diff --git a/firmware/src/core_a7/aux_core_main.cc b/firmware/src/core_a7/aux_core_main.cc
index 20a0c3e04..f59616780 100644
--- a/firmware/src/core_a7/aux_core_main.cc
+++ b/firmware/src/core_a7/aux_core_main.cc
@@ -11,9 +11,6 @@
 #include "internal_plugin_manager.hh"
 #include "patch_play/patch_player.hh"
 
-// Just to fix clangd:
-#include "helpers.hpp"
-
 using FrameBufferT =
 	std::array<lv_color_t, MetaModule::ScreenBufferConf::width * MetaModule::ScreenBufferConf::height / 4>;
 static inline FrameBufferT framebuf1 alignas(64);
@@ -107,8 +104,9 @@ extern "C" void aux_core_main() {
 	// while (HWSemaphore<M4CoreReady>::is_locked())
 	// 	;
 
-	HAL_Delay(300); //allow time to load initial patch: TODO use semaphor
+	//HAL_Delay(300); //allow time to load initial patch: TODO use semaphor
 
+	ui.load_initial_patch();
 	ui.autoload_plugins();
 
 	while (true) {
diff --git a/firmware/src/core_a7/main.cc b/firmware/src/core_a7/main.cc
index abec605c5..69cf69fb1 100644
--- a/firmware/src/core_a7/main.cc
+++ b/firmware/src/core_a7/main.cc
@@ -107,7 +107,6 @@ void main() {
 	// ~290ms until while loop
 
 	StaticBuffers::sync_params.clear();
-	patch_playloader.load_initial_patch();
 
 	audio.start();
 
diff --git a/firmware/src/gui/pages/base.hh b/firmware/src/gui/pages/base.hh
index ab6aead32..4026cc644 100644
--- a/firmware/src/gui/pages/base.hh
+++ b/firmware/src/gui/pages/base.hh
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ struct GuiState {
 	std::optional<Volume> force_refresh_vol{};
 
 	bool do_write_settings{};
+	uint32_t write_settings_after_ms{};
 
 	Toggler back_button{};
 };
diff --git a/firmware/src/gui/pages/page_manager.hh b/firmware/src/gui/pages/page_manager.hh
index 6f10f7ddb..e905cb0a2 100644
--- a/firmware/src/gui/pages/page_manager.hh
+++ b/firmware/src/gui/pages/page_manager.hh
@@ -196,6 +196,20 @@ public:
 				pr_info("Wrote settings\n");
 
 			gui_state.do_write_settings = false;
+			gui_state.write_settings_after_ms = 0;
+		}
+
+		if (gui_state.write_settings_after_ms > 0) {
+			if (get_time() >= gui_state.write_settings_after_ms) {
+
+				if (!Settings::write_settings(info.patch_storage, info.settings)) {
+					pr_err("Failed to write settings file (timer)\n");
+				} else {
+					pr_info("Wrote settings (timer)\n");
+				}
+
+				gui_state.write_settings_after_ms = 0;
+			}
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/firmware/src/gui/pages/patch_view.hh b/firmware/src/gui/pages/patch_view.hh
index d315834e3..a00285156 100644
--- a/firmware/src/gui/pages/patch_view.hh
+++ b/firmware/src/gui/pages/patch_view.hh
@@ -491,10 +491,28 @@ private:
 		page->redraw_modulename();
 	}
 
