diff --git a/js/ctrls/modal.js b/js/ctrls/modal.js
index 962f552..41349c7 100644
--- a/js/ctrls/modal.js
+++ b/js/ctrls/modal.js
@@ -26,11 +26,11 @@ var parseFiles = function(files, cb) {
 
 angular
 .module('webui.ctrls.modal', [
-  'webui.services.deps', 'webui.services.modals'
+  'webui.services.deps', 'webui.services.modals', 'webui.services.rpc'
 ])
 .controller('ModalCtrl', [
-  '$_', '$scope', '$modals',
-  function(_, scope, modals) {
+  '$_', '$scope', '$modals', '$rpc',
+  function(_, scope, modals, rpc) {
 
   scope.getUris = {
     shown: false,
@@ -95,8 +95,12 @@ angular
     },
 
     init: function(defaults, cb) {
+      var conf = rpc.getConfiguration();
+      if (conf) this.conf = conf;
+
       this.cb = cb;
       this.open = this.shown = true;
+
     },
     success: function() {
       console.log(this);
diff --git a/js/services/rpc/rpc.js b/js/services/rpc/rpc.js
index 52c3638..667303e 100644
--- a/js/services/rpc/rpc.js
+++ b/js/services/rpc/rpc.js
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 angular
 .module('webui.services.rpc', [
-  'webui.services.rpc.syscall', 'webui.services.constants', 'webui.services.alerts'
+  'webui.services.rpc.syscall', 'webui.services.constants', 'webui.services.alerts',
+  'webui.services.utils'
 ])
-.factory('$rpc', ['$syscall', '$globalTimeout', '$alerts',
-function(syscall, time, alerts) {
+.factory('$rpc', ['$syscall', '$globalTimeout', '$alerts', '$utils',
+function(syscall, time, alerts, utils) {
 
   var subscriptions = []
     , configurations = [{ host: 'localhost', port: 6800, encrypt: false }]
@@ -11,6 +12,8 @@ function(syscall, time, alerts) {
     , timeout = null
     , forceNextUpdate = false;
 
+  var cookieConf = utils.getCookie('aria2conf');
+  if (cookieConf) configurations.unshift(cookieConf);
 
   // update is implemented such that
   // only one syscall at max is ongoing
@@ -52,6 +55,8 @@ function(syscall, time, alerts) {
           configurations = [];
         }
 
+        utils.setCookie('aria2conf', currentConf);
+
         _.each(data.result, function(d, i) {
           var handle = subscriptions[i];
           if (handle) {
@@ -80,7 +85,7 @@ function(syscall, time, alerts) {
           timeout = setTimeout(update, 0);
         }
         else {
-          alerts.addAlert('<strong>Oh Snap!</strong> Could not connect to the aria2 server, retrying after ' + time / 1000 + ' secs', 'error');
+          alerts.addAlert('<strong>Oh Snap!</strong> Could not connect to the aria2 server, retrying after ' + time / 1000 + ' secs. You might want to recheck the connection settings for your aria2 server by going to settings > connection settings', 'error');
           timeout = setTimeout(update, time);
         }
       }
@@ -101,7 +106,6 @@ function(syscall, time, alerts) {
         configurations = conf;
       else
         configurations = [conf];
-
     },
 
     // get current configuration being used
diff --git a/js/services/utils.js b/js/services/utils.js
index 2d9d587..b87e900 100644
--- a/js/services/utils.js
+++ b/js/services/utils.js
@@ -1,6 +1,24 @@
 angular.module('webui.services.utils', [])
 .factory('$utils', function() {
   return {
+    // saves the key value pair in cookies
+    setCookie: function(key, value) {
+      var exdate = new Date();
+      exdate.setDate(exdate.getDate() + 30 * 12);
+      var cvalue = escape(JSON.stringify(value)) + "; expires=" + exdate.toUTCString();
+      document.cookie = key + "=" + cvalue;
+    },
+    // gets a value for a key stored in cookies
+    getCookie: function(key) {
+      var chunks = document.cookie.split(";");
+      for (var i = 0; i < chunks.length; i++) {
+        var ckey = chunks[i].substr(0, chunks[i].indexOf("=")).replace(/^\s+|\s+$/g,"");
+        var cvalue = chunks[i].substr(chunks[i].indexOf("=") + 1);
+        if (key == ckey) {
+          return JSON.parse(unescape(cvalue));
+        }
+      }
+    },
     getFileName: function(path) {
       var seed = path.split(/[/\\]/);
       return seed[seed.length - 1];