diff --git a/pronsole.py b/pronsole.py
index 042b002..f9f8d79 100755
--- a/pronsole.py
+++ b/pronsole.py
@@ -621,6 +621,9 @@ class pronsole(cmd.Cmd):
         print "Disconnects from the printer"
     
     def do_load(self,l):
+      self._do_load(l)
+
+    def _do_load(self,l):
         if len(l)==0:
             print "No file name given."
             return
@@ -631,7 +634,7 @@ class pronsole(cmd.Cmd):
         self.f=[i.replace("\n","").replace("\r","") for i in open(l)]
         self.filename=l
         print "Loaded ",l,", ",len(self.f)," lines."
-        
+
     def complete_load(self, text, line, begidx, endidx):
         s=line.split()
         if len(s)>2:
diff --git a/pronterface.py b/pronterface.py
index 1801771..c5ee2d2 100755
--- a/pronterface.py
+++ b/pronterface.py
@@ -173,6 +173,8 @@ class PronterWindow(wx.Frame,pronsole.pronsole):
             self.webInterface=webinterface.WebInterface(self)
             self.webThread = Thread(target=webinterface.StartWebInterfaceThread, args=(self.webInterface, ))
             self.webThread.start()
+        if(self.filename is not None):
+          self.do_load(self.filename)
 
     def startcb(self):
         self.starttime=time.time()
@@ -1554,6 +1556,12 @@ class PronterWindow(wx.Frame,pronsole.pronsole):
         thread(target=self.skein_func).start()
         thread(target=self.skein_monitor).start()
 
+    def do_load(self,l):
+      if hasattr(self, 'skeining'):
+        self.loadfile(None, l)
+      else:
+        self._do_load(l)
+
     def loadfile(self,event,filename=None):
         if self.skeining and self.skeinp is not None:
             self.skeinp.terminate()