diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index d63fd70b..d08aa505 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -22,3 +22,6 @@
 [submodule "extern/Nuked-OPL3"]
 	path = extern/Nuked-OPL3
 	url = https://github.com/nukeykt/Nuked-OPL3.git
+[submodule "extern/pfd"]
+	path = extern/pfd
+	url = https://github.com/samhocevar/portable-file-dialogs.git
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index de4eefbc..99f1089b 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -347,6 +347,7 @@ src/gui/font_unifont.cpp
 src/gui/font_icon.cpp
 src/gui/fonts.cpp
 src/gui/debug.cpp
+src/gui/fileDialog.cpp
 
 src/gui/intConst.cpp
 src/gui/guiConst.cpp
diff --git a/extern/pfd b/extern/pfd
new file mode 160000
index 00000000..dea8520d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extern/pfd
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit dea8520de18af09eefdbc18aaf7c24409d18491b
diff --git a/src/gui/fileDialog.cpp b/src/gui/fileDialog.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..54b38739
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/gui/fileDialog.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,109 @@
+#include "fileDialog.h"
+#include "ImGuiFileDialog.h"
+#include "../../extern/pfd/portable-file-dialogs.h"
+
+bool FurnaceGUIFileDialog::openLoad(String header, std::vector<String> filter, String path, double dpiScale) {
+  if (opened) return false;
+  saving=false;
+  curPath=path;
+  if (sysDialog) {
+    dialogO=new pfd::open_file(header,path,filter);
+  } else {
+    String parsedFilter;
+    if (filter.size()&1) return false;
+
+    for (size_t i=0; i<filter.size(); i+=2) {
+      if (i!=0) parsedFilter+=",";
+      parsedFilter+=filter[i]+"{"+filter[i+1]+"}";
+    }
+
+    ImGuiFileDialog::Instance()->DpiScale=dpiScale;
+    ImGuiFileDialog::Instance()->OpenModal("FileDialog",header,parsedFilter.c_str(),path);
+  }
+  return true;
+}
+
+bool FurnaceGUIFileDialog::openSave(String header, std::vector<String> filter, String path, double dpiScale) {
+  curPath=path;
+  if (sysDialog) {
+    // TODO
+  } else {
+    String parsedFilter;
+    ImGuiFileDialog::Instance()->DpiScale=dpiScale;
+    ImGuiFileDialog::Instance()->OpenModal("FileDialog",header,parsedFilter.c_str(),path,1,nullptr,ImGuiFileDialogFlags_ConfirmOverwrite);
+  }
+  return true;
+}
+
+bool FurnaceGUIFileDialog::accepted() {
+  if (sysDialog) {
+    return (fileName!="");
+  } else {
+    return ImGuiFileDialog::Instance()->IsOk();
+  }
+}
+
+void FurnaceGUIFileDialog::close() {
+  if (sysDialog) {
+    if (saving) {
+      if (dialogS!=NULL) {
+        delete dialogS;
+        dialogS=NULL;
+      }
+    } else {
+      if (dialogO!=NULL) {
+        delete dialogO;
+        dialogO=NULL;
+        printf("deleting\n");
+      }
+    }
+  } else {
+    ImGuiFileDialog::Instance()->Close();
+  }
+}
+
+bool FurnaceGUIFileDialog::render(const ImVec2& min, const ImVec2& max) {
+  if (sysDialog) {
+    if (saving) {
+      if (dialogS!=NULL) {
+        if (dialogS->ready(1)) {
+          fileName=dialogS->result();
+          printf("returning %s\n",fileName.c_str());
+          return true;
+        }
+      }
+    } else {
+      if (dialogO!=NULL) {
+        if (dialogO->ready(1)) {
+          if (dialogO->result().empty()) {
+            fileName="";
+            printf("returning nothing\n");
+          } else {
+            fileName=dialogO->result()[0];
+            printf("returning %s\n",fileName.c_str());
+          }
+          return true;
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    return false;
+  } else {
+    return ImGuiFileDialog::Instance()->Display("FileDialog",ImGuiWindowFlags_NoCollapse|ImGuiWindowFlags_NoMove,min,max);
+  }
+}
+
+String FurnaceGUIFileDialog::getPath() {
+  if (sysDialog) {
+    return curPath;
+  } else {
+    return ImGuiFileDialog::Instance()->GetCurrentPath();
+  }
+}
+
+String FurnaceGUIFileDialog::getFileName() {
+  if (sysDialog) {
+    return fileName;
+  } else {
+    return ImGuiFileDialog::Instance()->GetFilePathName();
+  }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/gui/fileDialog.h b/src/gui/fileDialog.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..057bef1f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/gui/fileDialog.h
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+#include "../ta-utils.h"
+#include "imgui.h"
+
+namespace pfd {
+  class open_file;
+  class save_file;
+}
+
+class FurnaceGUIFileDialog {
+  bool sysDialog;
+  bool opened;
+  bool saving;
+  String curPath;
+  String fileName;
+  pfd::open_file* dialogO;
+  pfd::save_file* dialogS;
+  public:
+    bool openLoad(String header, std::vector<String> filter, String path, double dpiScale);
+    bool openSave(String header, std::vector<String> filter, String path, double dpiScale);
+    bool accepted();
+    void close();
+    bool render(const ImVec2& min, const ImVec2& max);
+    String getPath();
+    String getFileName();
+    FurnaceGUIFileDialog(bool system):
+      sysDialog(system),
+      opened(false),
+      saving(false),
+      dialogO(NULL),
+      dialogS(NULL) {}
+};
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/gui/gui.cpp b/src/gui/gui.cpp
index eff4cd2e..fe53b911 100644
--- a/src/gui/gui.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/gui.cpp
@@ -4585,11 +4585,11 @@ bool dirExists(String what) {
 }
 
