diff --git a/modules/gui/pymod/export_sequence_viewerV2.cc b/modules/gui/pymod/export_sequence_viewerV2.cc
index f53d957c70fd543ee8056b695f9bded835c1503b..b92feb4ea79c5a628e14b3d9e61908ee6e207f76 100644
--- a/modules/gui/pymod/export_sequence_viewerV2.cc
+++ b/modules/gui/pymod/export_sequence_viewerV2.cc
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ std::vector<String> get_display_modes_c(SequenceViewerV2* seq_viewer, const seq:
 void export_SequenceViewerV2()
 {
   class_<SequenceViewerV2, boost::noncopyable >("SequenceViewerV2",init<>())
+    .def(init<bool, optional<QWidget*> >())
     .def("Show", &SequenceViewerV2::show)
     .def("Hide", &SequenceViewerV2::hide)
     .def("AddAlignment", &SequenceViewerV2::AddAlignment)
diff --git a/modules/gui/src/gosty_app.cc b/modules/gui/src/gosty_app.cc
index bf4398b3870c73158b179435fc1ef9fb034b257d..15f30c171f571daaddf5a0ce401c913bccd4beca 100644
--- a/modules/gui/src/gosty_app.cc
+++ b/modules/gui/src/gosty_app.cc
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ SequenceViewer* GostyApp::GetSequenceViewer()
 SequenceViewerV2* GostyApp::GetSequenceViewerV2()
 {
   if (seq_viewer_v2_==NULL) {
-    seq_viewer_v2_=new SequenceViewerV2;
+    seq_viewer_v2_=new SequenceViewerV2(false);
     seq_viewer_v2_->SetDestroyOnClose(false);
   }
   return seq_viewer_v2_;
diff --git a/modules/gui/src/sequence/sequence_viewer.hh b/modules/gui/src/sequence/sequence_viewer.hh
index f46da3943816ca59c383c4fa21f6c0c81619a182..9ba748323c9675b675d5b7416f808de73c67572f 100644
--- a/modules/gui/src/sequence/sequence_viewer.hh
+++ b/modules/gui/src/sequence/sequence_viewer.hh
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ namespace ost { namespace gui {
 class DLLEXPORT_OST_GUI SequenceViewerV2 : public Widget, public gfx::SceneObserver  {
   Q_OBJECT
 public:
-  SequenceViewerV2(bool stand_alone=false, QWidget* parent=NULL);
+  SequenceViewerV2(bool stand_alone=true, QWidget* parent=NULL);
   ~SequenceViewerV2();
 
   virtual void NodeAdded(const gfx::GfxNodeP& node);