diff --git a/collects/drscheme/private/main.ss b/collects/drscheme/private/main.ss
index 8b63a80ca6..4db6510fa4 100644
--- a/collects/drscheme/private/main.ss
+++ b/collects/drscheme/private/main.ss
@@ -89,6 +89,8 @@
                                (finder:default-filters)))
 (application:current-app-name (string-constant drscheme))
 
+(preferences:set-default 'drscheme:logger-gui-tab-panel-level 0 (λ (x) (and (exact-integer? x) (<= 0 x 5)))) 
+
 (preferences:set-default 'drscheme:saved-bug-reports 
                          '() 
                          (λ (ll) 
diff --git a/collects/drscheme/private/unit.ss b/collects/drscheme/private/unit.ss
index 3a65ae2abf..37e9bdaf32 100644
--- a/collects/drscheme/private/unit.ss
+++ b/collects/drscheme/private/unit.ss
@@ -1523,7 +1523,9 @@ module browser threading seems wrong.
                             [parent logger-panel]
                             [callback
                              (λ (tp evt)
+                               (preferences:set 'drscheme:logger-gui-tab-panel-level (send logger-gui-tab-panel get-selection))
                                (update-logger-window #f))]))
+                 (send logger-gui-tab-panel set-selection (preferences:get 'drscheme:logger-gui-tab-panel-level))
                  (new-logger-text)
                  (set! logger-gui-canvas 
                        (new editor-canvas% [parent logger-gui-tab-panel] [editor logger-gui-text]))