diff --git a/locales/en/messages.json b/locales/en/messages.json
index 354db4f4..21c8579a 100644
--- a/locales/en/messages.json
+++ b/locales/en/messages.json
@@ -60,6 +60,9 @@
     "permanentExpertMode": {
         "message": "Permanently enable Expert Mode"
     },
+    "rememberLastTab": {
+        "message": "Reopen last tab on connect"
+    },
     "userLanguageSelect": {
         "message": "Language (need to restart the application for the changes to take effect)"
     },
diff --git a/src/js/gui.js b/src/js/gui.js
index b3261d54..b29d2cc2 100644
--- a/src/js/gui.js
+++ b/src/js/gui.js
@@ -321,5 +321,15 @@ GUI_control.prototype.content_ready = function (callback) {
     if (callback) callback();
 }
 
+GUI_control.prototype.selectDefaultTabWhenConnected = function() {
+    chrome.storage.local.get(['rememberLastTab', 'lastTab'], function (result) {
+        if (!(result.rememberLastTab && !!result.lastTab)) {
+            $('#tabs ul.mode-connected .tab_setup a').click();
+            return;
+        }
+        $("#tabs ul.mode-connected ." + result.lastTab + " a").click();
+    });    
+};
+
 // initialize object into GUI variable
 var GUI = new GUI_control();
diff --git a/src/js/main.js b/src/js/main.js
index 9ebe303a..0d8c308a 100644
--- a/src/js/main.js
+++ b/src/js/main.js
@@ -86,6 +86,13 @@ function startProcess() {
                 return;
             }
 
+            $("#tabs ul.mode-connected li").click(function() {
+                // store the first class of the current tab (omit things like ".active")
+                chrome.storage.local.set({
+                    lastTab: $(this).attr("class").split(' ')[0]
+                });
+            });
+        
             GUI.tab_switch_in_progress = true;
 
             GUI.tab_switch_cleanup(function () {
@@ -217,6 +224,13 @@ function startProcess() {
                     }).change();
                 });
 
+                chrome.storage.local.get('rememberLastTab', function (result) {
+                    $('div.rememberLastTab input')
+                        .prop('checked', !!result.rememberLastTab)
+                        .change(function() { chrome.storage.local.set({rememberLastTab: $(this).is(':checked')}) })
+                        .change();
+                });
+
                 if (GUI.operating_system !== 'ChromeOS') {
                     chrome.storage.local.get('checkForConfiguratorUnstableVersions', function (result) {
                         if (result.checkForConfiguratorUnstableVersions) {
diff --git a/src/js/serial_backend.js b/src/js/serial_backend.js
index 30128eb9..b225d6b0 100755
--- a/src/js/serial_backend.js
+++ b/src/js/serial_backend.js
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ function finishOpen() {
 
     onConnect();
 
-    $('#tabs ul.mode-connected .tab_setup a').click();
+    GUI.selectDefaultTabWhenConnected();
 }
 
 function connectCli() {
diff --git a/src/js/tabs/motors.js b/src/js/tabs/motors.js
index d90e3fa4..d8d6e4d5 100644
--- a/src/js/tabs/motors.js
+++ b/src/js/tabs/motors.js
@@ -45,7 +45,11 @@ TABS.motors.initialize = function (callback) {
     }
 
     function load_motor_data() {
-        MSP.send_message(MSPCodes.MSP_MOTOR, false, false, load_html);
+        MSP.send_message(MSPCodes.MSP_MOTOR, false, false, load_mixer_config);
+    }
+
+    function load_mixer_config() {
+        MSP.send_message(MSPCodes.MSP_MIXER_CONFIG, false, false, load_html);
     }
 
     function load_html() {
diff --git a/src/js/tabs/pid_tuning.js b/src/js/tabs/pid_tuning.js
index 2a033c21..b008bce0 100755
--- a/src/js/tabs/pid_tuning.js
+++ b/src/js/tabs/pid_tuning.js
@@ -39,9 +39,13 @@ TABS.pid_tuning.initialize = function (callback) {
     }).then(function() {
         return MSP.promise(MSPCodes.MSP_RC_DEADBAND);
     }).then(function() {
-        $('#content').load("./tabs/pid_tuning.html", process_html);
+        MSP.send_message(MSPCodes.MSP_MIXER_CONFIG, false, false, load_html);
     });
 
+    function load_html() {
+        $('#content').load("./tabs/pid_tuning.html", process_html);        
+    }
+
     function pid_and_rc_to_form() {
         self.setProfile();
         if (semver.gte(CONFIG.apiVersion, "1.20.0")) {
diff --git a/src/js/tabs/receiver.js b/src/js/tabs/receiver.js
index 2347065a..3d252bef 100644
--- a/src/js/tabs/receiver.js
+++ b/src/js/tabs/receiver.js
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ TABS.receiver.initialize = function (callback) {
     }
 
     function load_rx_config() {
-        var next_callback = load_html;
+        var next_callback = load_mixer_config;
         if (semver.gte(CONFIG.apiVersion, "1.20.0")) {
             MSP.send_message(MSPCodes.MSP_RX_CONFIG, false, false, next_callback);
         } else {
@@ -48,6 +48,10 @@ TABS.receiver.initialize = function (callback) {
         }
     }
 
+    function load_mixer_config() {
+        MSP.send_message(MSPCodes.MSP_MIXER_CONFIG, false, false, load_html);
+    }
+
     function load_html() {
         $('#content').load("./tabs/receiver.html", process_html);
     }
diff --git a/src/main.html b/src/main.html
index 94b1652e..2b397d3e 100755
--- a/src/main.html
+++ b/src/main.html
@@ -268,7 +268,9 @@
                 -->
             </ul>
             <ul class="mode-connected mode-connected-cli">
-                <li class="tab_cli"><a href="#" i18n="tabCLI" class="tabicon ic_cli" i18n_title="tabCLI"></a></li>
+                <li class="tab_cli">
+                    <a href="#" i18n="tabCLI" class="tabicon ic_cli" i18n_title="tabCLI"></a>
+                </li>
             </ul>
         </div>
         <div class="clear-both"></div>
diff --git a/src/tabs/options.html b/src/tabs/options.html
index d79dca35..1de44b98 100644
--- a/src/tabs/options.html
+++ b/src/tabs/options.html
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@
 <div class="checkForConfiguratorUnstableVersions">
     <label><input type="checkbox" /><span i18n="checkForConfiguratorUnstableVersions"></span></label>
 </div>
+<div class="rememberLastTab">
+    <label><input type="checkbox" /><span i18n="rememberLastTab"></span></label>
+</div>
 <div class="separator"></div>
 <div class="userLanguage">
     <label>