diff --git a/examples/main.py b/examples/main.py
index c5ff00f0b9ed47d345f446be84f34d213039dc96..c4a0c0fffe2e3e386c8ae3f33c6829234e7bd02a 100644
--- a/examples/main.py
+++ b/examples/main.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import logging
 import sys
+import time
 
 from PySide6 import QtWidgets
 from PySide6.QtWidgets import QApplication, QMainWindow, QWidget, QTreeWidget
@@ -13,9 +14,9 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
     # setup the logging module
 
     config = ApplicationConfig(internal_log_level=logging.INFO)
-    print(config.load('./configs/ApplicationConfig.yaml'))
+    time.sleep(1)
     #config.autosave(enable=True, path='./configs_autosave')
-
+    print(config.load('./configs/ApplicationConfig.yaml'))
     #print(config.wafer_version)
     #config.wafer_version.get()
     #config.wafer_number.get()
@@ -45,9 +46,9 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
     grd.addWidget(btn_save, 4, 0)
 
     window.setCentralWidget(wdg)
-    #print(config.save('config.yaml'))
     #print(config.load('config.yaml'))
 
+
     window.show()
 
     sys.exit(app.exec())
diff --git a/src/confighandler/controller/fields/FieldSelectableList.py b/src/confighandler/controller/fields/FieldSelectableList.py
index 6aa058c4636153204e5b675cda26d1b44f3bd255..7235f57d8bc654b4af77d4456e4626826f2e3720 100644
--- a/src/confighandler/controller/fields/FieldSelectableList.py
+++ b/src/confighandler/controller/fields/FieldSelectableList.py
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@ class FieldSelectableList(ch.Field):
 
     def get_list(self) -> list:
         return list(self._value)
-
+    def get_current_index(self) -> list:
+        return self._value.selected_index
     @property
     def value(self):
         return self._value[self._value.selected_index]
diff --git a/src/confighandler/view/fields/FieldViewSelectableList.py b/src/confighandler/view/fields/FieldViewSelectableList.py
index 72cbfff13488edbf40aa99487de18ac813c82030..99acdd58465313e918982c7eb8ace315b31319a5 100644
--- a/src/confighandler/view/fields/FieldViewSelectableList.py
+++ b/src/confighandler/view/fields/FieldViewSelectableList.py
@@ -24,9 +24,11 @@ class FieldViewSelectableList(ch.FieldView):
         """
 
         """
-        self.ui_edit_fields: list(QComboBox)
+        #self.ui_edit_fields: list(QComboBox)
         if view is None:
             cb = QComboBox()
+            self.parent_field.logger.info(f"{self.parent_field}: *** NEW FieldViewSelectableList.ui_field {cb}")
+
         else:
             cb: QComboBox = view
 
@@ -35,6 +37,7 @@ class FieldViewSelectableList(ch.FieldView):
 
         cb.setToolTip(f"({self.parent_field.name}) {self.parent_field._description}")
         self.ui_edit_fields.append(cb)
+        self.ui_edit_fields[-1].setCurrentIndex(self.parent_field.get_current_index())
         self.ui_edit_fields[-1].currentIndexChanged.connect(self._on_index_changed)
         #self.ui_edit_fields[-1].editingFinished.connect(self._on_edited_finished)
         # new
@@ -44,8 +47,11 @@ class FieldViewSelectableList(ch.FieldView):
         self.parent_field.set(int(value))
 
     def _on_value_changed(self, value):
-        self.parent_field.logger.info(f"{self.parent_field}: FieldViewSelectableList._on_value_changed {value}")
+        self.parent_field.logger.info(f"{self.parent_field}: FieldViewSelectableList._on_value_changed {value}"
+                                      f"-> len {len(self.ui_edit_fields)}")
         for edit in self.ui_edit_fields:
             edit: QComboBox
+            self.parent_field.logger.info(f"{edit}: Setting index to {value}")
+
             edit.setCurrentIndex(value)