diff --git a/include/arp_and_chords_tab_widget.h b/include/arp_and_chords_tab_widget.h
index 89d62193a..359ee650e 100644
--- a/include/arp_and_chords_tab_widget.h
+++ b/include/arp_and_chords_tab_widget.h
@@ -69,7 +69,6 @@ class arpAndChordsTabWidget : public QWidget, public journallingObject
 public:
 	enum arpDirections
 	{
-		OFF,
 		UP,
 		DOWN,
 		UP_AND_DOWN,
diff --git a/plugins/flp_import/flp_import.cpp b/plugins/flp_import/flp_import.cpp
index 528e5040c..da3cfc300 100644
--- a/plugins/flp_import/flp_import.cpp
+++ b/plugins/flp_import/flp_import.cpp
@@ -635,7 +635,7 @@ bool flpImport::tryImport( trackContainer * _tc )
 				const arpAndChordsTabWidget::arpDirections
 					mappedArpDir[] =
 				{
-					arpAndChordsTabWidget::OFF,
+					arpAndChordsTabWidget::UP,
 					arpAndChordsTabWidget::UP,
 					arpAndChordsTabWidget::DOWN,
 					arpAndChordsTabWidget::UP_AND_DOWN,
@@ -645,16 +645,14 @@ bool flpImport::tryImport( trackContainer * _tc )
 				const Uint32 * p = (const Uint32 *) text;
 				arpAndChordsTabWidget * actw = it->m_arpWidget;
 				actw->m_arpDirectionBtnGrp->setValue(
-						mappedArpDir[p[10]] - 1 );
+							mappedArpDir[p[10]] );
 				actw->m_arpRangeKnob->setValue( p[11] );
 				actw->m_arpComboBox->setValue( p[12] );
 				actw->m_arpTimeKnob->setValue( p[13] / 8.0f );
 							////	100.0f );
 				actw->m_arpGateKnob->setValue( p[14] * 100.0f /
 									48.0f );
-				actw->m_arpGroupBox->setState(
-					mappedArpDir[p[10]] !=
-						arpAndChordsTabWidget::OFF );
+				actw->m_arpGroupBox->setState( p[10] > 0 );
 				printf( "channel params: " );
 				dump_mem( text, text_len );
 				//printf( "channel params: arpdir: %d  range: %d  time: %d  gate: %d\n", p[10], p[11], p[13], p[14] );
diff --git a/src/core/arp_and_chords_tab_widget.cpp b/src/core/arp_and_chords_tab_widget.cpp
index 31edfff34..1fdb36b50 100644
--- a/src/core/arp_and_chords_tab_widget.cpp
+++ b/src/core/arp_and_chords_tab_widget.cpp
@@ -386,7 +386,7 @@ arpAndChordsTabWidget::arpAndChordsTabWidget(
 	m_arpDirectionBtnGrp->addButton( arp_up_and_down_btn );
 	m_arpDirectionBtnGrp->addButton( arp_random_btn );
 
-	m_arpDirectionBtnGrp->setInitValue( UP - 1 );
+	m_arpDirectionBtnGrp->setInitValue( UP );
 
 
 	QLabel * mode_lbl = new QLabel( tr( "Mode:" ), m_arpGroupBox );
@@ -479,7 +479,6 @@ void arpAndChordsTabWidget::processNote( notePlayHandle * _n )
 	// now follows code for arpeggio
 
 	if( _n->baseNote() == FALSE ||
-		( m_arpDirectionBtnGrp->value() + 1) == OFF ||
 			!m_arpGroupBox->isActive() ||
 			( _n->released() && _n->releaseFramesDone() >=
 					_n->actualReleaseFramesToDo() ) )
@@ -553,8 +552,7 @@ void arpAndChordsTabWidget::processNote( notePlayHandle * _n )
 			continue;
 		}
 
-		arpDirections dir = static_cast<arpDirections>(
-					m_arpDirectionBtnGrp->value() + 1 );
+		const int dir = m_arpDirectionBtnGrp->value();
 		// process according to arpeggio-direction...
 		if( dir == UP )
 		{
@@ -678,7 +676,7 @@ void arpAndChordsTabWidget::loadSettings( const QDomElement & _this )
 	m_arpGateKnob->loadSettings( _this, "arpgate" );
 	m_arpDirectionBtnGrp->loadSettings( _this, "arpdir" );
 
-	// Keep compatibility with version 2.1 file format
+	// Keep compatibility with version 0.2.1 file format
 	if( _this.hasAttribute( "arpsyncmode" ) )
 	{
 	 	m_arpTimeKnob->setSyncMode( 
diff --git a/src/lib/mmp.cpp b/src/lib/mmp.cpp
index 7ccadfa34..1e6086445 100644
--- a/src/lib/mmp.cpp
+++ b/src/lib/mmp.cpp
@@ -533,6 +533,12 @@ void multimediaProject::upgrade( void )
 					!el.attribute( "arpdisabled" )
 								.toInt() );
 			}
+			else if( !el.hasAttribute( "chord-enabled" ) )
+			{
+				el.setAttribute( "chord-enabled", TRUE );
+				el.setAttribute( "arp-enabled",
+						el.attribute( "arpdir" ).toInt() != 0 );
+			}
 		}
 
 		list = elementsByTagName( "channeltrack" );
@@ -572,6 +578,26 @@ void multimediaProject::upgrade( void )
 			}
 		}
 	}
+
+
+	if( version < "0.3.0-rc2" )
+	{
+		QDomNodeList list = elementsByTagName( "arpandchords" );
+		for( int i = 0; !list.item( i ).isNull(); ++i )
+		{
+			QDomElement el = list.item( i ).toElement();
+			if( el.attribute( "arpdir" ).toInt() > 0 )
+			{
+				el.setAttribute( "arpdir",
+					el.attribute( "arpdir" ).toInt() - 1 );
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	if( !m_head.hasAttribute( "mastervol" ) )
+	{
+		m_head.setAttribute( "mastervol", 100 );
+	}
 }