diff --git a/src/qtgui/confgui/confgui.cpp b/src/qtgui/confgui/confgui.cpp
index 59837f3e..431a40e8 100644
--- a/src/qtgui/confgui/confgui.cpp
+++ b/src/qtgui/confgui/confgui.cpp
@@ -236,9 +236,12 @@ void ConfParamBoolW::loadValue()
 ConfParamFNW::ConfParamFNW(QWidget *parent, ConfLink cflink, 
 			   const QString& lbltxt,
 			   const QString& tltptxt,
-			   bool isdir
+			   bool isdir,
+                           QString dirloc,
+                           QString dfltnm
 			   )
-    : ConfParamW(parent, cflink), m_isdir(isdir)
+    : ConfParamW(parent, cflink), m_isdir(isdir), m_dirloc(dirloc),
+      m_dfltnm(dfltnm)
 {
     if (!createCommon(lbltxt, tltptxt))
 	return;
@@ -274,7 +277,7 @@ void ConfParamFNW::loadValue()
 
 void ConfParamFNW::showBrowserDialog()
 {
-    QString s = myGetFileName(m_isdir);
+    QString s = myGetFileName(m_isdir, "", false, m_dirloc, m_dfltnm);
     if (!s.isEmpty())
         m_le->setText(s);
 }
diff --git a/src/qtgui/confgui/confgui.h b/src/qtgui/confgui/confgui.h
index 3db9cb2f..8f258b84 100644
--- a/src/qtgui/confgui/confgui.h
+++ b/src/qtgui/confgui/confgui.h
@@ -166,7 +166,11 @@ namespace confgui {
 		      const QString& tltptxt);
 	virtual void loadValue();
     public slots:
-        virtual void setEnabled(bool i) {if(m_cb) ((QWidget*)m_cb)->setEnabled(i);}
+        virtual void setEnabled(bool i) {
+            if(m_cb) {
+                ((QWidget*)m_cb)->setEnabled(i);
+            }
+        }
     public:
 	QCheckBox *m_cb;
     };
@@ -176,14 +180,16 @@ namespace confgui {
 	Q_OBJECT
     public:
 	ConfParamFNW(QWidget *parent, ConfLink cflink, 
-		      const QString& lbltxt,
-		     const QString& tltptxt, bool isdir = false);
+                     const QString& lbltxt,
+		     const QString& tltptxt, bool isdir = false,
+                     QString dirloc = QString(),
+                     QString dfltnm = QString()
+            );
 	virtual void loadValue();
     protected slots:
 	void showBrowserDialog();
     public slots:
-        virtual void setEnabled(bool i) 
-        {
+        virtual void setEnabled(bool i) {
             if(m_le) ((QWidget*)m_le)->setEnabled(i);
             if(m_pb) ((QWidget*)m_pb)->setEnabled(i);
         }
@@ -191,6 +197,8 @@ namespace confgui {
 	QLineEdit *m_le;
         QPushButton *m_pb;
 	bool       m_isdir;
+        QString m_dirloc;
+        QString m_dfltnm;
     };
 
     // String list
diff --git a/src/qtgui/confgui/confguiindex.cpp b/src/qtgui/confgui/confguiindex.cpp
index f94e533a..abd6f30c 100644
--- a/src/qtgui/confgui/confguiindex.cpp
+++ b/src/qtgui/confgui/confguiindex.cpp
@@ -394,7 +394,9 @@ ConfTopPanelW::ConfTopPanelW(QWidget *parent, ConfNull *config)
                          ConfLink(new ConfLinkRclRep(config, "logfilename")), 
                          tr("Log file name"),
                          tr("The file where the messages will be written.<br>"
-                            "Use 'stderr' for terminal output"), false);
+                            "Use 'stderr' for terminal output"), false,
+                         u8s2qs(tmplocation()),
+                         "log-recoll.txt");
     gl1->addWidget(w, gridrow++, 1);
 
     
diff --git a/src/qtgui/main.cpp b/src/qtgui/main.cpp
index 284458de..85242284 100644
--- a/src/qtgui/main.cpp
+++ b/src/qtgui/main.cpp
@@ -418,7 +418,8 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
     return app.exec();
 }
 
-QString myGetFileName(bool isdir, QString caption, bool filenosave)
+QString myGetFileName(bool isdir, QString caption, bool filenosave,
+                      QString dirloc, QString dfltnm)
 {
     LOGDEB1("myFileDialog: isdir " << isdir << "\n");
     QFileDialog dialog(0, caption);
@@ -436,7 +437,12 @@ QString myGetFileName(bool isdir, QString caption, bool filenosave)
             QUrl("clsid:B4BFCC3A-DB2C-424C-B029-7FE99A87C641"));
     }
 #endif
-
+    if (!dirloc.isEmpty()) {
+        dialog.setDirectory(dirloc);
+    }
+    if (!dfltnm.isEmpty()) {
+        dialog.selectFile(dfltnm);
+    }
     if (isdir) {
         dialog.setFileMode(QFileDialog::Directory);
         dialog.setOptions(QFileDialog::ShowDirsOnly);
@@ -460,4 +466,3 @@ QString myGetFileName(bool isdir, QString caption, bool filenosave)
     }
     return QString();
 }
-
diff --git a/src/qtgui/recoll.h b/src/qtgui/recoll.h
index 1884444d..b9994c79 100644
--- a/src/qtgui/recoll.h
+++ b/src/qtgui/recoll.h
@@ -62,6 +62,9 @@ inline QString u8s2qs(const std::string us)
 /** Specialized version of the qt file dialog. Can't use getOpenFile()
    etc. cause they hide dot files... */
 extern QString myGetFileName(bool isdir, QString caption = QString(),
-			     bool filenosave = false);
+			     bool filenosave = false,
+                             QString dirlocation = QString(),
+                             QString dlftnm = QString()
+    );
 
 #endif /* _RECOLL_H_INCLUDED_ */