diff --git a/src/blackgui/components/dbownmodelsetcomponent.cpp b/src/blackgui/components/dbownmodelsetcomponent.cpp
index bd0ecd660..468b59597 100644
--- a/src/blackgui/components/dbownmodelsetcomponent.cpp
+++ b/src/blackgui/components/dbownmodelsetcomponent.cpp
@@ -168,10 +168,13 @@ namespace BlackGui
                 return CStatusMessage(this, CStatusMessage::SeverityError,
                                       "Cannot add data for " + simulator.toQString(true) + " to " + this->getModelSetSimulator().toQString(true), true);
             }
+
+            const bool allowExcludedModels = this->m_modelSettings.get().getAllowExcludedModels();
             CAircraftModelList updateModels(this->getModelSet());
-            const int d = updateModels.replaceOrAddModelsWithString(models, Qt::CaseInsensitive);
+            int d = updateModels.replaceOrAddModelsWithString(models, Qt::CaseInsensitive);
             if (d > 0)
             {
+                if (!allowExcludedModels) { updateModels.removeIfExcluded(); }
                 updateModels.resetOrder();
                 ui->tvp_OwnModelSet->updateContainerMaybeAsync(updateModels);
                 return CStatusMessage(this, CStatusMessage::SeverityInfo, "Modified " + QString::number(d) + " entries in model set " + this->getModelSetSimulator().toQString(true), true);
@@ -274,6 +277,11 @@ namespace BlackGui
             }
         }
 
+        void CDbOwnModelSetComponent::ps_modelSettingsChanged()
+        {
+            // void
+        }
+
         void CDbOwnModelSetComponent::ps_viewModelChanged()
         {
             ui->pb_SaveAsSetForSimulator->setEnabled(true);
diff --git a/src/blackgui/components/dbownmodelsetcomponent.h b/src/blackgui/components/dbownmodelsetcomponent.h
index cc2c48f19..7dd7d3aaa 100644
--- a/src/blackgui/components/dbownmodelsetcomponent.h
+++ b/src/blackgui/components/dbownmodelsetcomponent.h
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@
 class QAction;
 class QWidget;
 
-namespace BlackMisc { namespace Simulation { class CAircraftModel; } }
 namespace Ui { class CDbOwnModelSetComponent; }
+namespace BlackMisc { namespace Simulation { class CAircraftModel; } }
 namespace BlackGui
 {
     namespace Menus { class CMenuActions; }
@@ -122,6 +122,9 @@ namespace BlackGui
             //! Preferences changed
             void ps_distributorPreferencesChanged();
 
+            //! Model settings changed
+            void ps_modelSettingsChanged();
+
             //! Model (of view) has been changed
             void ps_viewModelChanged();
 
@@ -144,7 +147,8 @@ namespace BlackGui
             QScopedPointer<Ui::CDbOwnModelSetComponent>    ui;
             QScopedPointer<CDbOwnModelSetDialog>           m_modelSetDialog;
             BlackMisc::Simulation::CAircraftModelSetLoader m_modelSetLoader { this };
-            BlackMisc::CSetting<BlackMisc::Simulation::TDistributorListPreferences> m_distributorPreferences { this, &CDbOwnModelSetComponent::ps_distributorPreferencesChanged };
+            BlackMisc::CSettingReadOnly<BlackMisc::Simulation::TDistributorListPreferences> m_distributorPreferences { this, &CDbOwnModelSetComponent::ps_distributorPreferencesChanged }; //!< distributor preferences
+            BlackMisc::CSettingReadOnly<BlackMisc::Simulation::TModel> m_modelSettings { this, &CDbOwnModelSetComponent::ps_modelSettingsChanged }; //!< settings for models
 
             // -------------------------- custom menus -----------------------------------