diff --git a/applications/admin/controllers/default.py b/applications/admin/controllers/default.py
index 490fa907..eca7941f 100644
--- a/applications/admin/controllers/default.py
+++ b/applications/admin/controllers/default.py
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ from gluon.utils import web2py_uuid
 from glob import glob
 import shutil
 import platform
+import ConfigParser
 try:
     import git
     if git.__version__ < '0.3.1':
@@ -560,6 +561,16 @@ def edit():
     """ File edit handler """
     # Load json only if it is ajax edited...
     app = get_app(request.vars.app)
+    admin_path = apath("admin", r=request)
+    editor_defaults={'theme':'web2py'}
+    config = ConfigParser.ConfigParser(editor_defaults)
+    config.read( os.path.join(admin_path, 'settings.cfg') )
+    if not config.has_section('editor'):
+        config.add_section('editor')
+    if not( isinstance(session.editor_settings, dict) ):
+        preferences = dict(config.items('editor'))
+    else:
+        preferences = session.editor_settings
 
     if not(request.ajax):
         # return the scaffolding, the rest will be through ajax requests
@@ -573,7 +584,25 @@ def edit():
         for key in editarea_preferences:
             if key in globals():
                 editarea_preferences[key] = globals()[key]
-        return response.render ('default/edit.html', dict(app=request.args[0], editarea_preferences=editarea_preferences))
+        return response.render ('default/edit.html', dict(app=request.args[0], editor_settings=preferences, editarea_preferences=editarea_preferences))
+
+	# show settings tab and save prefernces
+    if 'settings' in request.vars:
+        if request.post_vars:	#save new preferences
+            for option, value in request.post_vars.items():
+                config.set('editor', option, value)
+            try:			
+                config.write(open(os.path.join(admin_path, 'settings.cfg'), 'w'))
+                response.headers["web2py-component-flash"] = T('Preferences saved correctly')
+            except:
+                response.headers["web2py-component-flash"] = T('Preferences saved on session only')	
+                session.editor_settings = dict(config.items('editor'))		
+            response.headers["web2py-component-command"] = "update_theme('%s'); jQuery('a[href=#editor_settings] button.close').click();" % config.get('editor', 'theme')
+            return
+        else:
+            details = {'filename':'settings', 'id':'editor_settings', 'force': False}
+            details['plain_html'] = response.render('default/editor_settings.html', {'editor_settings':preferences})
+            return response.json(details)
 
     """ File edit handler """
     # Load json only if it is ajax edited...
diff --git a/applications/admin/static/css/typeahead.js-bootstrap.css b/applications/admin/static/css/typeahead.js-bootstrap.css
index 630ee5c5..f9e5c71b 100644
--- a/applications/admin/static/css/typeahead.js-bootstrap.css
+++ b/applications/admin/static/css/typeahead.js-bootstrap.css
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+.twitter-typeahead {
+	width: 100%;
+}
+
 .twitter-typeahead .tt-query,
 .twitter-typeahead .tt-hint {
 	margin-bottom: 0px;
diff --git a/applications/admin/views/default/edit.html b/applications/admin/views/default/edit.html
index 2f6e2804..62c5aafe 100644
--- a/applications/admin/views/default/edit.html
+++ b/applications/admin/views/default/edit.html
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 }}
 {{cm=URL('static','codemirror')}}
 <link rel="stylesheet" href="{{=cm}}/lib/codemirror.css">
-<link rel="stylesheet" href="{{=cm}}/theme/web2py.css">
+<link rel="stylesheet" href="{{="%s/theme/%s.css" % (cm, editor_settings['theme'])}}">
 <script src="{{=cm}}/lib/codemirror.js"></script>
 <script src="{{=cm}}/mode/clike/clike.js"></script>
 <script src="{{=cm}}/addon/edit/matchbrackets.js"></script>
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
 <link rel="stylesheet" href="{{=URL('static/css','typeahead.js-bootstrap.css')}}">
 <link rel="stylesheet" href="{{=URL('static/css','web2py-codemirror.css')}}">
 <script type="text/javascript">
-var current_theme = "web2py";  //Default theme
+var current_theme = "{{=editor_settings['theme']}}";  //Default theme
 var current_font_incr = 0; // Default font-size, 0 means don't set
 jQuery(document).on('shown click', 'a[data-toggle="tab"]', function (e) {
     var tab_id = jQuery(this).attr('href');
@@ -84,32 +84,27 @@ jQuery(document).on('click', '#restore', function (e) {
 });
 
