diff --git a/g2o/apps/g2o_viewer/base_main_window.ui b/g2o/apps/g2o_viewer/base_main_window.ui
index 085f5b6a..2508e7be 100644
--- a/g2o/apps/g2o_viewer/base_main_window.ui
+++ b/g2o/apps/g2o_viewer/base_main_window.ui
@@ -174,6 +174,13 @@
         </widget>
        </item>
        <item>
+        <widget class="QPushButton" name="btnReload">
+         <property name="text">
+          <string>Reload</string>
+         </property>
+        </widget>
+       </item>
+       <item>
         <widget class="QPushButton" name="btnSetZero">
          <property name="text">
           <string>SetZero</string>
@@ -202,13 +209,6 @@
         </widget>
        </item>
        <item>
-        <widget class="QPushButton" name="reloadButton">
-         <property name="text">
-          <string>Reload</string>
-         </property>
-        </widget>
-       </item>
-       <item>
         <spacer name="verticalSpacer">
          <property name="orientation">
           <enum>Qt::Vertical</enum>
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@
      <x>0</x>
      <y>0</y>
      <width>800</width>
-     <height>23</height>
+     <height>22</height>
     </rect>
    </property>
    <widget class="QMenu" name="menuFile">
diff --git a/g2o/apps/g2o_viewer/main_window.cpp b/g2o/apps/g2o_viewer/main_window.cpp
index 126faa6e..be31c2ea 100644
--- a/g2o/apps/g2o_viewer/main_window.cpp
+++ b/g2o/apps/g2o_viewer/main_window.cpp
@@ -40,15 +40,14 @@ using namespace g2o;
 
 MainWindow::MainWindow(QWidget * parent, Qt::WindowFlags flags) :
   QMainWindow(parent, flags),
-  _lastSolver(-1), _currentSolver(0), _viewerPropertiesWidget(0), _optimizerPropertiesWidget(0)
+  _lastSolver(-1), _currentSolver(0), _viewerPropertiesWidget(0), _optimizerPropertiesWidget(0),
+  _filename("")
 {
   setupUi(this);
   leKernelWidth->setValidator(new QDoubleValidator(-numeric_limits<double>::max(), numeric_limits<double>::max(), 7, this));
   plainTextEdit->setMaximumBlockCount(1000);
   btnForceStop->hide();
   QObject::connect(cbDrawAxis, SIGNAL(toggled(bool)), viewer, SLOT(setAxisIsDrawn(bool)));
-  QObject::connect(reloadButton, SIGNAL(pressed()), this, SLOT(on_btnReload_clicked(void)));
-  _filename = "";
 }
 
 MainWindow::~MainWindow()
@@ -151,8 +150,8 @@ void MainWindow::on_btnSetZero_clicked()
 
 void MainWindow::on_btnReload_clicked()
 {
-  cout << "reload" << endl;
   if (_filename.length()>0){
+    cerr << "reloading " << _filename << endl;
     viewer->graph->clear();
     viewer->graph->load(_filename.c_str());
     viewer->setUpdateDisplay(true);