@@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ var buttonsClass = {

             if (a) return;

             me.device.buttons.ValidateTMRREF();

             var settings_file = getprop('/sim/fg-home') ~'/aircraft-data/zkv1000.xml';

-            if (io.stat(settings_file) != nil)

+            if (zkv.getNode('_save') == nil and io.stat(settings_file) != nil)

                 fgcommand('loadxml', props.Node.new({ filename: settings_file, targetnode: zkv.getNode('_save', 1).getPath() }));

             props.copy(zkv.getNode('save'), zkv.getNode('_save/' ~ getprop('/sim/aircraft'), 1), 1);

         }