diff --git a/include/knob.h b/include/knob.h
index 247836a24..ca7be5a4d 100644
--- a/include/knob.h
+++ b/include/knob.h
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ private slots:
 	virtual void enterValue();
 	void displayHelp();
 	void friendlyUpdate();
-
+	void toggleScale();
 
 private:
 	QString displayValue() const;
diff --git a/src/core/AutomatableModel.cpp b/src/core/AutomatableModel.cpp
index f2721a50a..ed390d14c 100644
--- a/src/core/AutomatableModel.cpp
+++ b/src/core/AutomatableModel.cpp
@@ -87,8 +87,6 @@ bool AutomatableModel::isAutomated() const
 
 void AutomatableModel::saveSettings( QDomDocument& doc, QDomElement& element, const QString& name )
 {
-	bool automatedOrControlled = false;
-
 	if( isAutomated() )
 	{
 		// automation needs tuple of data (name, id, value)
@@ -97,8 +95,6 @@ void AutomatableModel::saveSettings( QDomDocument& doc, QDomElement& element, co
 		me.setAttribute( "id", id() );
 		me.setAttribute( "value", m_value );
 		element.appendChild( me );
-
-		automatedOrControlled = true;
 	}
 	else
 	{
@@ -126,16 +122,15 @@ void AutomatableModel::saveSettings( QDomDocument& doc, QDomElement& element, co
 		m_controllerConnection->saveSettings( doc, element );
 
 		controllerElement.appendChild( element );
-
-		automatedOrControlled = true;
 	}
 
-	if( automatedOrControlled && ( m_scaleType != Linear ) )
-	{	// note: if we have more scale types than two, make
-		// a mapper function enums <-> string
-		if(m_scaleType == Logarithmic) {
-			element.setAttribute( "scale_type", "log" );
-		}
+	if( m_scaleType == Logarithmic ) 
+	{
+		element.setAttribute( "scale_type", "log" );
+	}
+	if( m_scaleType == Linear ) 
+	{
+		element.setAttribute( "scale_type", "linear" );
 	}
 }
 
@@ -148,7 +143,13 @@ void AutomatableModel::loadSettings( const QDomElement& element, const QString&
 	if( element.hasAttribute("scale_type") ) // wrong in most cases
 	{
 		if( element.attribute("scale_type") == "log" )
-		 setScaleType( Logarithmic );
+		{
+			setScaleType( Logarithmic );
+		}
+		if( element.attribute("scale_type") == "linear" )
+		{
+			setScaleType( Linear );
+		}
 	}
 	else {
 		setScaleType( Linear );
diff --git a/src/gui/widgets/knob.cpp b/src/gui/widgets/knob.cpp
index 33987b263..70e4dbec1 100644
--- a/src/gui/widgets/knob.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/widgets/knob.cpp
@@ -483,12 +483,20 @@ void knob::contextMenuEvent( QContextMenuEvent * )
 
 	captionMenu contextMenu( model()->displayName(), this );
 	addDefaultActions( &contextMenu );
+	contextMenu.addAction( QPixmap(), 
+		model()->isScaleLogarithmic() ? tr( "Set linear" ) : tr( "Set logarithmic" ),
+		this, SLOT( toggleScale() ) );
 	contextMenu.addSeparator();
 	contextMenu.addHelpAction();
 	contextMenu.exec( QCursor::pos() );
 }
 
 
+void knob::toggleScale()
+{
+	model()->setScaleLogarithmic( ! model()->isScaleLogarithmic() );
+}
+
 
 
 void knob::dragEnterEvent( QDragEnterEvent * _dee )