diff --git a/angular.html b/angular.html
index 2afa429..5deac33 100644
--- a/angular.html
+++ b/angular.html
@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@
 <!--{{{ add new Download template -->
 <div class="modal hide modal-adduris" modal="getUris.shown">
   <div class="modal-header">
-    <button class="close" ng-click="getUris.shown = false">x</button>
+    <button class="close" ng-click="getUris.close()">x</button>
     <h3>Add Downloads By URIs</h3>
   </div>
   <form class="modal-body">
@@ -337,8 +337,8 @@ http://ex1.com/f2.mp4 http://ex2.com/f2.mp4
     </fieldset>
   </form>
   <div class="modal-footer">
-    <button class="btn" ng-click="getUris.shown = false">Cancel</button>
-    <button class="btn btn-primary" ng-click="getUris.finish()">Start</button>
+    <button class="btn" ng-click="getUris.close()">Cancel</button>
+    <button class="btn btn-primary" ng-click="getUris.success()">Start</button>
   </div>
 </div>
 <!-- }}} -->
@@ -346,7 +346,7 @@ http://ex1.com/f2.mp4 http://ex2.com/f2.mp4
 <!-- {{{ add new torrent -->
 <div class="modal hide" modal="getTorrents.shown">
   <div class="modal-header">
-    <button class="close" ng-click="getTorrents.shown = false">x</button>
+    <button class="close" ng-click="getTorrents.close()">x</button>
     <h3>Add Downloads By Torrents</h3>
   </div>
   <form class="modal-body">
@@ -363,8 +363,8 @@ http://ex1.com/f2.mp4 http://ex2.com/f2.mp4
     </fieldset>
   </form>
   <div class="modal-footer">
-    <button class="btn" ng-click="getTorrents.shown = false">Cancel</button>
-    <button class="btn btn-primary" ng-click="getTorrents.finish()">Start</button>
+    <button class="btn" ng-click="getTorrents.close()">Cancel</button>
+    <button class="btn btn-primary" ng-click="getTorrents.success()">Start</button>
   </div>
 </div
 <!-- }}} -->
@@ -372,7 +372,7 @@ http://ex1.com/f2.mp4 http://ex2.com/f2.mp4
 <!-- {{{ add new metalink -->
 <div class="modal hide" modal="getMetalinks.shown">
   <div class="modal-header">
-    <button class="close" ng-click="getMetalinks.shown = false">x</button>
+    <button class="close" ng-click="getMetalinks.close()">x</button>
     <h3>Add Downloads By Metalinks</h3>
   </div>
   <form class="modal-body">
@@ -387,8 +387,8 @@ http://ex1.com/f2.mp4 http://ex2.com/f2.mp4
     </fieldset>
   </form>
   <div class="modal-footer">
-    <button class="btn" ng-click="getMetalinks.shown = false">Cancel</button>
-    <button class="btn btn-primary" ng-click="getMetalinks.finish()">Start</button>
+    <button class="btn" ng-click="getMetalinks.close()">Cancel</button>
+    <button class="btn btn-primary" ng-click="getMetalinks.success()">Start</button>
   </div>
 </div
 <!-- }}} -->
@@ -396,7 +396,7 @@ http://ex1.com/f2.mp4 http://ex2.com/f2.mp4
 <!-- {{{ global settings -->
 <div class="modal hide" modal="globalSettings.shown">
   <div class="modal-header">
-    <button class="close" ng-click="globalSettings.shown = false">x</button>
+    <button class="close" ng-click="globalSettings.close()">x</button>
     <h3>Global Settings</h3>
   </div>
 
@@ -404,16 +404,14 @@ http://ex1.com/f2.mp4 http://ex2.com/f2.mp4
     <fieldset>
       <legend>Global Settings</legend>
       <div class="control-group">
-        <div ng-repeat="(name, val) in globalSettings.settings">
+        <div ng-repeat="(name, set) in globalSettings.settings">
           <label class="control-label">{{name}}</label>
 
           <div class="controls">
-            <select ng-show="val.options.length">
-              <option ng-repeat="opt in val.options" value="{{opt}}">{{opt}}</option>
+            <select ng-show="set.options.length" ng-options="opt for opt in set.options" ng-model="set.val">
             </select>
-            <input ng-show="!val.options.length" typ="text" class="input-xlarge" placeholder="{{val.val}}"/>
-
-            <p class="help-block">{{val.desc}}</p>
+            <input ng-show="!set.options.length" typ="text" class="input-xlarge" ng-model="set.val"/>
+            <p class="help-block">{{set.desc}}</p>
           </div>
           <br><br>
         </div>
@@ -422,8 +420,8 @@ http://ex1.com/f2.mp4 http://ex2.com/f2.mp4
   </form>
 
