diff --git a/modules/gui/pymod/export_remote_site_loader.cc b/modules/gui/pymod/export_remote_site_loader.cc
index 923b8497b5267f92b183773225e2ec1871cff66b..257e8d3feeae4f42ef39be2238117c508eae0f68 100644
--- a/modules/gui/pymod/export_remote_site_loader.cc
+++ b/modules/gui/pymod/export_remote_site_loader.cc
@@ -45,6 +45,10 @@ struct WrappedRemoteSiteLoader : public RemoteSiteLoader
       return call_method<QString>(self, "GetRemoteSiteName");
     }
 
+    virtual bool IsImg() const{
+      return call_method<bool>(self, "IsImg");
+    }
+
     virtual QNetworkReply* ById(const QString& id){
       //This hackish code will be changed soon(er or later)
       unsigned long addr=call_method<unsigned long, std::string>(self, "ByIdAddr", id.toStdString());
@@ -64,6 +68,7 @@ void export_RemoteSiteLoader()
   class_<RemoteSiteLoader, WrappedRemoteSiteLoader, boost::noncopyable>("RemoteSiteLoader")
     .def("LoadById",&WrappedRemoteSiteLoader::LoadById)
     .def("GetRemoteSiteName", &WrappedRemoteSiteLoader::GetRemoteSiteName)
+    .def("IsImg", &WrappedRemoteSiteLoader::IsImg)
   ;
 
 }
diff --git a/modules/gui/pymod/scene/file_loader.py b/modules/gui/pymod/scene/file_loader.py
index abba16511bfe80fc7dd03b72368575b6536f9613..f39403c802a56d4228484d848b9d6899127d94df 100644
--- a/modules/gui/pymod/scene/file_loader.py
+++ b/modules/gui/pymod/scene/file_loader.py
@@ -56,6 +56,9 @@ class BaseRemoteLoader(gui.RemoteSiteLoader):
       return sip.unwrapinstance(reply)
     return 0
     
+  def IsImg(self):
+    return False
+    
   def GetRemoteSiteName(self):
     pass  
   
@@ -85,12 +88,14 @@ class GenericLoader(BaseRemoteLoader):
   UP_CASE_ATTRIBUTE_NAME = "UpCase"
   FILE_TYPE_ATTRIBUTE_NAME = "FileType"
   TMP_URL_ATTRIBUTE_NAME= "TmpUrl"
+  IMG_ATTRIBUTE_NAME= "Img"
   
-  def __init__(self, name, url, up_case, file_type, tmp_url=None):
+  def __init__(self, name, url, up_case, file_type, tmp_url=None, img=False):
     BaseRemoteLoader.__init__(self)
     self.name_ = QtCore.QString(name)
     self.url_ = QtCore.QString(url)
     self.up_case_ = up_case
+    self.img_ = img
     if file_type is not None:
       self.file_type_ = QtCore.QString(file_type)
     else:
@@ -101,6 +106,9 @@ class GenericLoader(BaseRemoteLoader):
     else:
       self.tmp_url_ = tmp_url
     
+  def IsImg(self):
+    return self.img_    
+
   def GetRemoteSiteName(self):
     return self.name_
   
@@ -148,6 +156,8 @@ class GenericLoader(BaseRemoteLoader):
       group.SetAttribute(GenericLoader.FILE_TYPE_ATTRIBUTE_NAME, str(self.file_type_))
     if self.tmp_url_ is not None:
       group.SetAttribute(GenericLoader.TMP_URL_ATTRIBUTE_NAME, str(self.tmp_url_))
+    if self.img_ is not None:
+      group.SetAttribute(GenericLoader.IMG_ATTRIBUTE_NAME, str(int(self.img_)))
       
   @staticmethod
   def FromInfo(group):
@@ -156,6 +166,7 @@ class GenericLoader(BaseRemoteLoader):
     up_case = False
     file_type = None
     tmp_url = None
+    img = False
     
     if group.HasAttribute(GenericLoader.EXT_NAME_ATTRIBUTE_NAME):
       name = QtCore.QString(group.GetAttribute(GenericLoader.EXT_NAME_ATTRIBUTE_NAME))
@@ -172,4 +183,7 @@ class GenericLoader(BaseRemoteLoader):
     if group.HasAttribute(GenericLoader.TMP_URL_ATTRIBUTE_NAME):
       tmp_url = QtCore.QString(group.GetAttribute(GenericLoader.TMP_URL_ATTRIBUTE_NAME))
     
