diff --git a/lib/Slic3r/GUI/SkeinPanel.pm b/lib/Slic3r/GUI/SkeinPanel.pm
index c9906a01d..d5fa0ab89 100644
--- a/lib/Slic3r/GUI/SkeinPanel.pm
+++ b/lib/Slic3r/GUI/SkeinPanel.pm
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ use Wx::Event qw(EVT_BUTTON);
 use base 'Wx::Panel';
 
 my $last_dir;
-my $last_config;
+our $last_config;
 
 sub new {
     my $class = shift;
diff --git a/slic3r.pl b/slic3r.pl
index e81b9592b..0fb53578c 100755
--- a/slic3r.pl
+++ b/slic3r.pl
@@ -59,6 +59,8 @@ Slic3r::Config->save($opt{save}) if $opt{save};
 
 # start GUI
 if (!@ARGV && !$opt{save} && eval "require Slic3r::GUI; 1") {
+    no warnings 'once';
+    $Slic3r::GUI::SkeinPanel::last_config = $opt{load};
     Slic3r::GUI->new->MainLoop;
     exit;
 }