diff --git a/src/mvc/LiveMapsElementsWidget.cpp b/src/mvc/LiveMapsElementsWidget.cpp
index 058bb7c..da63978 100644
--- a/src/mvc/LiveMapsElementsWidget.cpp
+++ b/src/mvc/LiveMapsElementsWidget.cpp
@@ -144,6 +144,7 @@ void LiveMapsElementsWidget::createLayout()
     _vlm_widget->setAvailScans(&_avail_scans);
     gstar::CoordinateModel *coord_model = new gstar::CoordinateModel(&_linear_trans);
     _vlm_widget->setCoordinateModel(coord_model);
+    _vlm_widget->load_live_coord_settings();
     connect(_vlm_widget, &VLM_Widget::onScanUpdated, this, &LiveMapsElementsWidget::callQueueScan);
 
     _scan_queue_widget = new ScanQueueWidget();
diff --git a/src/mvc/VLM_Widget.cpp b/src/mvc/VLM_Widget.cpp
index 6da23f8..2fd6d54 100644
--- a/src/mvc/VLM_Widget.cpp
+++ b/src/mvc/VLM_Widget.cpp
@@ -2423,13 +2423,41 @@ void VLM_Widget::updatedPixelToLight(double x, double y, double z)
 
 }
 
-/*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+//--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+void VLM_Widget::load_live_coord_settings()
+{
+   QMap<QString, double> vars;
+   QStringList names = Preferences::inst()->getValue(STR_PRF_LiveCoefficientNames).toStringList();
+   QStringList values = Preferences::inst()->getValue(STR_PRF_LiveCoefficientVals).toStringList();
+   if(names.size() == values.size())
+   {
+      for (int i = 0; i < names.size(); i++)
+      {
+         vars.insert(names.at(i), values.at(i).toDouble());
+      }
+   }
+   m_lightToMicroCoordModel->getTransformer()->Init(vars);
+   
+}
+
+//--------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 void VLM_Widget::useUpdatedSolverVariables(const QMap<QString, double> vars)
 {
    
    m_lightToMicroCoordModel->getTransformer()->Init(vars);
 
+   QStringList names;
+   QStringList values;
+   for (auto name : vars.keys())
+   {
+      names.append(name);
+      values.append(QString::number(vars.value(name)));
+   }
+   Preferences::inst()->setValue(STR_PRF_LiveCoefficientNames, names);
+   Preferences::inst()->setValue(STR_PRF_LiveCoefficientVals, values);
+
 }
 
 /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
diff --git a/src/mvc/VLM_Widget.h b/src/mvc/VLM_Widget.h
index 8d07ab1..2d3b4cd 100644
--- a/src/mvc/VLM_Widget.h
+++ b/src/mvc/VLM_Widget.h
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ class VLM_Widget
    // TODO: make sure to update all ScansRegionGraphicsItems with new pointer
    void setAvailScans(std::map<QString, BlueskyPlan> * avail_scans) { _avail_scans = avail_scans;}
 
-
+   void load_live_coord_settings();
 
 public slots:
 
diff --git a/src/preferences/Preferences.cpp b/src/preferences/Preferences.cpp
index 3556370..0112a3c 100644
--- a/src/preferences/Preferences.cpp
+++ b/src/preferences/Preferences.cpp
@@ -93,6 +93,8 @@ Preferences::Preferences()
         {STR_PRF_SHOW_DATASET_ON_LOAD, QVariant()},
         {STR_PREF_RADIO_LOAD_SELECTED_OPTION, QVariant()},
         {STR_PREF_SPRECTRA_CONTROLS_HORIZONTAL_OPTION, QVariant()},
+        {STR_PRF_LiveCoefficientNames, QVariant()},
+        {STR_PRF_LiveCoefficientVals, QVariant()},
         {STR_SAVE_QSERVER_HISTORY_LOCATION, QVariant()}
     };
    load();
diff --git a/src/preferences/Preferences.h b/src/preferences/Preferences.h
index cd71a3a..6206ed9 100644
--- a/src/preferences/Preferences.h
+++ b/src/preferences/Preferences.h
@@ -88,6 +88,8 @@
 #define STR_PREF_RADIO_LOAD_SELECTED_OPTION "Load_Selected_Opt"
 #define STR_PREF_SPRECTRA_CONTROLS_HORIZONTAL_OPTION "Spectra_Controls_Horizontal"
 #define STR_SAVE_QSERVER_HISTORY_LOCATION "Save_Qserver_History_Location"
+#define STR_PRF_LiveCoefficientNames "LiveCoefficientName"
+#define STR_PRF_LiveCoefficientVals "LiveCoefficientVals"
 
 /**
  * @brief Read and save preferences between application restarts, the vaule key