+	void save_last_opened_patch_in_settings() {
+		if (settings.last_patch_vol != patches.get_view_patch_vol() ||
+			settings.last_patch_opened != patches.get_view_patch_filename())
+		{
+			settings.last_patch_vol = patches.get_view_patch_vol();
+			settings.last_patch_opened = patches.get_view_patch_filename();
+			pr_dbg("Will set last_patch opened to %s on %d\n",
+				   settings.last_patch_opened.c_str(),
+				   settings.last_patch_vol);
+
+			if (gui_state.write_settings_after_ms == 0) {
+				gui_state.write_settings_after_ms = get_time() + 60 * 1000; //1 minute delay
+				pr_dbg("Setting timer...\n");
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
 	static void playbut_cb(lv_event_t *event) {
 		auto page = static_cast<PatchViewPage *>(event->user_data);
 		if (!page->is_patch_playing) {
 			page->patch_playloader.request_load_view_patch();
+			page->save_last_opened_patch_in_settings();
 		} else {
 			if (page->patch_playloader.is_audio_muted()) {
 				page->patch_playloader.start_audio();
diff --git a/firmware/src/gui/pages/system_tab.hh b/firmware/src/gui/pages/system_tab.hh
index dbb0f3d9e..6cb935b77 100644
--- a/firmware/src/gui/pages/system_tab.hh
+++ b/firmware/src/gui/pages/system_tab.hh
@@ -145,6 +145,11 @@ private:
 			[page](bool ok) {
 				if (ok) {
 					page->storage.request_reset_factory_patches();
+					while (true) {
+						auto msg = page->storage.get_message();
+						if (msg.message_type == FileStorageProxy::FactoryResetPatchesDone)
+							break;
+					}
 				}
 			},
 			"Do you really want to PERMANENTLY DELETE all patches stored internally? This will replace them with "
diff --git a/firmware/src/gui/ui.hh b/firmware/src/gui/ui.hh
index 02a377252..c53edd02e 100644
--- a/firmware/src/gui/ui.hh
+++ b/firmware/src/gui/ui.hh
@@ -98,6 +98,10 @@ public:
 		return params.displays;
 	}
 
+	void load_initial_patch() {
+		patch_playloader.load_initial_patch(settings.last_patch_opened, settings.last_patch_vol);
+	}
+
 	bool new_patch_data = false;
 
 private:
diff --git a/firmware/src/patch_file/patch_fileio.hh b/firmware/src/patch_file/patch_fileio.hh
index f8878e78f..f8363d267 100644
--- a/firmware/src/patch_file/patch_fileio.hh
+++ b/firmware/src/patch_file/patch_fileio.hh
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ public:
 				patch = patch.subspan(0, patch.size() - 1);
 
 			if (!fileio.update_or_create_file(filename, patch)) {
-				pr_err("Error: aborted creating default patches to flash\n");
+				pr_err("Error: failed to write %d. Aborted creating default patches to flash\n", filename.c_str());
 				return false;
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/firmware/src/patch_play/patch_playloader.hh b/firmware/src/patch_play/patch_playloader.hh
index 40d0d25a1..726eb98e1 100644
--- a/firmware/src/patch_play/patch_playloader.hh
+++ b/firmware/src/patch_play/patch_playloader.hh
@@ -21,10 +21,15 @@ struct PatchPlayLoader {
 		, patches_{patches} {
 	}
 
-	void load_initial_patch() {
+	void load_initial_patch(std::string_view patchname, Volume patch_vol) {
 		uint32_t tries = 10000;
 
-		PatchLocation initial_patch_loc{"/SlothDrone.yml", Volume::NorFlash};
+		if (patchname.length() == 0) {
+			patchname = "/SlothDrone.yml";
+			patch_vol = Volume::NorFlash;
+		}
+
+		PatchLocation initial_patch_loc{patchname, patch_vol};
 		while (--tries) {
 			if (storage_.request_load_patch(initial_patch_loc))
 				break;
diff --git a/firmware/src/user_settings/settings.hh b/firmware/src/user_settings/settings.hh
index 2dfef4d09..81954aa51 100644
--- a/firmware/src/user_settings/settings.hh
+++ b/firmware/src/user_settings/settings.hh
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #pragma once
 #include "conf/audio_settings.hh"
+#include "fs/volumes.hh"
 #include "gui/pages/view_settings.hh"
 #include "plugin_autoload_settings.hh"
 
@@ -11,6 +12,8 @@ struct UserSettings {
 	ModuleDisplaySettings module_view{};
 	AudioSettings audio{};
 	PluginAutoloadSettings plugin_autoload{};
+	std::string last_patch_opened{};
+	Volume last_patch_vol{Volume::NorFlash};
 };
 
