diff --git a/src/musredit/PAdmin.cpp b/src/musredit/PAdmin.cpp
index 037a9667..3db17322 100644
--- a/src/musredit/PAdmin.cpp
+++ b/src/musredit/PAdmin.cpp
@@ -112,7 +112,27 @@ bool PAdminXMLParser::startElement( const QString&, const QString&,
   } else if (qName == "musr_web_statistic") {
     fKeyWord = eHelpStatistic;
   } else if (qName == "musr_web_msr2data") {
-    fKeyWord = eHelpMsr2Data;
+    fKeyWord = eHelpMsr2Data;    
+  } else if (qName == "chain_fit") {
+    fKeyWord = eChainFit;
+  } else if (qName == "write_data_header") {
+    fKeyWord = eWriteDataHeader;
+  } else if (qName == "summary_files_present") {
+    fKeyWord = eSummaryFilesPresent;
+  } else if (qName == "keep_minuit2_output") {
+    fKeyWord = eKeepMinuit2Output;
+  } else if (qName == "write_column_data") {
+    fKeyWord = eWriteColumnData;
+  } else if (qName == "recreate_data_file") {
+    fKeyWord = eRecreateDataFile;
+  } else if (qName == "open_file_after_fitting") {
+    fKeyWord = eOpenFileAfterFitting;
+  } else if (qName == "create_msr_file_only") {
+    fKeyWord = eCreateMsrFileOnly;
+  } else if (qName == "fit_only") {
+    fKeyWord = eFitOnly;
+  } else if (qName == "global") {
+    fKeyWord = eGlobal;
   } else if (qName == "func_pixmap_path") {
     fKeyWord = eTheoFuncPixmapPath;
   } else if (qName == "func") {
@@ -254,6 +274,76 @@ bool PAdminXMLParser::characters(const QString& str)
     case eHelpMsr2Data:
       fAdmin->setHelpUrl("msr2data", str);
       break;
+    case eChainFit:
+      if (str == "y")
+        flag = true;
+      else
+        flag = false;
+      fAdmin->fMsr2DataParam.chainFit = flag;
+      break;
+    case eWriteDataHeader:
+      if (str == "y")
+        flag = true;
+      else
+        flag = false;
+      fAdmin->fMsr2DataParam.writeDbHeader = flag;
+      break;
+    case eSummaryFilesPresent:
+      if (str == "y")
+        flag = true;
+      else
+        flag = false;
+      fAdmin->fMsr2DataParam.summaryFilePresent = flag;
+      break;
+    case eKeepMinuit2Output:
+      if (str == "y")
+        flag = true;
+      else
+        flag = false;
+      fAdmin->fMsr2DataParam.keepMinuit2Output = flag;
+      break;
+    case eWriteColumnData:
+      if (str == "y")
+        flag = true;
+      else
+        flag = false;
+      fAdmin->fMsr2DataParam.writeColumnData = flag;
+      break;
+    case eRecreateDataFile:
+      if (str == "y")
+        flag = true;
+      else
+        flag = false;
+      fAdmin->fMsr2DataParam.recreateDbFile = flag;
+      break;
+    case eOpenFileAfterFitting:
+      if (str == "y")
+        flag = true;
+      else
+        flag = false;
+      fAdmin->fMsr2DataParam.openFilesAfterFitting = flag;
+      break;
+    case eCreateMsrFileOnly:
+      if (str == "y")
+        flag = true;
+      else
+        flag = false;
+      fAdmin->fMsr2DataParam.createMsrFileOnly = flag;
+      break;
+    case eFitOnly:
+      if (str == "y")
+        flag = true;
+      else
+        flag = false;
+      fAdmin->fMsr2DataParam.fitOnly = flag;
+      break;
+    case eGlobal:
+      if (str == "y")
+        flag = true;
+      else
+        flag = false;
+      fAdmin->fMsr2DataParam.global = flag;
+      break;
     case eTheoFuncPixmapPath:
       fAdmin->setTheoFuncPixmapPath(QString(str.toLatin1()).trimmed());
       break;
@@ -386,6 +476,25 @@ PAdmin::PAdmin()
   fEnableMusrT0       = false;
   fLifetimeCorrection = true;
 
