diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index a1ec4934..e9dd95be 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ FIXED warning messages
 FIXED db data tag reading error
 FIXED usage of BOOST >= 1.38.0
 FIXED the extraction of the time resolution for the mud data format, since MUD_getHistFsPerBin seems sometimes to return just crap.
+CHANGED musredit: change into the msr-file directory before calling musrview. This is needed if userFcn's are using startup XMLs.
 CHANGED musredit: improved file system watcher notification mechanism to prevent multiple user notifications.
 CHANGED fit range decimal precision handling of PMsrHandler improved (MUSR-150 request). It is now
         handling up to 4 decimal places.
diff --git a/src/musredit/PTextEdit.cpp b/src/musredit/PTextEdit.cpp
index 738489f7..f97b4ee4 100644
--- a/src/musredit/PTextEdit.cpp
+++ b/src/musredit/PTextEdit.cpp
@@ -2048,7 +2048,9 @@ void PTextEdit::musrView()
   QString cmd;
   QString str;
 
-  str = fAdmin->getExecPath() + "/musrview";
+  str = "cd " + QFileInfo(*fFilenames.find( currentEditor() )).absolutePath() + "; ";
+
+  str += fAdmin->getExecPath() + "/musrview";
   cmd = str + " \"";
 
   str = *fFilenames.find( currentEditor() );