 void FurnaceGUI::openFileDialog(FurnaceGUIFileDialogs type) {
-  ImGuiFileDialog::Instance()->DpiScale=dpiScale;
   switch (type) {
     case GUI_FILE_OPEN:
       if (!dirExists(workingDirSong)) workingDirSong=getHomeDir();
-      ImGuiFileDialog::Instance()->OpenModal("FileDialog","Open File","compatible files{.fur,.dmf},.*",workingDirSong);
+      fileDialog->openLoad("Open File",{"compatible files", ".fur,.dmf", "all files", ".*"},workingDirSong,dpiScale);
+      //ImGuiFileDialog::Instance()->OpenModal("FileDialog","Open File","compatible files{.fur,.dmf},.*",workingDirSong);
       break;
     case GUI_FILE_SAVE:
       if (!dirExists(workingDirSong)) workingDirSong=getHomeDir();
@@ -5942,42 +5942,42 @@ bool FurnaceGUI::loop() {
       if (patternOpen) nextWindow=GUI_WINDOW_PATTERN;
     }
 
-    if (ImGuiFileDialog::Instance()->Display("FileDialog",ImGuiWindowFlags_NoCollapse|ImGuiWindowFlags_NoMove,ImVec2(600.0f*dpiScale,400.0f*dpiScale),ImVec2(scrW*dpiScale,scrH*dpiScale))) {
+    if (fileDialog->render(ImVec2(600.0f*dpiScale,400.0f*dpiScale),ImVec2(scrW*dpiScale,scrH*dpiScale))) {
       //ImGui::GetIO().ConfigFlags&=~ImGuiConfigFlags_NavEnableKeyboard;
       switch (curFileDialog) {
         case GUI_FILE_OPEN:
         case GUI_FILE_SAVE:
         case GUI_FILE_SAVE_DMF_LEGACY:
-          workingDirSong=ImGuiFileDialog::Instance()->GetCurrentPath()+DIR_SEPARATOR_STR;
+          workingDirSong=fileDialog->getPath()+DIR_SEPARATOR_STR;
           break;
         case GUI_FILE_INS_OPEN:
         case GUI_FILE_INS_SAVE:
-          workingDirIns=ImGuiFileDialog::Instance()->GetCurrentPath()+DIR_SEPARATOR_STR;
+          workingDirIns=fileDialog->getPath()+DIR_SEPARATOR_STR;
           break;
         case GUI_FILE_WAVE_OPEN:
         case GUI_FILE_WAVE_SAVE:
-          workingDirWave=ImGuiFileDialog::Instance()->GetCurrentPath()+DIR_SEPARATOR_STR;
+          workingDirWave=fileDialog->getPath()+DIR_SEPARATOR_STR;
           break;
         case GUI_FILE_SAMPLE_OPEN:
         case GUI_FILE_SAMPLE_SAVE:
-          workingDirSample=ImGuiFileDialog::Instance()->GetCurrentPath()+DIR_SEPARATOR_STR;
+          workingDirSample=fileDialog->getPath()+DIR_SEPARATOR_STR;