+  fMsr2DataParam.firstRun = -1;
+  fMsr2DataParam.lastRun  = -1;
+  fMsr2DataParam.runList  = QString("");
+  fMsr2DataParam.runListFileName = QString("");
+  fMsr2DataParam.msrFileExtension = QString("");
+  fMsr2DataParam.templateRunNo = -1;
+  fMsr2DataParam.dbOutputFileName = QString("");
+  fMsr2DataParam.writeDbHeader = true;
+  fMsr2DataParam.summaryFilePresent = true;
+  fMsr2DataParam.keepMinuit2Output = false;
+  fMsr2DataParam.writeColumnData = false;
+  fMsr2DataParam.recreateDbFile = false;
+  fMsr2DataParam.chainFit = true;
+  fMsr2DataParam.openFilesAfterFitting = true;
+  fMsr2DataParam.titleFromDataFile = true;
+  fMsr2DataParam.createMsrFileOnly = false;
+  fMsr2DataParam.fitOnly = false;
+  fMsr2DataParam.global = false;
+
   // XML Parser part
   QString fln = "./musredit_startup.xml";
   if (!QFile::exists(fln)) {
diff --git a/src/musredit/PAdmin.h b/src/musredit/PAdmin.h
index 9bb6dc74..d2d037d2 100644
--- a/src/musredit/PAdmin.h
+++ b/src/musredit/PAdmin.h
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@
 #include <QPixmap>
 #include <QtXml>
 
+#include <musredit.h>
+
 class PAdmin;
 
 //---------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -72,7 +74,9 @@ class PAdminXMLParser : public QXmlDefaultHandler
                          eBeamline, eInstitute, eFileFormat, eLifetimeCorrection, eMsrDefaultFilePath,
                          eTheoFuncPixmapPath, eFunc, eFuncName, eFuncComment, eFuncLabel,
                          eFuncPixmap, eFuncParams, eHelpMain, eHelpTitle, eHelpParameters, eHelpTheory, eHelpFunctions,
-                         eHelpRun, eHelpCommand, eHelpFourier, eHelpPlot, eHelpStatistic, eHelpMsr2Data};
+                         eHelpRun, eHelpCommand, eHelpFourier, eHelpPlot, eHelpStatistic, eHelpMsr2Data,
+                         eChainFit, eWriteDataHeader, eSummaryFilesPresent, eKeepMinuit2Output, eWriteColumnData,
+                         eRecreateDataFile, eOpenFileAfterFitting, eCreateMsrFileOnly, eFitOnly, eGlobal};
 
     bool startDocument();
     bool startElement( const QString&, const QString&, const QString& ,
@@ -119,6 +123,7 @@ class PAdmin
     QString getTheoFuncPixmapPath() { return fTheoFuncPixmapPath; }
     unsigned int getTheoryCounts() { return fTheory.size(); }
     PTheory* getTheoryItem(const unsigned int idx);
+    PMsr2DataParam getMsr2DataParam() { return fMsr2DataParam; }
 
     void setFontName(const QString str) { fFontName = str; }
     void setFontSize(const int ival) { fFontSize = ival; }
@@ -156,6 +161,8 @@ class PAdmin
     QString fFileFormat; ///< default file format. Used to generate default run header lines.
     bool fLifetimeCorrection; ///< flag indicating if by default the lifetime-correction-flag in a single histo file shall be set.
 