 } // namespace MetaModule
diff --git a/firmware/src/user_settings/settings_parse.cc b/firmware/src/user_settings/settings_parse.cc
index bfaf6a6cb..85dd3fb3e 100644
--- a/firmware/src/user_settings/settings_parse.cc
+++ b/firmware/src/user_settings/settings_parse.cc
@@ -103,6 +103,17 @@ bool parse(std::span<char> yaml, UserSettings *settings) {
 	read_or_default(node, "module_view", settings, &UserSettings::module_view);
 	read_or_default(node, "audio", settings, &UserSettings::audio);
 	read_or_default(node, "plugin_autoload", settings, &UserSettings::plugin_autoload);
+	read_or_default(node, "last_patch_opened", settings, &UserSettings::last_patch_opened);
+
+	// TODO: cleaner way to parse and enum and reject out of range?
+	if (node.is_map() && node.has_child("last_patch_vol")) {
+		unsigned t = 0;
+		node["last_patch_vol"] >> t;
+		if (t < static_cast<unsigned>(Volume::MaxVolumes))
+			settings->last_patch_vol = static_cast<Volume>(t);
+	} else {
+		settings->last_patch_vol = UserSettings{}.last_patch_vol;
+	}
 
 	return true;
 }
diff --git a/firmware/src/user_settings/settings_serialize.cc b/firmware/src/user_settings/settings_serialize.cc
index 144304283..3e4d4ff40 100644
--- a/firmware/src/user_settings/settings_serialize.cc
+++ b/firmware/src/user_settings/settings_serialize.cc
@@ -63,6 +63,8 @@ uint32_t serialize(UserSettings const &settings, std::span<char> buffer) {
 	data["module_view"] << settings.module_view;
 	data["audio"] << settings.audio;
 	data["plugin_autoload"] << settings.plugin_autoload;
+	data["last_patch_opened"] << settings.last_patch_opened;
+	data["last_patch_vol"] << static_cast<unsigned>(settings.last_patch_vol);
 
 	auto res = ryml::emit_yaml(tree, c4::substr(buffer.data(), buffer.size()));
 	return res.size();
diff --git a/firmware/tests/settings_parse_tests.cc b/firmware/tests/settings_parse_tests.cc
index 62ef3222f..a46368ba0 100644
--- a/firmware/tests/settings_parse_tests.cc
+++ b/firmware/tests/settings_parse_tests.cc
@@ -44,6 +44,9 @@ TEST_CASE("Parse settings file") {
     - Plugin One
     - Plugin Two
 
+  last_patch_opened: '/somedir/SomePatch.yml'
+  last_patch_vol: 1
+
 )";
 	// clang format-on
 
@@ -78,6 +81,9 @@ TEST_CASE("Parse settings file") {
 
 	CHECK(settings.plugin_autoload.slug.at(0) == "Plugin One");
 	CHECK(settings.plugin_autoload.slug.at(1) == "Plugin Two");
+
+	CHECK(settings.last_patch_opened == "/somedir/SomePatch.yml");
+	CHECK(settings.last_patch_vol == MetaModule::Volume::SDCard);
 }
 
 TEST_CASE("Get default settings if file is missing fields") {
@@ -166,6 +172,9 @@ TEST_CASE("Get default settings if file is missing fields") {
 	CHECK(settings.audio.block_size == 64);
 
 	CHECK(settings.plugin_autoload.slug.size() == 0);
+
+	CHECK(settings.last_patch_opened == "");
+	CHECK(settings.last_patch_vol == MetaModule::Volume::NorFlash);
 }
 
 TEST_CASE("Serialize settings") {
@@ -200,6 +209,9 @@ TEST_CASE("Serialize settings") {
 	settings.plugin_autoload.slug.emplace_back("Plugin One");
 	settings.plugin_autoload.slug.emplace_back("Plugin Two");
 
+	settings.last_patch_vol = MetaModule::Volume::SDCard;
+	settings.last_patch_opened = "SomePatch.yml";
+
 	// clang format-off
 	std::string expected = R"(Settings:
   patch_view:
@@ -234,6 +246,8 @@ TEST_CASE("Serialize settings") {
   plugin_autoload:
     - Plugin One
     - Plugin Two
+  last_patch_opened: SomePatch.yml
+  last_patch_vol: 1
 )";
 	// clang format-on