diff --git a/yomi_base/defaults.json b/yomi_base/defaults.json
index 41181d6..9c6d364 100644
--- a/yomi_base/defaults.json
+++ b/yomi_base/defaults.json
@@ -4,10 +4,12 @@
     "fgColor": 4278190080,
     "fontFamily": "Arial",
     "fontSize": 12,
-    "loadRecentFile": true,
+    "rememberTextBoxContent": true,
+    "loadRecentFile": false,
     "maxResults": 20,
     "profiles": {},
     "recentFiles": [],
+    "textBoxContent": "",
     "scanLength": 16,
     "stripReadings": false,
     "tags": [],
diff --git a/yomi_base/reader.py b/yomi_base/reader.py
index 084fbb8..eb467e8 100644
--- a/yomi_base/reader.py
+++ b/yomi_base/reader.py
@@ -60,7 +60,9 @@ class MainWindowReader(QtGui.QMainWindow, gen.reader_ui.Ui_MainWindowReader):
         self.updateVocabDefs()
         self.updateKanjiDefs()
 
-        if filename is not None:
+        if self.preferences['rememberTextBoxContent']:
+            self.textContent.setPlainText(self.preferences['textBoxContent'])
+        elif filename is not None:
             self.openFile(filename)
         elif self.preferences['loadRecentFile']:
             filenames = self.preferences.recentFiles()
@@ -133,6 +135,8 @@ class MainWindowReader(QtGui.QMainWindow, gen.reader_ui.Ui_MainWindowReader):
 
 
     def closeEvent(self, event):
+        if self.preferences['rememberTextBoxContent']: # Before closeFile() because that clears the window
+            self.preferences['textBoxContent'] = unicode(self.textContent.toPlainText()) 
         self.closeFile()
         self.preferences['windowState'] = str(self.saveState().toBase64())
         self.preferences.save()