diff --git a/src/blackgui/editors/matchingform.cpp b/src/blackgui/editors/matchingform.cpp
index 5df45267b..af80d7f25 100644
--- a/src/blackgui/editors/matchingform.cpp
+++ b/src/blackgui/editors/matchingform.cpp
@@ -170,7 +170,9 @@ namespace BlackGui
         {
             const bool nw = (QObject::sender() == ui->pb_MsReverseLookup);
             QString fn = nw ? ui->le_MsReverseLookup->text() : ui->le_MsMatching->text();
-            fn = QFileDialog::getOpenFileName(nullptr, tr("Matching script"), fn, "Matching script (*.js)");
+            CDirectories swiftDirs  = m_directories.get();
+
+            fn = QFileDialog::getOpenFileName(nullptr, tr("Matching script"), fn.isEmpty() ? swiftDirs.getMatchingScriptDirectoryOrDefault() : fn, "Matching script (*.js)");
             const QFileInfo fi(fn);
             if (!fi.exists()) { return; }
             if (nw)
@@ -181,6 +183,9 @@ namespace BlackGui
             {
                 ui->le_MsMatching->setText(fi.absoluteFilePath());
             }
+
+            swiftDirs.setMatchingScriptDirectory(fi.absolutePath());
+            m_directories.setAndSave(swiftDirs);
         }
 
         CAircraftMatcherSetup::MatchingAlgorithm CMatchingForm::algorithm() const
diff --git a/src/blackgui/editors/matchingform.h b/src/blackgui/editors/matchingform.h
index 3dbee86d1..985ca5ee7 100644
--- a/src/blackgui/editors/matchingform.h
+++ b/src/blackgui/editors/matchingform.h
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@
 
 #include "form.h"
 #include "blackmisc/simulation/aircraftmatchersetup.h"
+#include "blackmisc/directories.h"
+
 #include <QScopedPointer>
 
 namespace Ui { class CMatchingForm; }
@@ -77,6 +79,7 @@ namespace BlackGui
             //! Directory browser
             void fileDialog();
 
+            BlackMisc::CSetting<BlackMisc::Settings::TDirectorySettings> m_directories  { this }; //!< the swift directories
             QScopedPointer<Ui::CMatchingForm> ui;
         };
     } // ns
diff --git a/src/blackgui/editors/matchingform.ui b/src/blackgui/editors/matchingform.ui
index a9293d0a6..0f08335c1 100644
--- a/src/blackgui/editors/matchingform.ui
+++ b/src/blackgui/editors/matchingform.ui
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@
       <item row="1" column="0">
        <widget class="QLabel" name="lbl_MsMatching">
         <property name="text">
-         <string>Matching:</string>
+         <string>Matching</string>
         </property>
        </widget>
       </item>
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@
       <item row="0" column="0">
        <widget class="QLabel" name="lbl_MsReverseLookup">
         <property name="text">
-         <string>Lookup:</string>
+         <string>Lookup</string>
         </property>
        </widget>
       </item>
diff --git a/src/blackmisc/directories.cpp b/src/blackmisc/directories.cpp
index 293e18e61..ca61290bc 100644
--- a/src/blackmisc/directories.cpp
+++ b/src/blackmisc/directories.cpp
@@ -47,6 +47,15 @@ namespace BlackMisc
         this->setLastModelDirectory(dir);
     }
 