   <div class="modal-footer">
-    <button class="btn" ng-click="globalSettings.shown = false">Cancel</button>
-    <button class="btn btn-primary">Save</button>
+    <button class="btn" ng-click="globalSettings.close()">Cancel</button>
+    <button class="btn btn-success" ng-click="globalSettings.success()">Save</button>
   </div>
 </div
 <!-- }}} -->
diff --git a/js/ctrls/modal.js b/js/ctrls/modal.js
index 2f78941..e91d463 100644
--- a/js/ctrls/modal.js
+++ b/js/ctrls/modal.js
@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@ angular
   'webui.services.settings'
 ])
 .controller('ModalCtrl', [
-  '$_', '$scope', '$rpc', '$modals', '$settings',
-  function(_, scope, rpc, modals, settings) {
+  '$_', '$scope', '$rpc', '$modals',
+  function(_, scope, rpc, modals) {
 
   scope.getUris = {
     shown: false,
@@ -45,14 +45,18 @@ angular
         .filter(function(d) { return d.length })
         .value();
     },
-    finish: function() {
+    success: function() {
       var uris = this.parse();
       this.uris = '';
 
       if (this.cb) this.cb(uris);
 
+      this.close();
+
+    },
+    close: function() {
+      this.shown = this.open = false;
       this.cb = null;
-      this.shown = false;
     }
   };
 
@@ -62,16 +66,19 @@ angular
       init: function(cb) { this.shown = true; this.cb = cb },
 
       files: [],
-      finish: function() {
+      success: function() {
         var self = this;
         console.log('parsing files');
         parseFiles(self.files, function(txts) {
           console.log('calling cb', this.cb);
           if (self.cb) self.cb(txts);
 
-          self.cb = null;
-          self.shown = false;
+          self.close();
         });
+      },
+      close: function() {
+        this.cb = null;
+        this.shown = false;
       }
     };
   });
@@ -79,26 +86,18 @@ angular
   scope.globalSettings = {
     shown: false,
     settings: [],
-    init: function(cb) {
-      var self = this;
-      self.cb = cb;
-
-      rpc.once('getGlobalOption', [], function(data) {
-        var vals = data[0];
-        for (var i in vals) {
-          if (!(i in data)) {
-            data.push({ name: i, val: vals[i], desc: '' });
-          }
-          else data[i].val = vals[i];
-        }
-        console.log(vals);
-        self.shown = true;
-      });
-
-      self.settings = settings;
+    init: function(settings, cb) {
+      this.cb = cb;
+      this.settings = settings;
+      this.shown = true;
     },
-    finish: function() {
-
+    success: function() {
+      if (this.cb) this.cb(this.settings);
+      this.close();
+    },
+    close: function() {
+      this.cb = null;
+      this.shown = this.open = false;
     }
   };
 
@@ -107,14 +106,13 @@ angular
     'globalSettings'
   ], function(name) {
     modals.register(name, function(cb) {
-      if (scope[name].open) {
+      if (scope[name].open && scope[name].cb) {
         // modal already shown, user is busy
         // TODO: get a better method of passing this info
         cb([]);
       }
       else {
         var args = Array.prototype.slice.call(arguments, 0);
-        console.log('setting cb for ', name, cb);
         scope[name].open = true;
         scope[name].init.apply(scope[name], args);
       };
diff --git a/js/ctrls/nav.js b/js/ctrls/nav.js
index 36b38c6..ebe67f2 100644
--- a/js/ctrls/nav.js
+++ b/js/ctrls/nav.js
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 angular
 .module('webui.ctrls.nav', [
   'webui.services.constants', 'webui.services.modals',
-  'webui.services.rpc.helpers'
+  'webui.services.rpc', 'webui.services.rpc.helpers',
+  'webui.services.settings'
 ])
 .controller('NavCtrl', [
-  '$scope', '$name', '$modals', '$rpchelpers',
-  function(scope, name, modals, rhelpers) {
+  '$scope', '$name', '$modals', '$rpc', '$rpchelpers', '$settings',
+  function(scope, name, modals, rpc, rhelpers, settings) {
 
   scope.name = name;
 
@@ -37,8 +38,23 @@ angular
   };
 
   scope.changeGSettings = function() {
-    modals.invoke('globalSettings', function() {
-      alert('closing dialog');
+    rpc.once('getGlobalOption', [], function(data) {
+      var vals = data[0];
+      for (var i in vals) {
+        if (!(i in settings)) {
+          settings[i] = { name: i, val: vals[i], desc: '' };
+        }
+        else {
+          settings[i].val = vals[i];
+        }
+      }
+
+      modals.invoke('globalSettings', settings, function(settings) {
+        var sets = {};
+        for (var i in settings) { sets[i] = settings[i].val };
+
+        rpc.once('changeGlobalOption', [sets]);
+      });
     });
   };
 
diff --git a/js/services/settings/settings.js b/js/services/settings/settings.js
index 4f30525..1c464a0 100644
--- a/js/services/settings/settings.js
+++ b/js/services/settings/settings.js
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ angular.module('webui.services.settings', [])
   },
 
   "bt-prioritize-piece": {
-    val: '1M',
+    val: '',
     desc: "Try to download first and last pieces of each file first. This is useful for previewing files. The argument can contain 2 keywords: head and tail. To include both keywords, they must be separated by comma. These keywords can take one parameter, SIZE. For example, if head=<SIZE> is specified, pieces in the range of first SIZE bytes of each file get higher priority. tail=<SIZE> means the range of last SIZE bytes of each file. SIZE can include K or M (1K = 1024, 1M = 1024K). If SIZE is omitted, SIZE=1M is used."
   },