diff --git a/src/meshlab/mainwindow.h b/src/meshlab/mainwindow.h
index bf7b5a73e..1e39b53e4 100644
--- a/src/meshlab/mainwindow.h
+++ b/src/meshlab/mainwindow.h
@@ -296,6 +296,7 @@ private:
 	void createActions();
 	void createMenus();
 	void createToolBars();
+	void loadMeshLabSettings();
 	void loadPlugins();
 	void keyPressEvent(QKeyEvent *);
 	void updateRecentFileActions();
@@ -321,6 +322,10 @@ private:
 	QList<QAction *> editActionList;
 	QList<QAction *> decoratorActionList;
 
+	//*********WARNING*******
+	//it should be moved away from here! MeshLabServer needs it too
+	RichParameterSet globalParams;
+  
 	QByteArray toolbarState;								//stato delle toolbar e dockwidgets
 
 	QDir lastUsedDirectory;  //This will hold the last directory that was used to load/save a file/project in
diff --git a/src/meshlab/mainwindow_Init.cpp b/src/meshlab/mainwindow_Init.cpp
index 83c807583..8ee75a9f6 100644
--- a/src/meshlab/mainwindow_Init.cpp
+++ b/src/meshlab/mainwindow_Init.cpp
@@ -724,6 +724,35 @@ void MainWindow::loadPlugins()
 
 }
 
+void MainWindow::loadMeshLabSettings()
+{
+	QDomDocument doc("MeshLabSettings");
+	QFile file("meshlabsettings.xml");
+	if (!file.open(QIODevice::ReadOnly))
+		return;
+	if (!doc.setContent(&file)) 
+	{
+		file.close();
+		return;
+	}
+	file.close();
+
+	QDomElement docElem = doc.documentElement();
+
+	QDomNode n = docElem.firstChild();
+	while(!n.isNull()) 
+	{
+		QDomElement e = n.toElement(); 
+		RichParameter* rpar = NULL;
+		if(!e.isNull()) 
+		{
+			RichParameterFactory::create(e,&par);
+			globalParams.addParam(par);
+		}
+		n = n.nextSibling();
+	}
+}
+
 void MainWindow::addToMenu(QList<QAction *> actionList, QMenu *menu, const char *slot)
 {
 	foreach (QAction *a, actionList)