.cpp
@@ -85,16 +85,13 @@ GeneralDialog::load()
   index = ui.cmboStyle->findData(Rshare::style().toLower());
   ui.cmboStyle->setCurrentIndex(index);
   
-  index = ui.styleSheetCombo->findData(Rshare::stylesheet().toLower());
-  ui.styleSheetCombo->setCurrentIndex(index);
   
-  //index = ui.styleSheetCombo->findData(_settings->getSheetName());
-  //ui.styleSheetCombo->setCurrentIndex(index);
+  ui.styleSheetCombo->setCurrentIndex(ui.styleSheetCombo->findText(_settings->getSheetName())); 
   
-    /* load internal styleSheet */
+    /** load saved internal styleSheet **/
     //QFile file(":/qss/" + (_settings->getSheetName().toLower()) + ".qss");
     
-    /** load extern Stylesheets **/
+    /** load saved extern Stylesheets **/
     QFile file(QApplication::applicationDirPath() + "/qss/" + (_settings->getSheetName().toLower()) + ".qss");
     
     file.open(QFile::ReadOnly);