diff --git a/modules/gui/pymod/export_file_loader.cc b/modules/gui/pymod/export_file_loader.cc
index 5e006fb2cea35df25a72e46dfe6c2c3850a55216..9853d5bc77184d76f2365469bb3993c8d668f924 100644
--- a/modules/gui/pymod/export_file_loader.cc
+++ b/modules/gui/pymod/export_file_loader.cc
@@ -68,6 +68,8 @@ void export_FileLoader()
     .def("GetSiteLoaderIdents", &LoaderManager::GetSiteLoaderIdents)
     .def("AddRemoteSiteLoader", &add_remote_site_loader)
     .def("RemoveRemoteSiteLoader", &LoaderManager::RemoveRemoteSiteLoader)
+    .def("SetDefaultRemoteSiteIdent", &LoaderManager::SetDefaultRemoteSiteIdent)
+    .def("GetDefaultRemoteSiteIdent", &LoaderManager::GetDefaultRemoteSiteIdent)
   ;
 
   class_<FileLoader, boost::noncopyable>("FileLoader", no_init)
diff --git a/modules/gui/pymod/scene/file_loader.py b/modules/gui/pymod/scene/file_loader.py
index 522dd6934deeb8bfa45b17ebd1aea6646ecf3d44..25f00a2bdae6d10ed5ae5132303451717cc16270 100644
--- a/modules/gui/pymod/scene/file_loader.py
+++ b/modules/gui/pymod/scene/file_loader.py
@@ -52,6 +52,9 @@ class BaseRemoteLoader(gui.RemoteSiteLoader):
   def IsImg(self):
     return False
     
+  def IsDefault(self):
+    return False
+
   def GetRemoteSiteName(self):
     pass  
   
@@ -83,13 +86,14 @@ class GenericLoader(BaseRemoteLoader):
   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, img=False):
+  DEFAULT_ATTRIBUTE_NAME= "Default"
+  def __init__(self, name, url, up_case, file_type, tmp_url=None, img=False, default=False):
     BaseRemoteLoader.__init__(self)
     self.name_ = QtCore.QString(name)
     self.url_ = QtCore.QString(url)
     self.up_case_ = up_case
     self.img_ = img
+    self.default_ = default
     if file_type is not None:
       self.file_type_ = QtCore.QString(file_type)
     else:
@@ -103,6 +107,9 @@ class GenericLoader(BaseRemoteLoader):
   def IsImg(self):
     return self.img_    
 
+  def IsDefault(self):
+    return self.default_
+  
   def GetRemoteSiteName(self):
     return self.name_
   
@@ -138,7 +145,7 @@ class GenericLoader(BaseRemoteLoader):
   
   def HandleError(self, message):
     messageBox =QtGui.QMessageBox(QtGui.QMessageBox.Warning,
-            "Error while Loading PDB from "+self.name_, "Could not download file ("+message+")!")
+            "Error while Loading file from "+self.name_, "Could not download file ("+message+")!")
     messageBox.exec_()
     
   def ToInfo(self,group):
@@ -152,6 +159,8 @@ class GenericLoader(BaseRemoteLoader):
       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_)))
+    if self.default_ is not None:
+      group.SetAttribute(GenericLoader.DEFAULT_ATTRIBUTE_NAME, str(int(self.default_)))
       
   @staticmethod
   def FromInfo(group):
@@ -161,6 +170,7 @@ class GenericLoader(BaseRemoteLoader):
     file_type = None
     tmp_url = None
     img = False
+    default = False
     
     if group.HasAttribute(GenericLoader.EXT_NAME_ATTRIBUTE_NAME):
       name = QtCore.QString(group.GetAttribute(GenericLoader.EXT_NAME_ATTRIBUTE_NAME))
@@ -179,5 +189,8 @@ class GenericLoader(BaseRemoteLoader):
     
     if group.HasAttribute(GenericLoader.IMG_ATTRIBUTE_NAME):
       img = bool(int(group.GetAttribute(GenericLoader.IMG_ATTRIBUTE_NAME)))
+      
+    if group.HasAttribute(GenericLoader.DEFAULT_ATTRIBUTE_NAME):
+      default = bool(int(group.GetAttribute(GenericLoader.DEFAULT_ATTRIBUTE_NAME)))
 
