diff --git a/VECTO3GUI2020/App.config b/VECTO3GUI2020/App.config
index 0251970b1f2003f57f84b520df97729776920158..f16f0863ce8b4ad80311d1e1bd0b5073a7cc3899 100644
--- a/VECTO3GUI2020/App.config
+++ b/VECTO3GUI2020/App.config
@@ -37,6 +37,9 @@
             <setting name="SerializeVectoRunData" serializeAs="String">
                 <value>True</value>
             </setting>
+            <setting name="DefaultOutputPath" serializeAs="String">
+                <value />
+            </setting>
         </VECTO3GUI2020.Properties.Settings>
     </userSettings>
   <runtime>
diff --git a/VECTO3GUI2020/Properties/Settings.Designer.cs b/VECTO3GUI2020/Properties/Settings.Designer.cs
index 3bc037f81a86feca40ba4c55e737b1d9b27dfad0..78e0471711f38b352703436909e712ed7d3f3dd8 100644
--- a/VECTO3GUI2020/Properties/Settings.Designer.cs
+++ b/VECTO3GUI2020/Properties/Settings.Designer.cs
@@ -106,5 +106,17 @@ namespace VECTO3GUI2020.Properties {
                 this["SerializeVectoRunData"] = value;
             }
         }
+        
+        [global::System.Configuration.UserScopedSettingAttribute()]
+        [global::System.Diagnostics.DebuggerNonUserCodeAttribute()]
+        [global::System.Configuration.DefaultSettingValueAttribute("")]
+        public string DefaultOutputPath {
+            get {
+                return ((string)(this["DefaultOutputPath"]));
+            }
+            set {
+                this["DefaultOutputPath"] = value;
+            }
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/VECTO3GUI2020/Properties/Settings.settings b/VECTO3GUI2020/Properties/Settings.settings
index 2df355f46b83587c3384a61d670b4bfbc489731c..7d279b47c5819b8dfb73077904a27512a6487a87 100644
--- a/VECTO3GUI2020/Properties/Settings.settings
+++ b/VECTO3GUI2020/Properties/Settings.settings
@@ -23,5 +23,8 @@
     <Setting Name="SerializeVectoRunData" Type="System.Boolean" Scope="User">
       <Value Profile="(Default)">True</Value>
     </Setting>
+    <Setting Name="DefaultOutputPath" Type="System.String" Scope="User">
+      <Value Profile="(Default)" />
+    </Setting>
   </Settings>
 </SettingsFile>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/VECTO3GUI2020/ViewModel/Implementation/JobListViewModel.cs b/VECTO3GUI2020/ViewModel/Implementation/JobListViewModel.cs
index 70c23b77c853ba41eea6c099979a0a5cadf06c45..20b83f277ab7535ebda70e3f76b8643e0a3665c2 100644
--- a/VECTO3GUI2020/ViewModel/Implementation/JobListViewModel.cs
+++ b/VECTO3GUI2020/ViewModel/Implementation/JobListViewModel.cs
@@ -187,13 +187,14 @@ namespace VECTO3GUI2020.ViewModel.Implementation
                         Time = DateTime.Now,
                         Type = MessageType.InfoMessage,
 					});
+					return;
 				}
 			}
 
             //TODO add output path to settings
 			var outputPath = Settings.Default.DefaultFilePath;
 			
-			var sumFileWriter = new FileOutputWriter(outputPath);
+			var sumFileWriter = new FileOutputWriter(GetOutputDirectory(Jobs.First(x => x.Selected).DataSource.SourceFile));
 
 
 
