diff -Naur loadapplet-aw1/configure.ac loadapplet-aw2/configure.ac
--- loadapplet-aw1/configure.ac	2006-02-17 22:59:39.000000000 +0100
+++ loadapplet-aw2/configure.ac	2006-02-25 08:33:32.000000000 +0100
@@ -42,6 +42,10 @@
 AC_SUBST(HILDON_LIBS)
 AC_SUBST(HILDON_CFLAGS)
 
+PKG_CHECK_MODULES(GCONF, gconf-2.0 >= 2.6.4)
+AC_SUBST(GCONF_LIBS)
+AC_SUBST(GCONF_CFLAGS)
+
 ALL_LINGUAS="de_DE en_GB en_US es_ES es_MX fi_FI fr_CA fr_FR it_IT pt_BR ru_RU"
 AC_SUBST(ALL_LINGUAS)
 
diff -Naur loadapplet-aw1/load-plugin.c loadapplet-aw2/load-plugin.c
--- loadapplet-aw1/load-plugin.c	2006-02-25 08:19:44.000000000 +0100
+++ loadapplet-aw2/load-plugin.c	2006-02-25 08:26:38.000000000 +0100
@@ -41,6 +41,10 @@
 #include <dirent.h>
 #include <libosso.h>
 
+/* Application settings */
+#include <gconf/gconf.h>
+#include <gconf/gconf-client.h>
+
 #include <hildon-widgets/gtk-infoprint.h>
 #include <hildon-status-bar-lib/hildon-status-bar-item.h>
 #include <hildon-widgets/hildon-input-mode-hint.h>
@@ -116,6 +120,7 @@
 gboolean include_user = TRUE;
 gboolean include_io = TRUE;
         
+GConfClient *gc_client;
 
 /* Hildon Status Bar plugin API prototypes */
 void *load_initialize(HildonStatusBarItem *item, GtkWidget **button);
@@ -423,6 +428,11 @@
                if (sshotfilename) g_free(sshotfilename);
                sshotfilename = g_strdup(gtk_entry_get_text(GTK_ENTRY(entry_filename)));
                screenshot_delay = gtk_spin_button_get_value_as_int (GTK_SPIN_BUTTON(sb_seconds));
+	       /* make settings persistent via gconf */
+	       gconf_client_set_string(gc_client, "/apps/maemo/loadapplet/swapname", swapname, NULL);
+	       gconf_client_set_string(gc_client, "/apps/maemo/loadapplet/sshotfilename", sshotfilename, NULL);
+	       gconf_client_set_int(gc_client, "/apps/maemo/loadapplet/screenshot_delay", screenshot_delay, NULL);
+
                gtk_widget_destroy(dialog);
                break;
         default:
@@ -727,7 +737,14 @@
     /* Screenshot stuff too */
     root_window = gdk_get_default_root_window ();
     gdk_drawable_get_size (root_window, &width, &height);
-    sshotfilename = g_strdup(SSHOT_DEFAULT_NAME);
+
+    /* retrieve stored settings from gconf */
+    g_type_init();
+    gc_client = gconf_client_get_default();
+    sshotfilename = gconf_client_get_string(gc_client, "/apps/maemo/loadapplet/sshotfilename", NULL);
+    screenshot_delay = gconf_client_get_int(gc_client, "/apps/maemo/loadapplet/screenshot_delay", NULL);
+    swapname = gconf_client_get_string(gc_client, "/apps/maemo/loadapplet/swapname", NULL);
+
     return info;
 }
 
diff -Naur loadapplet-aw1/Makefile.am loadapplet-aw2/Makefile.am
--- loadapplet-aw1/Makefile.am	2005-11-24 17:24:11.000000000 +0100
+++ loadapplet-aw2/Makefile.am	2006-02-25 08:35:11.000000000 +0100
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 SUBDIRS = 
 
-INCLUDES = $(STATUSBARLIB_CFLAGS) $(GTK_CFLAGS) $(HILDON_CFLAGS) $(DBUS_CFLAGS)\
+INCLUDES = $(GCONF_CFLAGS) $(STATUSBARLIB_CFLAGS) $(GTK_CFLAGS) $(HILDON_CFLAGS) $(DBUS_CFLAGS)\
 	-DPREFIX=\"$(prefix)\" -DLOCALEDIR=\"$(localedir)\"
 AM_LDFLAGS = -module -avoid-version
 
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 	$(icon_DATA)
 
 hildonstatusbarplugin_LTLIBRARIES = libload.la 
-libload_la_LIBADD = $(STATUSBARLIB_LIBS) $(GTK_LIBS) $(HILDON_LIBS)
+libload_la_LIBADD = $(STATUSBARLIB_LIBS) $(GTK_LIBS) $(HILDON_LIBS) $(GCONF_LIBS)
 libload_la_SOURCES = load-plugin.c 
 
 deb: dist