diff -Nru qsynth-0.3.1.orig/src/qsynthOptions.cpp qsynth-0.3.1/src/qsynthOptions.cpp
--- qsynth-0.3.1.orig/src/qsynthOptions.cpp	2007-07-10 10:00:11.000000000 +0200
+++ qsynth-0.3.1/src/qsynthOptions.cpp	2007-09-25 23:55:58.000000000 +0200
@@ -55,6 +55,9 @@
 	// Load defaults...
 	m_settings.beginGroup("/Defaults");
 	sSoundFontDir  = m_settings.value("/SoundFontDir").toString();
+	if (sSoundFontDir == "") {
+	   sSoundFontDir = "/usr/share/soundfonts";
+	}
 	bPresetPreview = m_settings.value("/PresetPreview", false).toBool();
 	m_settings.endGroup();
 
@@ -386,7 +389,11 @@
 			return false;
 		}
 	}
-
+ 
+    if (m_pDefaultSetup->soundfonts.empty() && ::fluid_is_soundfont("/usr/share/soundfonts/default.sf2")) {
+        m_pDefaultSetup->soundfonts.append("/usr/share/soundfonts/default.sf2");
+        m_pDefaultSetup->bankoffsets.append(QString::null);
+    }
 	// Alright with argument parsing.
 	return true;
 }