diff --git a/src/gui/dataList.cpp b/src/gui/dataList.cpp
index 652c2eb99..0e2d32450 100644
--- a/src/gui/dataList.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/dataList.cpp
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ void FurnaceGUI::drawInsList() {
     }
     ImGui::SameLine();
     if (ImGui::Button(ICON_FA_FOLDER_OPEN "##InsLoad")) {
-      doAction(GUI_ACTION_INS_LIST_OPEN);
+      doAction((settings.insLoadAlwaysReplace && curIns>=0 && curIns<=(int)e->song.ins.size())?GUI_ACTION_INS_LIST_OPEN_REPLACE:GUI_ACTION_INS_LIST_OPEN);
     }
     ImGui::SameLine();
     if (ImGui::Button(ICON_FA_FLOPPY_O "##InsSave")) {
diff --git a/src/gui/gui.cpp b/src/gui/gui.cpp
index 01ef0b273..2653153c1 100644
--- a/src/gui/gui.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/gui.cpp
@@ -2930,9 +2930,7 @@ bool FurnaceGUI::loop() {
       if ((curFileDialog==GUI_FILE_INS_OPEN || curFileDialog==GUI_FILE_INS_OPEN_REPLACE) && prevIns!=-3) {
         if (curFileDialog==GUI_FILE_INS_OPEN_REPLACE) {
           if (prevInsData!=NULL) {
-            logI("try");
             if (prevIns>=0 && prevIns<(int)e->song.ins.size()) {
-              logI("replace");
               *e->song.ins[prevIns]=*prevInsData;
             }
           }
@@ -3135,7 +3133,7 @@ bool FurnaceGUI::loop() {
                   showWarning(e->getWarnings(),GUI_WARN_GENERIC);
                 }
                 if (curIns>=0 && curIns<(int)e->song.ins.size()) {
-                  *e->song.ins[0]=*instruments[0];
+                  *e->song.ins[curIns]=*instruments[curIns];
                 } else {
                   showError("...but you haven't selected an instrument!");
                 }
diff --git a/src/gui/gui.h b/src/gui/gui.h
index 99ca008b6..f4566b552 100644
--- a/src/gui/gui.h
+++ b/src/gui/gui.h
@@ -857,6 +857,7 @@ class FurnaceGUI {
     int eventDelay;
     int moveWindowTitle;
     int hiddenSystems;
+    int insLoadAlwaysReplace;
     unsigned int maxUndoSteps;
     String mainFontPath;
     String patFontPath;
@@ -939,6 +940,7 @@ class FurnaceGUI {
       eventDelay(0),
       moveWindowTitle(0),
       hiddenSystems(0),
+      insLoadAlwaysReplace(1),
       maxUndoSteps(100),
       mainFontPath(""),
       patFontPath(""),
diff --git a/src/gui/settings.cpp b/src/gui/settings.cpp
index 5d79ebce0..b7b07cc43 100644
--- a/src/gui/settings.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/settings.cpp
@@ -419,6 +419,11 @@ void FurnaceGUI::drawSettings() {
             settings.restartOnFlagChange=restartOnFlagChangeB;
           }
 
+          bool insLoadAlwaysReplaceB=settings.insLoadAlwaysReplace;
+          if (ImGui::Checkbox("Always replace currently selected instrument when loading from instrument list",&insLoadAlwaysReplaceB)) {
+            settings.insLoadAlwaysReplace=insLoadAlwaysReplaceB;
+          }
+
           bool sysFileDialogB=settings.sysFileDialog;
           if (ImGui::Checkbox("Use system file picker",&sysFileDialogB)) {
             settings.sysFileDialog=sysFileDialogB;
@@ -1831,6 +1836,7 @@ void FurnaceGUI::syncSettings() {
   settings.eventDelay=e->getConfInt("eventDelay",0);
   settings.moveWindowTitle=e->getConfInt("moveWindowTitle",0);
   settings.hiddenSystems=e->getConfInt("hiddenSystems",0);
+  settings.insLoadAlwaysReplace=e->getConfInt("insLoadAlwaysReplace",1);
 
   clampSetting(settings.mainFontSize,2,96);
   clampSetting(settings.patFontSize,2,96);
@@ -1901,6 +1907,7 @@ void FurnaceGUI::syncSettings() {
   clampSetting(settings.eventDelay,0,1);
   clampSetting(settings.moveWindowTitle,0,1);
   clampSetting(settings.hiddenSystems,0,1);
+  clampSetting(settings.insLoadAlwaysReplace,0,1);
 
   settings.initialSys=e->decodeSysDesc(e->getConfString("initialSys",""));
   if (settings.initialSys.size()<4) {
@@ -2012,6 +2019,7 @@ void FurnaceGUI::commitSettings() {
   e->setConf("moveWindowTitle",settings.moveWindowTitle);
   e->setConf("hiddenSystems",settings.hiddenSystems);
   e->setConf("initialSys",e->encodeSysDesc(settings.initialSys));
+  e->setConf("insLoadAlwaysReplace",settings.insLoadAlwaysReplace);
 
   // colors
   for (int i=0; i<GUI_COLOR_MAX; i++) {