diff --git a/components/__base__.py b/components/__base__.py
index 252ad03..05d5cb6 100644
--- a/components/__base__.py
+++ b/components/__base__.py
@@ -5,18 +5,21 @@ class Component:
         return self.__doc__
 
     def version(self):
+        # change this number to identify new versions of a component
         return 1
         
     def preFrameRender(self, **kwargs):
-        for kwarg, value in kwargs.items():
-            exec('self.%s = value' % kwarg)
+        for item in kwargs.items():
+            exec('self.%s = %s' % item)
 
     def pickColor(self):
         color = QtGui.QColorDialog.getColor()
         if color.isValid():
-           RGBstring = '%s,%s,%s' % (str(color.red()), str(color.green()), str(color.blue()))
-           btnStyle = "QPushButton { background-color : %s; outline: none; }" % color.name()
-        return RGBstring, btnStyle
+            RGBstring = '%s,%s,%s' % (str(color.red()), str(color.green()), str(color.blue()))
+            btnStyle = "QPushButton { background-color : %s; outline: none; }" % color.name()
+            return RGBstring, btnStyle
+        else:
+            return None, None
 
     def RGBFromString(self, string):
        ''' turns an RGB string like "255, 255, 255" into a tuple '''
@@ -58,7 +61,9 @@ class Component:
         image = Image.new("RGBA", (width, height), (0,0,0,0))
         return image
 
-    def version(self):
-        # change this number to identify new versions of your component
-        return 1
+    def loadPreset(self, presetDict):
+        # update widgets using a preset dict
+        
+    def savePreset(self):
+        return {}
     '''
diff --git a/components/original.py b/components/original.py
index 40f51eb..bebfdf2 100644
--- a/components/original.py
+++ b/components/original.py
@@ -32,12 +32,15 @@ class Component(__base__.Component):
         self.visColor = self.RGBFromString(self.page.lineEdit_visColor.text())
         self.parent.drawPreview()
 
-    def loadPreset(self, presetDict):
-        self.preFrameRender(**presetDict)
+    def loadPreset(self, pr):
+        self.page.lineEdit_visColor.setText('%s,%s,%s' % pr['visColor'])
+        btnStyle = "QPushButton { background-color : %s; outline: none; }" % QColor(*pr['visColor']).name()
+        self.page.pushButton_visColor.setStyleSheet(btnStyle)
+        self.page.comboBox_visLayout.setCurrentIndex(pr['layout'])
         
     def savePreset(self):
-        return { 'layout' : self.page.comboBox_visLayout.currentIndex(),
-                  'visColor' : self.page.lineEdit_visColor.text(),
+        return { 'layout' : self.layout,
+                  'visColor' : self.visColor,
                 }
 
     def previewRender(self, previewWorker):
@@ -61,6 +64,8 @@ class Component(__base__.Component):
 
     def pickColor(self):
         RGBstring, btnStyle = super().pickColor()
+        if not RGBstring:
+            return
         self.page.lineEdit_visColor.setText(RGBstring)
         self.page.pushButton_visColor.setStyleSheet(btnStyle)
 
diff --git a/components/text.py b/components/text.py
index c9359f2..23e65eb 100644
--- a/components/text.py
+++ b/components/text.py
@@ -53,9 +53,6 @@ class Component(__base__.Component):
         self.page = page
         return page
 
-    def version(self):
-        return 1
-
     def update(self):
         self.title = self.page.lineEdit_title.text()
         self.alignment = self.page.comboBox_textAlign.currentIndex()
@@ -71,11 +68,27 @@ class Component(__base__.Component):
            self.xPosition = self.xPosition - fm.width(self.title)/2
         if self.alignment == 2:      #Right
            self.xPosition = self.xPosition - fm.width(self.title)
-        
         self.parent.drawPreview()
+
+    def loadPreset(self, pr):
+        self.page.lineEdit_title.setText(pr['title'])
+        self.page.spinBox_fontSize.setValue(pr['fontSize'])
+        self.page.spinBox_xTextAlign.setValue(pr['xPosition'])
+        self.page.spinBox_yTextAlign.setValue(pr['yPosition'])
+        self.page.comboBox_textAlign.setCurrentIndex(pr['alignment'])
+        self.page.lineEdit_textColor.setText('%s,%s,%s' % pr['textColor'])
+        btnStyle = "QPushButton { background-color : %s; outline: none; }" % QColor(*pr['textColor']).name()
+        self.page.pushButton_textColor.setStyleSheet(btnStyle)
         
     def savePreset(self):
-        return {}
+        return {
+                'title' : self.title,
+                'alignment' : self.alignment,
+                'fontSize' : self.fontSize,
+                'xPosition' : self.xPosition,
+                'yPosition' : self.yPosition,
+                'textColor' : self.textColor
+                }
 
     def previewRender(self, previewWorker):
         width = int(previewWorker.core.settings.value('outputWidth'))
@@ -117,5 +130,7 @@ class Component(__base__.Component):
 
     def pickColor(self):
         RGBstring, btnStyle = super().pickColor()
+        if not RGBstring:
+            return
         self.page.lineEdit_textColor.setText(RGBstring)
         self.page.pushButton_textColor.setStyleSheet(btnStyle)
diff --git a/main.py b/main.py
index 77b56c3..2dbefe7 100644
--- a/main.py
+++ b/main.py
@@ -400,9 +400,8 @@ class Main(QtCore.QObject):
         for line in f:
             saveValueStore = eval(line.strip())
             break
-    print(saveValueStore)
-    
-
+    self.selectedComponents[index].loadPreset(saveValueStore)
+    self.drawPreview()
 
 def LoadDefaultSettings(self):
   self.resolutions = [