@@ -453,21 +454,17 @@ namespace VECTO3GUI2020.ViewModel.Implementation
 		private string GetOutputDirectory(string jobFilePath)
 		{
 			var outFile = jobFilePath;
-			var OutputDirectory = Settings.Default.DefaultFilePath;
-			if (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(OutputDirectory))
-			{
-				if (Path.IsPathRooted(OutputDirectory))
-				{
-					outFile = Path.Combine(OutputDirectory, Path.GetFileName(jobFilePath) ?? "");
-				}
-				else
-				{
-					outFile = Path.Combine(Path.GetDirectoryName(jobFilePath) ?? "", OutputDirectory, Path.GetFileName(jobFilePath) ?? "");
-				}
-				if (!Directory.Exists(Path.GetDirectoryName(outFile)))
-				{
-					Directory.CreateDirectory(Path.GetDirectoryName(outFile));
-				}
+			var outputDirectory = Settings.Default.DefaultOutputPath;
+			if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(outputDirectory)) {
+				return outFile;
+			}
+
+			outFile = Path.IsPathRooted(outputDirectory)
+				? Path.Combine(outputDirectory, Path.GetFileName(jobFilePath) ?? "")
+				: Path.Combine(Path.GetDirectoryName(jobFilePath) ?? "", outputDirectory,
+					Path.GetFileName(jobFilePath) ?? "");
+			if (!Directory.Exists(Path.GetDirectoryName(outFile))) {
+				Directory.CreateDirectory(Path.GetDirectoryName(outFile));
 			}
 
 			return outFile;
diff --git a/VECTO3GUI2020/ViewModel/Implementation/SettingsViewModel.cs b/VECTO3GUI2020/ViewModel/Implementation/SettingsViewModel.cs
index 7b25852acf3f4f95f6ff09a89df4c1e8afd67061..e1a1adcb5081ee54ec837f75d327609e0cc477ca 100644
--- a/VECTO3GUI2020/ViewModel/Implementation/SettingsViewModel.cs
+++ b/VECTO3GUI2020/ViewModel/Implementation/SettingsViewModel.cs
@@ -17,19 +17,20 @@ namespace VECTO3GUI2020.ViewModel.Implementation
         private Settings _settings;
 
         private ICommand _changePath;
-
+		private ICommand _changeOutPath;
 
 		private IDialogHelper _dialogHelper;
 
 
-		private String _defaultFilePath;
+		private string _defaultFilePath;
+		private string _defaultOutputPath;
 		private bool _writeModalResults;
 		private bool _modalResults1Hz;
 		private bool _validate;
 		private bool _actualModalData;
 		private bool _serializeVectoRunData;
 
-		public String DefaultFilePath
+		public string DefaultFilePath
         {
             get => _defaultFilePath;
             set
@@ -40,7 +41,14 @@ namespace VECTO3GUI2020.ViewModel.Implementation
             }
         }
 
-
+		public string DefaultOutputPath {
+			get => _defaultOutputPath;
+			set {
+				_settings.DefaultOutputPath = value;
+				_settings.Save();
+				SetProperty(ref _defaultOutputPath, value, "DefaultOutputPath");
+			}
+		}
 
 		public SettingsViewModel(IDialogHelper dialogHelper)
 		{
@@ -56,6 +64,7 @@ namespace VECTO3GUI2020.ViewModel.Implementation
 		}
 
 		private ICommand _closeWindowCommand;
+
 		public ICommand CloseWindowCommand
 		{
 			get
@@ -101,6 +110,21 @@ namespace VECTO3GUI2020.ViewModel.Implementation
             }
         }
 
+		public ICommand ChangeOutputPath {
+			get {
+				return _changeOutPath ?? new RelayCommand(() => {
+					var new_path = _dialogHelper.OpenFolderDialog(DefaultFilePath);
+					if (new_path != null) {
+						DefaultOutputPath = new_path;
+					}
+				}, () => { return true; });
+			}
+			private set {
+				_changeOutPath = value;
+				OnPropertyChanged();
+			}
+		}
+
 		public bool SerializeVectoRunData
 		{
 			get => _serializeVectoRunData;
@@ -167,5 +191,7 @@ namespace VECTO3GUI2020.ViewModel.Implementation
 				}
 			}
 		}
+
+
 	}
 }
diff --git a/VECTO3GUI2020/Views/SettingsView.xaml b/VECTO3GUI2020/Views/SettingsView.xaml
index 3f8531f45b33c0e6b998e3a5ee58e71282ec22df..225d9506482e2c5aa0e773fb63623bc488f283da 100644
--- a/VECTO3GUI2020/Views/SettingsView.xaml
+++ b/VECTO3GUI2020/Views/SettingsView.xaml
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
                     <ColumnDefinition Width="1*"></ColumnDefinition>
                 </Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
                 <Grid.RowDefinitions>
+                    <RowDefinition Height="Auto"></RowDefinition>
                     <RowDefinition Height="Auto"></RowDefinition>
                     <RowDefinition Height="30"></RowDefinition>
                     <RowDefinition Height="30"></RowDefinition>
@@ -41,20 +42,42 @@
                      Text="{Binding DefaultFilePath}"
                     HorizontalAlignment="Stretch" Command="{Binding ChangeFilePath}"/>
 
