diff --git a/LarkatorGUI/MainWindow.xaml b/LarkatorGUI/MainWindow.xaml
index b1e5602..5a412c3 100644
--- a/LarkatorGUI/MainWindow.xaml
+++ b/LarkatorGUI/MainWindow.xaml
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@
                             Visibility="{Binding CreateSearchAvailable, Converter={StaticResource BoolToVisibilityConverter}}"/>
                     <Grid Margin="16,0,16,16" Visibility="{Binding NewSearchActive, Converter={StaticResource BoolToVisibilityConverter}}" Background="#44ffffff">
                         <StackPanel Margin="8" Orientation="Vertical" HorizontalAlignment="Stretch" DataContext="{Binding NewSearch}">
-                            <ComboBox x:Name="groupsCombo" Text="{Binding Group}" IsEditable="True" SelectedIndex="0"/>
+                            <ComboBox x:Name="groupsCombo" Text="{Binding Group}" IsEditable="True" />
                             <ComboBox x:Name="speciesCombo" Text="{Binding Species}" IsEditable="True" />
                             <StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal" HorizontalAlignment="Center" Margin="4">
                                 <TextBlock Text="Min"/>
diff --git a/LarkatorGUI/MainWindow.xaml.cs b/LarkatorGUI/MainWindow.xaml.cs
index df56f3e..d975067 100644
--- a/LarkatorGUI/MainWindow.xaml.cs
+++ b/LarkatorGUI/MainWindow.xaml.cs
@@ -477,6 +477,8 @@ private void CreateSearch_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
 
             speciesCombo.ItemsSource = arkReader.AllSpecies;
             groupsCombo.ItemsSource = ListSearches.Select(sc => sc.Group).Distinct().OrderBy(g => g).ToArray();
+            int temp = Properties.Settings.Default.lastGroup;
+            groupsCombo.SelectedIndex = Properties.Settings.Default.lastGroup;
         }
 
         private void Dev_Calibration_Click(object sender, MouseButtonEventArgs e)
@@ -529,6 +531,8 @@ private void SaveSearch_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
             List<String> NewSearchList;
             SearchCriteria tempSearch;
             if (String.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(NewSearch.Species)) return;
+            Properties.Settings.Default.lastGroup = groupsCombo.SelectedIndex;
+            Properties.Settings.Default.Save();
             NewSearchList = new List<String>(AllSpecies.Where(species => species.Contains(NewSearch.Species)));
             if (NewSearchList.Count == 0) // No matches
             { //Trigger default values so the user knows we tried to match
diff --git a/LarkatorGUI/Properties/Settings.Designer.cs b/LarkatorGUI/Properties/Settings.Designer.cs
index c4ea07e..5d4c6b1 100644
--- a/LarkatorGUI/Properties/Settings.Designer.cs
+++ b/LarkatorGUI/Properties/Settings.Designer.cs
@@ -320,5 +320,17 @@ public bool showOxygen {
                 this["showOxygen"] = value;
             }
         }
+        
+        [global::System.Configuration.UserScopedSettingAttribute()]
+        [global::System.Diagnostics.DebuggerNonUserCodeAttribute()]
+        [global::System.Configuration.DefaultSettingValueAttribute("0")]
+        public int lastGroup {
+            get {
+                return ((int)(this["lastGroup"]));
+            }
+            set {
+                this["lastGroup"] = value;
+            }
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/LarkatorGUI/Properties/Settings.settings b/LarkatorGUI/Properties/Settings.settings
index a03ca65..48c94e1 100644
--- a/LarkatorGUI/Properties/Settings.settings
+++ b/LarkatorGUI/Properties/Settings.settings
@@ -71,5 +71,8 @@
     <Setting Name="showOxygen" Type="System.Boolean" Scope="User">
       <Value Profile="(Default)">False</Value>
     </Setting>
+    <Setting Name="lastGroup" Type="System.Int32" Scope="User">
+      <Value Profile="(Default)">0</Value>
+    </Setting>
   </Settings>
 </SettingsFile>
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diff --git a/LarkatorGUI/app.config b/LarkatorGUI/app.config
index 6dd8a3f..068882a 100644
--- a/LarkatorGUI/app.config
+++ b/LarkatorGUI/app.config
@@ -76,6 +76,9 @@
             <setting name="showOxygen" serializeAs="String">
                 <value>False</value>
             </setting>
+            <setting name="lastGroup" serializeAs="String">
+                <value>0</value>
+            </setting>
         </LarkatorGUI.Properties.Settings>
     </userSettings>
 </configuration>
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