diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index c6f44e850..597eb6e1b 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 2008-08-22	Tobias Doerffel	<tobydox/at/users/dot/sourceforge/dot/net>
 
+	* include/instrument_track.h:
+	* src/gui/file_browser.cpp:
+	* src/tracks/instrument_track.cpp:
+	fixed loading presets when dragging them onto existing
+	instrument-track-window (finally closes #2025902)
+
 	* src/gui/piano_roll.cpp:
 	fixed moving selected notes (closes #2039248, #2039254, #2043463)
 
diff --git a/include/instrument_track.h b/include/instrument_track.h
index 6817310bb..73f58cc2b 100644
--- a/include/instrument_track.h
+++ b/include/instrument_track.h
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ class instrumentTrackWindow;
 class instrumentMidiIOView;
 class lcdSpinBox;
 class midiPortMenu;
+class multimediaProject;
 class notePlayHandle;
 class pluginView;
 class presetPreviewPlayHandle;
@@ -153,6 +154,9 @@ public:
 
 	virtual QString displayName( void ) const;
 
+	// simple helper for removing midiport-XML-node when loading presets
+	static void removeMidiPortNode( multimediaProject & _mmp );
+
 
 signals:
 	void instrumentChanged( void );
diff --git a/src/gui/file_browser.cpp b/src/gui/file_browser.cpp
index 5d1720999..9c5ecc8b3 100644
--- a/src/gui/file_browser.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/file_browser.cpp
@@ -48,15 +48,6 @@
 #include "text_float.h"
 
 
-static inline void removeMidiPortNode( multimediaProject & _mmp )
-{
-	QDomNodeList n = _mmp.elementsByTagName( "midiport" );
-	n.item( 0 ).parentNode().removeChild( n.item( 0 ) );
-}
-
-
-
-
 fileBrowser::fileBrowser( const QString & _directories, const QString & _filter,
 			const QString & _title, const QPixmap & _pm,
 							QWidget * _parent ) :
@@ -243,7 +234,7 @@ void listView::activateListItem( QTreeWidgetItem * _item, int _column )
 	{
 		// presets are per default opened in bb-editor
 		multimediaProject mmp( f->fullName() );
-		removeMidiPortNode( mmp );
+		instrumentTrack::removeMidiPortNode( mmp );
 
 		engine::getMixer()->lock();
 		instrumentTrack * it = dynamic_cast<instrumentTrack *>(
@@ -309,7 +300,7 @@ void listView::sendToActiveInstrumentTrack( void )
 			{
 				multimediaProject mmp(
 						m_contextMenuItem->fullName() );
-				removeMidiPortNode( mmp );
+				instrumentTrack::removeMidiPortNode( mmp );
 				itw->model()->setSimpleSerializing();
 				itw->model()->loadSettings(
 						mmp.content().toElement() );
@@ -347,7 +338,7 @@ void listView::openInNewInstrumentTrack( trackContainer * _tc )
 	else if( m_contextMenuItem->type() == fileItem::PresetFile )
 	{
 		multimediaProject mmp( m_contextMenuItem->fullName() );
-		removeMidiPortNode( mmp );
+		instrumentTrack::removeMidiPortNode( mmp );
 		track * t = track::create( track::InstrumentTrack, _tc );
 		instrumentTrack * it = dynamic_cast<instrumentTrack *>( t );
 		if( it != NULL )
diff --git a/src/tracks/instrument_track.cpp b/src/tracks/instrument_track.cpp
index 06c5ddf91..4aaef73c9 100644
--- a/src/tracks/instrument_track.cpp
+++ b/src/tracks/instrument_track.cpp
@@ -442,6 +442,15 @@ QString instrumentTrack::displayName( void ) const
 
 
 
+void instrumentTrack::removeMidiPortNode( multimediaProject & _mmp )
+{
+	QDomNodeList n = _mmp.elementsByTagName( "midiport" );
+	n.item( 0 ).parentNode().removeChild( n.item( 0 ) );
+}
+
+
+
+
 bool instrumentTrack::play( const midiTime & _start,
 					const fpp_t _frames,
 					const f_cnt_t _offset,
@@ -1349,8 +1358,9 @@ void instrumentTrackWindow::dropEvent( QDropEvent * _de )
 	else if( type == "presetfile" )
 	{
 		multimediaProject mmp( value );
-		m_track->loadTrackSpecificSettings( mmp.content().firstChild().
-								toElement() );
+		instrumentTrack::removeMidiPortNode( mmp );
+		m_track->setSimpleSerializing();
+		m_track->loadSettings( mmp.content().toElement() );
 		engine::getSong()->setModified();
 		_de->accept();
 	}