-    return GenericLoader(name, url, up_case, file_type, tmp_url)
+    if group.HasAttribute(GenericLoader.IMG_ATTRIBUTE_NAME):
+      img = bool(int(group.GetAttribute(GenericLoader.IMG_ATTRIBUTE_NAME)))
+
+    return GenericLoader(name, url, up_case, file_type, tmp_url, img)
diff --git a/modules/gui/pymod/scene/loaders.xml b/modules/gui/pymod/scene/loaders.xml
index 52e9ecfe1d0b6f3d3f4f9f49d0ecfc83e97af855..00f2412841b709866224d2bfeab08d559da9a6a0 100644
--- a/modules/gui/pymod/scene/loaders.xml
+++ b/modules/gui/pymod/scene/loaders.xml
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@
  <GenericLoaders>
   <GenericLoader ExtName="pdbredo" Name="pdbredo" Url="http://www.cmbi.ru.nl/pdb_redo/ak/${ID}/${ID}_besttls.pdb" />
   <GenericLoader ExtName="pdborg" Name="pdb.org" Url="http://www.pdb.org/pdb/files/${ID}.pdb" />
-  <GenericLoader ExtName="emdb" Name="emdb" Url="ftp://ftp.ebi.ac.uk/pub/databases/emdb/structures/EMD-${ID}/map/emd_${ID}.map.gz" FileType=".map.gz" Img="1"/>  
+  <GenericLoader ExtName="emdb" Name="emdb" Url="ftp://ftp.ebi.ac.uk/pub/databases/emdb/structures/EMD-${ID}/map/emd_${ID}.map.gz" FileType="map.gz" Img="1"/>  
  </GenericLoaders>
 </EMDataInfo>
diff --git a/modules/gui/src/remote_loader.cc b/modules/gui/src/remote_loader.cc
index 5f378e00a15f00bf74079be617f96b9198c2de78..c79abbbcf4d470a0a545eb6af96d84667ece4c30 100644
--- a/modules/gui/src/remote_loader.cc
+++ b/modules/gui/src/remote_loader.cc
@@ -92,13 +92,17 @@ void RemoteLoader::BuildMenu()
   }
   std::vector<String> site_loaders = FileLoader::GetSiteLoaderIdents();
   for(unsigned int i=0; i<site_loaders.size(); i++){
-    QAction* action = new QAction(QString(site_loaders[i].c_str()),site_loader_menu_);
-    action->setCheckable(true);
-    site_actions_->addAction(action);
-    if(site_actions_->checkedAction()==NULL ||selected_site_loader==site_loaders[i] ){
-      action->setChecked(true);
+    QString loader_ident(site_loaders[i].c_str());
+    RemoteSiteLoader* loader = FileLoader::GetLoaderManager()->GetRemoteSiteLoader(loader_ident);
+    if(loader && ((loader->IsImg() && img_support_) || !loader->IsImg())){
+      QAction* action = new QAction(loader_ident,site_loader_menu_);
+      action->setCheckable(true);
+      site_actions_->addAction(action);
+      if(site_actions_->checkedAction()==NULL ||selected_site_loader==loader_ident.toStdString() ){
+        action->setChecked(true);
+      }
+      site_loader_menu_->addAction(action);
     }
-    site_loader_menu_->addAction(action);
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/modules/gui/src/remote_site_loader.cc b/modules/gui/src/remote_site_loader.cc
index fb9c4c1ec4f201e3c71cf2efcc0bde78e7e3ce18..8955715e0082d756433f2bf104226c4487d8d23e 100644
--- a/modules/gui/src/remote_site_loader.cc
+++ b/modules/gui/src/remote_site_loader.cc
@@ -24,5 +24,5 @@ namespace ost { namespace gui {
   void RemoteSiteLoader::LoadById(const QString& id){this->ById(id);}
   QNetworkReply* RemoteSiteLoader::ById(const QString& id){return NULL;}
   QString RemoteSiteLoader::GetRemoteSiteName(){return QString();}
-
+  bool RemoteSiteLoader::IsImg() const { return false; }
 }}
diff --git a/modules/gui/src/remote_site_loader.hh b/modules/gui/src/remote_site_loader.hh
index 77d2abb7f370025d5f2444906f4bdd0427607ad2..cc4d7dc6cacfec548bbdbc5a704101f0cc34ffc4 100644
--- a/modules/gui/src/remote_site_loader.hh
+++ b/modules/gui/src/remote_site_loader.hh
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ public:
   virtual QNetworkReply* ById(const QString& id);
   virtual void LoadById(const QString& id);
   virtual QString GetRemoteSiteName();
+  virtual bool IsImg() const;
   virtual ~RemoteSiteLoader(){};
 };