diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index fedbc461f..e9e3b3956 100644
Binary files a/.gitignore and b/.gitignore differ
diff --git a/src/platform/qt/scripting/ScriptingView.cpp b/src/platform/qt/scripting/ScriptingView.cpp
index 3878b668a..d31a9c738 100644
--- a/src/platform/qt/scripting/ScriptingView.cpp
+++ b/src/platform/qt/scripting/ScriptingView.cpp
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ ScriptingView::ScriptingView(ScriptingController* controller, ConfigController*
 
 	connect(m_ui.buffers->selectionModel(), &QItemSelectionModel::currentChanged, this, &ScriptingView::selectBuffer);
 	connect(m_ui.load, &QAction::triggered, this, &ScriptingView::load);
+	connect(m_ui.loadMostRecent, &QAction::triggered, this, &ScriptingView::loadMostRecent);
 	connect(m_ui.reset, &QAction::triggered, controller, &ScriptingController::reset);
 
 	m_mruFiles = m_config->getMRU(ConfigController::MRU::Script);
@@ -66,6 +67,10 @@ void ScriptingView::load() {
 	}
 }
 
+void ScriptingView::loadMostRecent() {
+	m_controller->loadFile(m_mruFiles.at(0));
+}
+
 void ScriptingView::controllerReset() {
 	selectBuffer(QModelIndex());
 }
@@ -105,7 +110,15 @@ void ScriptingView::updateMRU() {
 	m_ui.mru->clear();
 	for (const auto& fname : m_mruFiles) {
 		m_ui.mru->addAction(fname, [this, fname]() {
-			m_controller->loadFile(fname);
+			if (m_controller->loadFile(fname)) {
+				appendMRU(fname);
+			}
 		});
 	}
+	checkEmptyMRU();
 }
+
+
+void ScriptingView::checkEmptyMRU() {
+	m_ui.loadMostRecent->setEnabled(!m_mruFiles.isEmpty());
+}
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diff --git a/src/platform/qt/scripting/ScriptingView.h b/src/platform/qt/scripting/ScriptingView.h
index 1f90a3f19..a62bd2314 100644
--- a/src/platform/qt/scripting/ScriptingView.h
+++ b/src/platform/qt/scripting/ScriptingView.h
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ public:
 private slots:
 	void submitRepl();
 	void load();
+	void loadMostRecent();
 
 	void controllerReset();
 	void selectBuffer(const QModelIndex& current, const QModelIndex& = QModelIndex());
@@ -31,6 +32,7 @@ private:
 
 	void appendMRU(const QString&);
 	void updateMRU();
+	void checkEmptyMRU();
 
 	Ui::ScriptingView m_ui;
 
diff --git a/src/platform/qt/scripting/ScriptingView.ui b/src/platform/qt/scripting/ScriptingView.ui
index 8b97449b0..4d55a8707 100644
--- a/src/platform/qt/scripting/ScriptingView.ui
+++ b/src/platform/qt/scripting/ScriptingView.ui
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@
     </widget>
     <addaction name="load"/>
     <addaction name="mru"/>
+    <addaction name="loadMostRecent"/>    
     <addaction name="separator"/>
     <addaction name="reset"/>
    </widget>
@@ -108,6 +109,11 @@
    <property name="text">
     <string>Load script...</string>
    </property>
+  </action>
+    <action name="loadMostRecent">
+   <property name="text">
+    <string>&amp;Load most recent</string>
+   </property>
   </action>
   <action name="reset">
    <property name="text">