diff --git a/bin/qasim-gui.rb b/bin/qasim-gui.rb
index 3c41814..4b5cb32 100755
--- a/bin/qasim-gui.rb
+++ b/bin/qasim-gui.rb
@@ -154,13 +154,16 @@ module Qasim
 			act_pref = Qt::Action.new _('&Preferences'), @context_menu
 			act_pref.setIcon(  Qt::Icon::fromTheme("configure") ) rescue nil
 			act_pref.setIconVisibleInMenu true
-			act_pref.setEnabled false
+			#act_pref.setEnabled true
+			act_pref.connect(SIGNAL(:triggered)) do 
+				res = @pref_dialog.show
+			end
 			@context_menu.addAction act_pref;
 
 			act_about = Qt::Action.new '&About', @context_menu
 			act_about.setIcon( Qt::Icon::fromTheme("help-about") ) rescue nil
 			act_about.setIconVisibleInMenu true
-			act_about.setEnabled true
+			#act_about.setEnabled true
 			act_about.connect(SIGNAL(:triggered)) do 
 				res = @about_dialog.show
 			end
@@ -189,6 +192,7 @@ module Qasim
 			@main_win = Qt::MainWindow.new
 			@systray  = Qt::SystemTrayIcon.new @main_win
 			@about_dialog = Qasim::Ui::About.new @main_win
+			@pref_dialog = Qasim::Ui::Preferences.new @main_win
 
 			std_icon = Qt::Icon.new( ":/qasim/qasim-icon" )
 			alt_icon = Qt::Icon.new
diff --git a/lib/qasim/ui.rb b/lib/qasim/ui.rb
index e0e110e..b431223 100644
--- a/lib/qasim/ui.rb
+++ b/lib/qasim/ui.rb
@@ -2,5 +2,6 @@
 require 'qasim/constants'
 
 module Qasim ; module Ui
-	autoload :About, 	'qasim/ui/about'
+	autoload :About, 		'qasim/ui/about'
+	autoload :Preferences, 	'qasim/ui/preferences'
 end ; end
diff --git a/lib/qasim/ui/preferences.rb b/lib/qasim/ui/preferences.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..46e075a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/qasim/ui/preferences.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+
+require 'qasim/ui/preferences_ui'
+
+module Qasim ; module Ui
+	class Preferences < Qt::Dialog
+		def initialize(parent = nil)
+			super
+			@ui = Ui_Preferences.new                                                                                                    
+			@ui.setup_ui(self)
+		end
+	end
+end ; end
diff --git a/lib/qasim/ui/preferences.ui b/lib/qasim/ui/preferences.ui
index a0c10f3..38dd421 100644
--- a/lib/qasim/ui/preferences.ui
+++ b/lib/qasim/ui/preferences.ui
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <ui version="4.0">
- <class>MapDialog</class>
+ <class>Preferences</class>
  <widget class="QDialog" name="MapDialog">
   <property name="geometry">
    <rect>