-    return GenericLoader(name, url, up_case, file_type, tmp_url, img)
+    return GenericLoader(name, url, up_case, file_type, tmp_url, img, default)
diff --git a/modules/gui/pymod/scene/loader_list_model.py b/modules/gui/pymod/scene/loader_list_model.py
index 26557a49c9135512eca070ae4fd0b7a7b81b44c5..c033df0388f7f6f36e1290c371318d4b4c91a6a4 100644
--- a/modules/gui/pymod/scene/loader_list_model.py
+++ b/modules/gui/pymod/scene/loader_list_model.py
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ class LoaderListModel(QtCore.QAbstractListModel):
         self.AddLoaderToInfo(name, loader)
       self.emit(QtCore.SIGNAL("dataChanged"),model_index, end_index)
       gui.FileLoader.GetLoaderManager().AddRemoteSiteLoader(name, loader)
+      if(loader.IsDefault()):
+        gui.FileLoader.GetLoaderManager().SetDefaultRemoteSiteIdent(name)
       return True
     return False
   
diff --git a/modules/gui/pymod/scene/loaders.xml b/modules/gui/pymod/scene/loaders.xml
index dd1ad36c32fe3ce0fca9b6754b99375d27f16cff..868cf359c06db28b8f18370c0680f05b42cc5e36 100644
--- a/modules/gui/pymod/scene/loaders.xml
+++ b/modules/gui/pymod/scene/loaders.xml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 <EMDataInfo>
  <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/${ID}.pdb" />
+  <GenericLoader ExtName="pdborg" Name="pdb.org" Url="http://www.pdb.org/pdb/files/${ID}.pdb" Default="1" />
   <GenericLoader ExtName="emdb" Name="emdb" Url="ftp://emdb.rutgers.edu/structures/EMD-${ID}/map/emd_${ID}.map.gz" FileType="map.gz" Img="1"/>  
  </GenericLoaders>
 </EMDataInfo>
diff --git a/modules/gui/src/loader_manager.cc b/modules/gui/src/loader_manager.cc
index f9e83c7599a53b825a7b13eedfeecaa57fcbeb5a..7ea2f661c8bbe3a4a9bef06bbb16de714559f43b 100644
--- a/modules/gui/src/loader_manager.cc
+++ b/modules/gui/src/loader_manager.cc
@@ -99,6 +99,19 @@ QMenu* LoaderManager::GetSiteMenu(){
   return site_menu_;
 }
 
+RemoteSiteLoader* LoaderManager::GetDefaultRemoteSiteLoader()
+{
+ return GetRemoteSiteLoader(GetDefaultRemoteSiteIdent());
+}
+
+QString LoaderManager::GetDefaultRemoteSiteIdent(){
+  return default_site_;
+}
+
+void LoaderManager::SetDefaultRemoteSiteIdent(const QString& ident){
+  default_site_ = ident;
+}
+
 LoaderManager::~LoaderManager(){}
 
 } }
diff --git a/modules/gui/src/loader_manager.hh b/modules/gui/src/loader_manager.hh
index a952b586b31ea951073820e849eb06f405850a63..12c5c59f29e3846312fca598749850d663946cf0 100644
--- a/modules/gui/src/loader_manager.hh
+++ b/modules/gui/src/loader_manager.hh
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ class DLLEXPORT_OST_GUI LoaderManager {
   QMap<QString,RemoteSiteLoader*> site_loaders_;
   QActionGroup* site_actions_;
   QMenu* site_menu_;
-
+  QString default_site_;
 
 public:
   LoaderManager();
@@ -44,6 +44,9 @@ public:
   void RemoveRemoteSiteLoader(const QString& ident);
   RemoteSiteLoader* GetRemoteSiteLoader(const QString& ident);
   RemoteSiteLoader* GetCurrentSiteLoader();
+  RemoteSiteLoader* GetDefaultRemoteSiteLoader();
+  QString GetDefaultRemoteSiteIdent();
+  void SetDefaultRemoteSiteIdent(const QString& ident);
   QMenu* GetSiteMenu();
 };
 
diff --git a/modules/gui/src/remote_loader.cc b/modules/gui/src/remote_loader.cc
index 0ce6f1595596e5a32a5b6c5683bbb3554371b788..26b333e8108463b0fe062f8dc262cdf18b03cc39 100644
--- a/modules/gui/src/remote_loader.cc
+++ b/modules/gui/src/remote_loader.cc
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ void RemoteLoader::BuildMenu(String active_loader)
       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() ){
+      if((site_actions_->checkedAction()==NULL && loader_ident == FileLoader::GetLoaderManager()->GetDefaultRemoteSiteIdent()) ||selected_site_loader_==loader_ident.toStdString() ){
         action->setChecked(true);
       }
       site_loader_menu_->addAction(action);