           break;
         case GUI_FILE_EXPORT_AUDIO_ONE:
         case GUI_FILE_EXPORT_AUDIO_PER_SYS:
         case GUI_FILE_EXPORT_AUDIO_PER_CHANNEL:
-          workingDirAudioExport=ImGuiFileDialog::Instance()->GetCurrentPath()+DIR_SEPARATOR_STR;
+          workingDirAudioExport=fileDialog->getPath()+DIR_SEPARATOR_STR;
           break;
         case GUI_FILE_EXPORT_VGM:
         case GUI_FILE_EXPORT_ROM:
-          workingDirVGMExport=ImGuiFileDialog::Instance()->GetCurrentPath()+DIR_SEPARATOR_STR;
+          workingDirVGMExport=fileDialog->getPath()+DIR_SEPARATOR_STR;
           break;
         case GUI_FILE_LOAD_MAIN_FONT:
         case GUI_FILE_LOAD_PAT_FONT:
-          workingDirFont=ImGuiFileDialog::Instance()->GetCurrentPath()+DIR_SEPARATOR_STR;
+          workingDirFont=fileDialog->getPath()+DIR_SEPARATOR_STR;
           break;
       }
-      if (ImGuiFileDialog::Instance()->IsOk()) {
-        fileName=ImGuiFileDialog::Instance()->GetFilePathName();
+      if (fileDialog->accepted()) {
+        fileName=fileDialog->getFileName();
         if (fileName!="") {
           if (curFileDialog==GUI_FILE_SAVE) {
             if (ImGuiFileDialog::Instance()->GetCurrentFilter()=="Furnace song") {
@@ -6103,7 +6103,7 @@ bool FurnaceGUI::loop() {
           curFileDialog=GUI_FILE_OPEN;
         }
       }
-      ImGuiFileDialog::Instance()->Close();
+      fileDialog->close();
     }
 
     if (warnQuit) {
@@ -6805,6 +6805,7 @@ FurnaceGUI::FurnaceGUI():
   displayNew(false),
   curFileDialog(GUI_FILE_OPEN),
   warnAction(GUI_WARN_OPEN),
+  fileDialog(NULL),
   scrW(1280),
   scrH(800),
   dpiScale(1),
diff --git a/src/gui/gui.h b/src/gui/gui.h
index dc985e8d..9bf68e52 100644
--- a/src/gui/gui.h
+++ b/src/gui/gui.h
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@
 #include <map>
 #include <vector>
 
+#include "fileDialog.h"
+
 #define rightClickable if (ImGui::IsItemClicked(ImGuiMouseButton_Right)) ImGui::SetKeyboardFocusHere(-1);
 
 #define handleUnimportant if (settings.insFocusesPattern && patternOpen) {nextWindow=GUI_WINDOW_PATTERN;}
@@ -476,6 +478,8 @@ class FurnaceGUI {
   FurnaceGUIFileDialogs curFileDialog;
   FurnaceGUIWarnings warnAction;
 