 // open the selected file
-jQuery(document).on('click', 'a.editor_filelink', function (e) {
-    e.preventDefault();
-    var url = jQuery(this).attr("href");
-    load_file(url);
+jQuery(document).on('click', 'a.editor_filelink, a#editor_settingslink', function (e) {
+	e.preventDefault();
+	var url = jQuery(this).attr("href");
+	load_file(url);
 });
 
-// change the codemirror theme
-jQuery(document).on('click', '#themes a', function (e) {
-    e.preventDefault();
-    var href = jQuery(this).attr('href');
-    var name = jQuery(this).text().replace('.css', '');
-    var link = jQuery("<link>");
-    link.attr({
-        type: 'text/css',
-        rel: 'stylesheet',
-        href: href
-    });
-    jQuery("head").append( link );
-    jQuery('textarea[name="data"]') .each(function(id, ta) {
-        editor = jQuery(ta).data('editor');
-        editor.setOption("theme", name);
-    });
-    jQuery('#themeName').html(name);
-    current_theme = name;
-//#TODO save on session
-});
+function update_theme(name) {
+	var href = "{{="%s/theme/" % cm}}" + name + ".css";
+	var link = jQuery("<link>");
+	link.attr({
+		type: 'text/css',
+		rel: 'stylesheet',
+		href: href
+	});
+	jQuery("head").append( link ); 
+	jQuery('textarea[name="data"]') .each(function(id, ta) {
+		editor = jQuery(ta).data('editor');
+		editor.setOption("theme", name);
+	});
+	current_theme = name;
+}
 
 // incr/decr editor font-size
 jQuery(document).on('click', 'a.font_button', function (e) {
@@ -166,14 +161,6 @@ jQuery(document).on('click', 'a.font_button', function (e) {
 <div class="btn-group">
   <a class="button btn" onclick="jQuery('#files').toggle(); return false" href="#">Files toggle</a>
 </div>
-<div class="dropdown btn-group pull-left">
-    <a class="dropdown-toggle button btn" data-target="themes" data-toggle="dropdown" href="#" >Theme: <span id="themeName" style="color: #E8953C">Web2py</span> <span class="caret"></span></a>
-    <ul class="dropdown-menu" role="menu" id="themes">
-        {{for f in listfiles('admin', "static/codemirror/theme", regexp='.*\.css$' ):}}
-        <li class=""><a href="{{=URL('static/codemirror/theme', f, host=True)}}">{{=f[:-4]}}</a></li>
-        {{pass}}
-    </ul>
-</div>
 <div class="btn-group">
     <a id="decr" class="button btn font_button">-</a>
     <a id="default" class="button btn font_button" >A</a>
@@ -185,6 +172,7 @@ jQuery(document).on('click', 'a.font_button', function (e) {
   <a class="button btn" href="http://www.web2py.com/sqldesigner" target="_blank"><span>{{=T('online designer')}}</span></a>
   {{#pass}}
   <a class="button btn" href="http://www.web2py.com/examples/static/epydoc/index.html" target="_blank"><span>{{=T('docs')}}</span></a>
+  <a class="button btn" title="{{=T('change editor settings')}}" id="editor_settingslink" href="{{=URL('default', 'edit', args=request.args, vars={'settings':True})}}"><i class="icon-cog"></i></a>
 </div>
 </div>
 </div>
diff --git a/applications/admin/views/default/editor_settings.html b/applications/admin/views/default/editor_settings.html
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..78c7753c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/applications/admin/views/default/editor_settings.html
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+{{
+  def listfiles(app, dir, regexp='.*\.py$'):
+      files = sorted(
+         listdir(apath('%(app)s/%(dir)s/' % {'app':app, 'dir':dir}, r=request), regexp))
+      files = [x.replace('\\', '/') for x in files if not x.endswith('.bak')]
+      return files
+}}
+{{themes = [f[:-4] for f in listfiles('admin', "static/codemirror/theme", regexp='.*\.css$' )]}}
+<form id="editor_settings_form" class="form-horizontal">
+<div class="control-group">
+    <label class="control-label" for="selectTheme">{{=T('Theme')}}</label>
+	<div class="controls">{{=SELECT(themes, value=editor_settings['theme'], _name="theme" )}}</div>
+</div>
+<div class="control-group">
+	<div class="controls"><button type="submit" class="disabled btn btn-primary">{{=T('Save')}}</button></div>
+</div>
+
+</form>
+<script>
+web2py_trap_form("{{=URL('default', 'edit', args=request.args, vars={'settings':True})}}", "editor_settings");
+jQuery("#editor_settings_form").on('change', 'select, input', function (e) {
+	jQuery("#editor_settings_form button[type=submit]").removeClass('disabled');
+});
+</script>