# Board Editor keeps forgetting my settings

**URL:** <https://librepcb.discourse.group/t/board-editor-keeps-forgetting-my-settings/719>\
**Category:** Help\
**Created:** [March 31, 2024, 7:51am UTC](https://librepcb.discourse.group/t/board-editor-keeps-forgetting-my-settings/719 "2024-03-31T07:51:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![skjaer](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/librepcb.discourse.group/skjaer/32/568_2.png) [@skjaer](https://librepcb.discourse.group/u/skjaer)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2024, 7:51am UTC](https://librepcb.discourse.group/t/board-editor-keeps-forgetting-my-settings/719/1 "2024-03-31T07:51:50Z")

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Hi  
Every time I open my project and go into the board editor, my chosen values for trace-width and via sizes has reverted back to the default values.

How do I stop this behavior?  
Or alternatively, how do I change the default values?

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**Author:** ![ubruhin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/c89c15/32.png) [@ubruhin](https://librepcb.discourse.group/u/ubruhin)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2024, 6:47pm UTC](https://librepcb.discourse.group/t/board-editor-keeps-forgetting-my-settings/719/2 "2024-03-31T18:47:10Z")

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Hi,  
There’s currently no way to avoid this, but I just opened an issue to improve it some day:

> <https://github.com/LibrePCB/LibrePCB/issues/1354>
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> \##### SUMMARY
> \<!-- Describe what feature should be added or improved, or what u…sability flaw
> you encountered. Provide screenshots if reasonable. --\>
> 
> Currently the default settings of tools (e.g. trace width or via size) are hardcoded and might often not be what is desired by the user. See also https://librepcb.discourse.group/t/board-editor-keeps-forgetting-my-settings/719.
> 
> \##### SOLUTION
> \<!-- Optionally, propose how the feature or improvement could be implemented, or
> how other EDA tools have implemented it and if you like it or not. --\>
> 
> Instead of hardcoded values, we might consider:
> \- Providing values already used in the opened project
> \- Memorize and restore last used values after application restart
> \- Make default values configurable