+    QString CDirectories::getMatchingScriptDirectoryOrDefault() const
+    {
+        if (m_dirMatchingScript.isEmpty())
+        {
+            return CDirectoryUtils::shareMatchingScriptDirectory();
+        }
+        return m_dirMatchingScript;
+    }
+
     QString CDirectories::convertToQString(bool i18n) const
     {
         Q_UNUSED(i18n);
@@ -59,13 +68,14 @@ namespace BlackMisc
         const ColumnIndex i = index.frontCasted<ColumnIndex>();
         switch (i)
         {
-        case IndexDirFlightPlan: return CVariant::fromValue(m_dirFlightPlan);
-        case IndexDirFlightPlanOrDefault: return CVariant::fromValue(this->getFlightPlanDirectoryOrDefault());
-        case IndexDirLastViewJson: return CVariant::fromValue(m_dirLastViewJson);
-        case IndexDirLastViewJsonOrDefault: return CVariant::fromValue(this->getLastViewJsonDirectoryOrDefault());
-        case IndexDirLastModelJson: return CVariant::fromValue(m_dirLastModelStashJson);
+        case IndexDirFlightPlan:             return CVariant::fromValue(m_dirFlightPlan);
+        case IndexDirFlightPlanOrDefault:    return CVariant::fromValue(this->getFlightPlanDirectoryOrDefault());
+        case IndexDirLastViewJson:           return CVariant::fromValue(m_dirLastViewJson);
+        case IndexDirLastViewJsonOrDefault:  return CVariant::fromValue(this->getLastViewJsonDirectoryOrDefault());
+        case IndexDirLastModelJson:          return CVariant::fromValue(m_dirLastModelStashJson);
         case IndexDirLastModelJsonOrDefault: return CVariant::fromValue(this->getLastModelDirectoryOrDefault());
-        case IndexDirLastModelStashJson: return CVariant::fromValue(m_dirLastModelStashJson);
+        case IndexDirLastModelStashJson:     return CVariant::fromValue(m_dirLastModelStashJson);
+        case IndexDirMatchingScript:         return CVariant::fromValue(this->getMatchingScriptDirectoryOrDefault());
         case IndexDirLastModelStashJsonOrDefault: return CVariant::fromValue(this->getLastModelStashDirectoryOrDefault());
         default: return CValueObject::propertyByIndex(index);
         }
@@ -84,6 +94,7 @@ namespace BlackMisc
         case IndexDirLastModelJson: this->setLastModelDirectory(variant.toQString()); break;
         case IndexDirLastModelStashJsonOrDefault:
         case IndexDirLastModelStashJson: this->setLastModelStashDirectory(variant.toQString()); break;
+        case IndexDirMatchingScript: this->setMatchingScriptDirectory(variant.toQString()); break;
         default: CValueObject::setPropertyByIndex(index, variant); break;
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/blackmisc/directories.h b/src/blackmisc/directories.h
index bf755ccd5..cdfe40e13 100644
--- a/src/blackmisc/directories.h
+++ b/src/blackmisc/directories.h
@@ -37,7 +37,8 @@ namespace BlackMisc
             IndexDirLastModelJson,
             IndexDirLastModelJsonOrDefault,
             IndexDirLastModelStashJson,
-            IndexDirLastModelStashJsonOrDefault
+            IndexDirLastModelStashJsonOrDefault,
+            IndexDirMatchingScript
         };
 
         //! Constructor
@@ -85,6 +86,12 @@ namespace BlackMisc
         //! Last view JSON model stash directory
         void setLastModelStashDirectory(const QString &dir);
 
+        //! Matching script directory
+        QString getMatchingScriptDirectoryOrDefault() const;
+
+        //! Matching script directory
+        void setMatchingScriptDirectory(const QString &dir) { m_dirMatchingScript = dir; }
+
         //! \copydoc BlackMisc::Mixin::String::toQString
         QString convertToQString(bool i18n = false) const;
 
@@ -102,6 +109,7 @@ namespace BlackMisc
         QString m_dirLastViewJson;       //!< last JSON save directory
         QString m_dirLastModelJson;      //!< last JSON model directory
         QString m_dirLastModelStashJson; //!< last JSON model stash save directory
+        QString m_dirMatchingScript;     //!< matching script dir
 
         //! Return checkDir if existing, defaultDir otherwise
         QString existingOrDefaultDir(const QString &checkDir, const QString &defaultDir) const;
@@ -111,7 +119,8 @@ namespace BlackMisc
             BLACK_METAMEMBER(dirFlightPlan),
             BLACK_METAMEMBER(dirLastViewJson),
             BLACK_METAMEMBER(dirLastModelJson),
-            BLACK_METAMEMBER(dirLastModelStashJson)
+            BLACK_METAMEMBER(dirLastModelStashJson),
+            BLACK_METAMEMBER(dirMatchingScript)
         );
     };
 
diff --git a/src/blackmisc/directoryutils.cpp b/src/blackmisc/directoryutils.cpp
index 38ae86cdd..5b9e481b5 100644
--- a/src/blackmisc/directoryutils.cpp
+++ b/src/blackmisc/directoryutils.cpp
@@ -241,6 +241,12 @@ namespace BlackMisc
         return tpd;
     }
 
+    const QString &CDirectoryUtils::shareMatchingScriptDirectory()
+    {
+        static const QString ms(CFileUtils::appendFilePaths(CDirectoryUtils::shareDirectory(), "matchingscript"));
+        return ms;
+    }
+
     const QString &CDirectoryUtils::bootstrapFileName()
     {
         static const QString n("bootstrap.json");
diff --git a/src/blackmisc/directoryutils.h b/src/blackmisc/directoryutils.h
index dee40f256..6bcc3728b 100644
--- a/src/blackmisc/directoryutils.h
+++ b/src/blackmisc/directoryutils.h
@@ -96,6 +96,9 @@ namespace BlackMisc
         //! FSX/P3D terrain probe
         static const QString &shareTerrainProbeDirectory();
 
+        //! Matching script examples directories
+        static const QString &shareMatchingScriptDirectory();
+
         //! Bootstrap file name
         static const QString &bootstrapFileName();