+  FurnaceGUIFileDialog* fileDialog;
+
   int scrW, scrH;
 
   double dpiScale;
@@ -536,6 +540,7 @@ class FurnaceGUI {
     int stepOnInsert;
     // TODO flags
     int unifiedDataView;
+    int sysFileDialog;
     // end
     unsigned int maxUndoSteps;
     String mainFontPath;
@@ -581,6 +586,8 @@ class FurnaceGUI {
       avoidRaisingPattern(0),
       insFocusesPattern(1),
       stepOnInsert(0),
+      unifiedDataView(0),
+      sysFileDialog(0),
       maxUndoSteps(100),
       mainFontPath(""),
       patFontPath(""),
diff --git a/src/gui/settings.cpp b/src/gui/settings.cpp
index c8f6763b..eb09e86f 100644
--- a/src/gui/settings.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/settings.cpp
@@ -182,6 +182,11 @@ void FurnaceGUI::drawSettings() {
           settings.restartOnFlagChange=restartOnFlagChangeB;
         }
 
+        bool sysFileDialogB=settings.sysFileDialog;
+        if (ImGui::Checkbox("Use system file picker",&sysFileDialogB)) {
+          settings.sysFileDialog=sysFileDialogB;
+        }
+
         ImGui::Text("Wrap pattern cursor horizontally:");
         if (ImGui::RadioButton("No##wrapH0",settings.wrapHorizontal==0)) {
           settings.wrapHorizontal=0;
@@ -892,6 +897,8 @@ void FurnaceGUI::syncSettings() {
   settings.avoidRaisingPattern=e->getConfInt("avoidRaisingPattern",0);
   settings.insFocusesPattern=e->getConfInt("insFocusesPattern",1);
   settings.stepOnInsert=e->getConfInt("stepOnInsert",0);
+  settings.unifiedDataView=e->getConfInt("unifiedDataView",0);
+  settings.sysFileDialog=e->getConfInt("sysFileDialog",0);
 
   clampSetting(settings.mainFontSize,2,96);
   clampSetting(settings.patFontSize,2,96);
@@ -930,6 +937,8 @@ void FurnaceGUI::syncSettings() {
   clampSetting(settings.avoidRaisingPattern,0,1);
   clampSetting(settings.insFocusesPattern,0,1);
   clampSetting(settings.stepOnInsert,0,1);
+  clampSetting(settings.unifiedDataView,0,1);
+  clampSetting(settings.sysFileDialog,0,1);
 
   // keybinds
   LOAD_KEYBIND(GUI_ACTION_OPEN,FURKMOD_CMD|SDLK_o);
@@ -1082,6 +1091,9 @@ void FurnaceGUI::syncSettings() {
   decodeKeyMap(noteKeys,e->getConfString("noteKeys",DEFAULT_NOTE_KEYS));
 
   parseKeybinds();
+
+  if (fileDialog!=NULL) delete fileDialog;
+  fileDialog=new FurnaceGUIFileDialog(settings.sysFileDialog);
 }
 
 #define PUT_UI_COLOR(source) e->setConf(#source,(int)ImGui::GetColorU32(uiColors[source]));
@@ -1129,6 +1141,8 @@ void FurnaceGUI::commitSettings() {
   e->setConf("avoidRaisingPattern",settings.avoidRaisingPattern);
   e->setConf("insFocusesPattern",settings.insFocusesPattern);
   e->setConf("stepOnInsert",settings.stepOnInsert);
+  e->setConf("unifiedDataView",settings.unifiedDataView);
+  e->setConf("sysFileDialog",settings.sysFileDialog);
 
   PUT_UI_COLOR(GUI_COLOR_BACKGROUND);
   PUT_UI_COLOR(GUI_COLOR_FRAME_BACKGROUND);