+    mutable PMsr2DataParam fMsr2DataParam; ///< keeps msr2data default parameter flags
+
     QMap<QString, QString> fHelpUrl; ///< maps tag to help url
 
     QVector<PTheory> fTheory; ///< stores all known theories. Needed when generating theory blocks from within musredit.
diff --git a/src/musredit/PMsr2DataDialog.cpp b/src/musredit/PMsr2DataDialog.cpp
index a1d4fa9e..3db719dc 100644
--- a/src/musredit/PMsr2DataDialog.cpp
+++ b/src/musredit/PMsr2DataDialog.cpp
@@ -287,6 +287,7 @@ void PMsr2DataDialog::globalChanged(int buttonState)
 {
   if (buttonState == Qt::Checked) {
     fFitOnly_checkBox->setChecked(false);
+    fOpenFilesAfterFitting_checkBox->setChecked(false);
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/musredit/PTextEdit.cpp b/src/musredit/PTextEdit.cpp
index 726d86b8..e25d74e0 100644
--- a/src/musredit/PTextEdit.cpp
+++ b/src/musredit/PTextEdit.cpp
@@ -1704,25 +1704,10 @@ void PTextEdit::musrMsr2Data()
 {
   if (fMsr2DataParam == 0) {
     fMsr2DataParam = new PMsr2DataParam();
+    *fMsr2DataParam = fAdmin->getMsr2DataParam();
     // init fMsr2DataParam
-    fMsr2DataParam->firstRun = -1;
-    fMsr2DataParam->lastRun  = -1;
-    fMsr2DataParam->runList = QString("");
-    fMsr2DataParam->runListFileName = QString("");
-    fMsr2DataParam->msrFileExtension = QString("");
-    fMsr2DataParam->templateRunNo = -1;
-    fMsr2DataParam->dbOutputFileName = QString("");
-    fMsr2DataParam->writeDbHeader = false;
-    fMsr2DataParam->summaryFilePresent = false;
     fMsr2DataParam->keepMinuit2Output = fKeepMinuit2Output;
-    fMsr2DataParam->writeColumnData = false;
-    fMsr2DataParam->recreateDbFile = false;
-    fMsr2DataParam->chainFit = true;
-    fMsr2DataParam->openFilesAfterFitting = false;
     fMsr2DataParam->titleFromDataFile = fTitleFromDataFile;
-    fMsr2DataParam->createMsrFileOnly = false;
-    fMsr2DataParam->fitOnly = false;
-    fMsr2DataParam->global = false;
   }
 
   PMsr2DataDialog *dlg = new PMsr2DataDialog(fMsr2DataParam, fAdmin->getHelpUrl("msr2data"));
diff --git a/src/musredit/musredit_startup.xml b/src/musredit/musredit_startup.xml
index 2f09630f..49c5ad9d 100644
--- a/src/musredit/musredit_startup.xml
+++ b/src/musredit/musredit_startup.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     <exec_path>$ROOTSYS/bin</exec_path>
     <default_save_path>./</default_save_path>
     <msr_default_file_path>$HOME/analysis/musrfit/src/musredit</msr_default_file_path>
-    <title_from_data_file>n</title_from_data_file>
+    <title_from_data_file>y</title_from_data_file>
     <enable_musrt0>n</enable_musrt0>
   </general>
   <help_section>
@@ -34,6 +34,19 @@
     <file_format>root-npp</file_format>
     <lifetime_correction>y</lifetime_correction>
   </msr_file_defaults>
+  <msr2data_defaults>
+    <chain_fit>y</chain_fit>
+    <write_data_header>y</write_data_header>
+    <summary_files_present>y</summary_files_present>
+    <keep_minuit2_output>n</keep_minuit2_output>
+    <write_column_data>n</write_column_data>
+    <recreate_data_file>n</recreate_data_file>
+    <open_file_after_fitting>y</open_file_after_fitting>
+    <take_data_file_title>y</take_data_file_title>
+    <create_msr_file_only>n</create_msr_file_only>
+    <fit_only>n</fit_only>
+    <global>n</global>
+  </msr2data_default>
   <func_pixmap_path>$HOME/analysis/musrfit/src/musredit/latex_images</func_pixmap_path>
   <theory_functions>
     <func>