diff --git a/App.config b/App.config
index cabd6c76..ab74339d 100644
--- a/App.config
+++ b/App.config
@@ -64,6 +64,9 @@
             <setting name="appArchiveFormat" serializeAs="String">
                 <value />
             </setting>
+            <setting name="appLastCreatedArchive" serializeAs="String">
+                <value />
+            </setting>
         </GARbro.GUI.Properties.Settings>
     </userSettings>
 </configuration>
diff --git a/GarCreate.cs b/GarCreate.cs
index 5ef87d45..9023f4e1 100644
--- a/GarCreate.cs
+++ b/GarCreate.cs
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ using System.Windows;
 using System.Windows.Input;
 using GameRes;
 using GARbro.GUI.Strings;
+using GARbro.GUI.Properties;
 using Ookii.Dialogs.Wpf;
 
 namespace GARbro.GUI
@@ -71,18 +72,22 @@ namespace GARbro.GUI
         public GarCreate (MainWindow parent)
         {
             m_main = parent;
+            m_arc_name = Settings.Default.appLastCreatedArchive;
         }
 
         public bool Run ()
         {
             Directory.SetCurrentDirectory (m_main.CurrentPath);
-            var items = m_main.CurrentDirectory.SelectedItems.Cast<EntryViewModel>();
-            m_arc_name = Path.GetFileName (m_main.CurrentPath);
-            if (!items.Skip (1).Any()) // items.Count() == 1
+            var items = m_main.CurrentDirectory.SelectedItems.Cast<EntryViewModel> ();
+            if (string.IsNullOrEmpty (m_arc_name))
             {
-                var item = items.First();
-                if (item.IsDirectory)
-                    m_arc_name = Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension (item.Name);
+                m_arc_name = Path.GetFileName (m_main.CurrentPath);
+                if (!items.Skip (1).Any()) // items.Count() == 1
+                {
+                    var item = items.First();
+                    if (item.IsDirectory)
+                        m_arc_name = Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension (item.Name);
+                }
             }
 
             var dialog = new CreateArchiveDialog (m_arc_name);
@@ -181,6 +186,7 @@ namespace GARbro.GUI
             m_progress_dialog.Dispose();
             if (null == m_pending_error)
             {
+                Settings.Default.appLastCreatedArchive = m_arc_name;
                 m_main.Dispatcher.Invoke (() => {
                     m_main.SaveCurrentPosition();
                     m_main.SetCurrentPosition (new DirectoryPosition (m_arc_name));
diff --git a/Properties/Settings.Designer.cs b/Properties/Settings.Designer.cs
index 67124233..63ff8bdf 100644
--- a/Properties/Settings.Designer.cs
+++ b/Properties/Settings.Designer.cs
@@ -249,5 +249,17 @@ namespace GARbro.GUI.Properties {
                 this["appRecentFiles"] = value;
             }
         }
+        
+        [global::System.Configuration.UserScopedSettingAttribute()]
+        [global::System.Diagnostics.DebuggerNonUserCodeAttribute()]
+        [global::System.Configuration.DefaultSettingValueAttribute("")]
+        public string appLastCreatedArchive {
+            get {
+                return ((string)(this["appLastCreatedArchive"]));
+            }
+            set {
+                this["appLastCreatedArchive"] = value;
+            }
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/Properties/Settings.settings b/Properties/Settings.settings
index 66fc299a..e201a32f 100644
--- a/Properties/Settings.settings
+++ b/Properties/Settings.settings
@@ -59,5 +59,8 @@
     <Setting Name="appRecentFiles" Type="System.Collections.Specialized.StringCollection" Scope="User">
       <Value Profile="(Default)" />
     </Setting>
+    <Setting Name="appLastCreatedArchive" Type="System.String" Scope="User">
+      <Value Profile="(Default)" />
+    </Setting>
   </Settings>
 </SettingsFile>
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