-                <Label Grid.Row="1" Grid.Column="0">Serialize Vecto Run Data</Label>
-                <CheckBox Grid.Row="1" Grid.Column="1" IsChecked="{Binding SerializeVectoRunData}"></CheckBox>
+                <Label Grid.Row="1" Grid.Column="0" DockPanel.Dock="Left">Default Path</Label>
+                <Grid Grid.Row="1" Grid.Column="1" Margin="4" VerticalAlignment="Stretch" Grid.ColumnSpan="3" DockPanel.Dock="Right">
+                    <Grid.RowDefinitions>
+                        <RowDefinition></RowDefinition>
+                    </Grid.RowDefinitions>
+                    <Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
+                        <ColumnDefinition></ColumnDefinition>
+                        <ColumnDefinition Width="30px"></ColumnDefinition>
+                    </Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
+                    <TextBox x:Name="textBox" VerticalContentAlignment="Center" Padding="4" Margin = "0 0 0 0" IsReadOnly="false" 
+                             Text="{Binding DefaultOutputPath}" HorizontalAlignment="Stretch" TextWrapping="Wrap"
+                             Style="{DynamicResource TextBoxStyle1}"/>
+                    <Button x:Name="button" Padding="4" Margin="4 0 0 0" Grid.Column="1" ContentTemplate="{DynamicResource AddDocumentIcon}"
+                            Command="{Binding ChangeOutputPath}" Style="{DynamicResource FilePickerButtonStyle}">
+
+                    </Button>
+                </Grid>
+                <!--<customControls:FilePicker Grid.Row="1" Grid.Column="1" Grid.ColumnSpan="3" DockPanel.Dock="Right"
+                                           Text="{Binding DefaultOutputPath}"
+                                           HorizontalAlignment="Stretch" Command="{Binding ChangeOutputPath}"/>-->
+
+
+                <Label Grid.Row="2" Grid.Column="0">Serialize Vecto Run Data</Label>
+                <CheckBox Grid.Row="2" Grid.Column="1" IsChecked="{Binding SerializeVectoRunData}"></CheckBox>
 
-                <Label Grid.Row="1" Grid.Column="2">Write Modal Results</Label>
-                <CheckBox Grid.Row="1" Grid.Column="3" IsChecked="{Binding WriteModalResults}"></CheckBox>
+                <Label Grid.Row="3" Grid.Column="2">Write Modal Results</Label>
+                <CheckBox Grid.Row="3" Grid.Column="3" IsChecked="{Binding WriteModalResults}"></CheckBox>
 
-                <Label Grid.Row="2" Grid.Column="0">Validate</Label>
-                <CheckBox Grid.Row="2" Grid.Column="1" IsChecked="{Binding Validate}"></CheckBox>
+                <Label Grid.Row="3" Grid.Column="0">Validate</Label>
+                <CheckBox Grid.Row="3" Grid.Column="1" IsChecked="{Binding Validate}"></CheckBox>
 
-                <Label Grid.Row="2" Grid.Column="2">Actual Modal Data</Label>
-                <CheckBox Grid.Row="2" Grid.Column="3" IsChecked="{Binding ActualModalData}"></CheckBox>
+                <Label Grid.Row="4" Grid.Column="2">Actual Modal Data</Label>
+                <CheckBox Grid.Row="4" Grid.Column="3" IsChecked="{Binding ActualModalData}"></CheckBox>
 
-                <Label Grid.Row="3" Grid.Column="0">ModalResults1Hz</Label>
-                <CheckBox Grid.Row="3" Grid.Column="1" IsChecked="{Binding ModalResults1Hz}"></CheckBox>
+                <Label Grid.Row="4" Grid.Column="0">ModalResults1Hz</Label>
+                <CheckBox Grid.Row="4" Grid.Column="1" IsChecked="{Binding ModalResults1Hz}"></CheckBox>
             </Grid>
             <!--<DockPanel DockPanel.Dock="Bottom" LastChildFill="False">
                 <Button DockPanel.Dock="Right"