Index: channels/__init__.py
==================================================================
--- channels/__init__.py
+++ channels/__init__.py
@@ -94,10 +94,12 @@
     nothing_found = [dict(genre="./.", title="No contents found on directory server", playing="Notice", listeners=0, bitrate=0, state="gtk-info")]
     
     # regex            
     rx_www_url = re.compile("""(www(\.\w+[\w-]+){2,}|(\w+[\w-]+[ ]?\.)+(com|FM|net|org|de|PL|fr|uk))""", re.I)
 
+
+    #-- keep track of currently selected genre/category
     __current = None
     @property
     def current(self):
         return self.__current
     @current.setter
@@ -418,22 +420,24 @@
                 __print__(dbg.ERR, "HTTP error or extraction failure.")
                 self.categories = ["empty"]
             self.display_categories()
 
         # Select first category
-        #self.current = self.str_from_struct(self.categories) or None
-        #__print__(dbg.STAT, self.module, "→ first_show(); use first category as current =", self.current)
-        try:
-            self.load(self.current)
-        except:
-            pass
+        if not self.current:
+            self.current = self.str_from_struct(self.categories) or None
+            __print__(dbg.STAT, self.module, "→ first_show(); use first category as current =", self.current)
+            self.shown = 0,
+
+        # Show current category in any case
+        __print__(dbg.UI, self.module, "→ first_show(); station list → load(", self.current, ")")
+        uikit.do(self.load, self.current)
     
         # put selection/cursor on last position
-        if self.shown:
+        if True:#self.shown != None:
             __print__(dbg.STAT, self.module+".first_show()", "select last known category treelist position =", self.shown)
             try:
-                self.gtk_list.get_selection().select_path(self.shown)
+                uikit.do(lambda:self.gtk_list.get_selection().select_path(self.shown))
             except:
                 pass
             
         # Invoke only once
         self.shown = 55555

Index: channels/bookmarks.py
==================================================================
--- channels/bookmarks.py
+++ channels/bookmarks.py
@@ -45,12 +45,12 @@
 
     # cache list, to determine if a PLS url is bookmarked
     urls = []
 
     def gui(self, parent):
-        GenericChannel.gui(self, parent)
         parent.notebook_channels.set_menu_label_text(parent.v_bookmarks, "bookmarks")
+        GenericChannel.gui(self, parent)
 
     # this channel does not actually retrieve/parse data from anywhere
     def update_categories(self):
         pass
         
@@ -64,11 +64,12 @@
             return self.streams.get(cat, [])
 
         
     # streams are already loaded at instantiation
     #def first_show(self):
-    #    pass
+    #    print "first_show", len(self.streams["favourite"])
+    #    GenericChannel.first_show(self)
 
 
     # all entries just come from "bookmarks.json"
     def cache(self):
         # stream list