diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 874ae534..32870666 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -48,6 +48,10 @@ 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 fit range decimal precision handling of PMsrHandler improved (MUSR-150 request). It is now
+        handling up to 4 decimal places.
+CHANGED musredit: now it is keeping the directory from which the last msr-file has been loaded. This directory is 
+        used when a new open dialog is called.
 CHANGED another attempt to get proper zooming/unzooming. This time I tried to disentangle the rather messy PMusrCanvas class.
         Most of the checks seems to work, though still for non-muSR style, musrview is crashing once in a while which seems to 
 	come from root rather than musrview. I will try to investigate that on root macro level. 
diff --git a/src/classes/PMsrHandler.cpp b/src/classes/PMsrHandler.cpp
index decba739..05fd4e3d 100644
--- a/src/classes/PMsrHandler.cpp
+++ b/src/classes/PMsrHandler.cpp
@@ -830,7 +830,7 @@ Int_t PMsrHandler::WriteMsrLogFile(const Bool_t messages)
             if (fRuns[runNo].GetFitRange(j) == -1)
               break;
             fout.width(8);
-            fout.precision(2);
+            fout.precision(NeededPrecision(fRuns[runNo].GetFitRange(j)));
             fout << left << fixed << fRuns[runNo].GetFitRange(j);
           }
           fout << endl;
@@ -1510,7 +1510,7 @@ Int_t PMsrHandler::WriteMsrFile(const Char_t *filename, map<UInt_t, TString> *co
       if (fRuns[i].GetFitRange(j) == -1)
         break;
       fout.width(8);
-      fout.precision(2);
+      fout.precision(NeededPrecision(fRuns[i].GetFitRange(j)));
       fout << left << fixed << fRuns[i].GetFitRange(j);
     }
     fout << endl;
@@ -4591,4 +4591,39 @@ Bool_t PMsrHandler::CheckAddRunParameters()
   return result;
 }
 
+//--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// NeededPrecision (private)
+//--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+/**
+ * <p>Calculates the needed precision of Double_t values for WriteMsrLogFile and WriteMsrFile of the fit range.
+ * If a precision of > 4 decimal places is needed, a warning is placed and a value of 4 is returned.
+ *
+ * \param dval value for which the precision has to be estimated
+ *
+ * <b>return:</b>
+ * needed precision fo the fit-range
+ */
+UInt_t PMsrHandler::NeededPrecision(Double_t dval)
+{
+   UInt_t prec=0;
+
+   Int_t ival = static_cast<Int_t>(round(dval*1.0e4));
+
+   if ((ival % 10) != 0)
+     prec = 4;
+   else if ((ival % 100) != 0)
+     prec = 3;
+   else if ((ival % 1000) != 0)
+     prec = 2;
+   else if ((ival % 10000) != 0)
+     prec = 1;
+   else if (static_cast<Double_t>(ival)-dval*1.0e4 > 0.1) {
+     prec = 4;
+     cerr << endl << ">> PMsrHandler::NeededPrecision(): **WARNING** fit range value = " << dval << ", is asking for a rediculous resolution.";
+     cerr << endl << ">>   Will limit the precision to 4 decimal places, only." << endl;
+   }
+
+   return prec;
+}
+
 // end ---------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/src/include/PMsrHandler.h b/src/include/PMsrHandler.h
index 74d81aae..9dd5baa9 100644
--- a/src/include/PMsrHandler.h
+++ b/src/include/PMsrHandler.h
@@ -138,6 +138,8 @@ class PMsrHandler
     virtual void InitFourierParameterStructure(PMsrFourierStructure &fourier);
 
     virtual Bool_t FilterNumber(TString str, const Char_t *filter, Int_t offset, Int_t &no);
+
+    virtual UInt_t NeededPrecision(Double_t dval);
 };
 
 #endif // _PMSRHANDLER_H_
diff --git a/src/musredit/PTextEdit.cpp b/src/musredit/PTextEdit.cpp
index 736ee9e4..aac56340 100644
--- a/src/musredit/PTextEdit.cpp
+++ b/src/musredit/PTextEdit.cpp
@@ -133,6 +133,8 @@ PTextEdit::PTextEdit( QWidget *parent, Qt::WindowFlags f )
   }
 
   connect( fTabWidget, SIGNAL( currentChanged(QWidget*) ), this, SLOT( applyFontSettings(QWidget*) ));
+
+  fLastDirInUse = fAdmin->getDefaultSavePath();
 }
 
 //----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -822,7 +824,7 @@ void PTextEdit::fileNew()
 void PTextEdit::fileOpen()
 {
   QStringList flns = QFileDialog::getOpenFileNames( this, tr("Open msr-/mlog-File"),
-                        fAdmin->getDefaultSavePath(),
+                        fLastDirInUse,
                         tr( "msr-Files (*.msr);;msr-Files (*.msr *.mlog);;All Files (*)" ));
 
   QStringList::Iterator it = flns.begin();
@@ -830,6 +832,12 @@ void PTextEdit::fileOpen()
   QString tabFln;
   bool alreadyOpen = false;
 
+  // if flns are present, keep the corresponding directory
+  if (flns.size() > 0) {
+    finfo1.setFile(flns.at(0));
+    fLastDirInUse = finfo1.absoluteFilePath();
+  }
+
   while( it != flns.end() ) {
     // check if the file is not already open
     finfo1.setFile(*it);
@@ -2046,6 +2054,8 @@ void PTextEdit::musrView()
   str = *fFilenames.find( currentEditor() );
   cmd += str + "\" &";
 
+qDebug() << endl << cmd << endl;
+
   system(cmd.toLatin1());
 }
 
diff --git a/src/musredit/PTextEdit.h b/src/musredit/PTextEdit.h
index a4e4d868..243b3f7d 100644
--- a/src/musredit/PTextEdit.h
+++ b/src/musredit/PTextEdit.h
@@ -146,6 +146,7 @@ private:
   QFileSystemWatcher *fFileSystemWatcher; ///< checks if msr-files are changing on the disk while being open in musredit.
   bool fFileSystemWatcherActive; ///< flag to enable/disable the file system watcher
   QTimer fFileSystemWatcherTimeout; ///< timer used to re-enable file system watcher. Needed to delay the re-enabling
+  QString fLastDirInUse; ///< string holding the path from where the last file was loaded.
 
   QAction *fMusrT0Action;