diff --git a/src/dev/kske/chess/ui/DialogUtil.java b/src/dev/kske/chess/ui/DialogUtil.java
index 0621666..b8dc9b1 100644
--- a/src/dev/kske/chess/ui/DialogUtil.java
+++ b/src/dev/kske/chess/ui/DialogUtil.java
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.function.BiConsumer;
 import java.util.function.Consumer;
+import java.util.prefs.Preferences;
 
 import javax.swing.DefaultComboBoxModel;
 import javax.swing.JComboBox;
@@ -32,22 +33,34 @@ public class DialogUtil {
 
 	private DialogUtil() {}
 
+	/**
+	 * Saves the last accessed folder for loading and saving game files.
+	 */
+	private static Preferences preferences = Preferences.userNodeForPackage(DialogUtil.class);
+
 	public static void showFileSelectionDialog(Component parent, Consumer<List<File>> action, Collection<FileNameExtensionFilter> filters) {
-		JFileChooser fileChooser = new JFileChooser();
-		fileChooser.setCurrentDirectory(new File(System.getProperty("user.home")));
-		fileChooser.setAcceptAllFileFilterUsed(false);
-		filters.forEach(fileChooser::addChoosableFileFilter);
-		if (fileChooser.showOpenDialog(parent) == JFileChooser.APPROVE_OPTION) action.accept(Arrays.asList(fileChooser.getSelectedFile()));
+		JFileChooser fileChooser = createFileChooser(filters);
+		if (fileChooser.showOpenDialog(parent) == JFileChooser.APPROVE_OPTION) {
+			action.accept(Arrays.asList(fileChooser.getSelectedFile()));
+			preferences.put("path", fileChooser.getSelectedFile().getParent());
+		}
 	}
 
 	public static void showFileSaveDialog(Component parent, Consumer<File> action, Collection<FileNameExtensionFilter> filters) {
+		JFileChooser fileChooser = createFileChooser(filters);
+		if (fileChooser.showSaveDialog(parent) == JFileChooser.APPROVE_OPTION) {
+			action.accept(new File(fileChooser.getSelectedFile().getAbsolutePath() + "."
+					+ ((FileNameExtensionFilter) fileChooser.getFileFilter()).getExtensions()[0]));
+			preferences.put("path", fileChooser.getSelectedFile().getParent());
+		}
+	}
+
+	private static JFileChooser createFileChooser(Collection<FileNameExtensionFilter> filters) {
 		JFileChooser fileChooser = new JFileChooser();
-		fileChooser.setCurrentDirectory(new File(System.getProperty("user.home")));
+		fileChooser.setCurrentDirectory(new File(preferences.get("path", System.getProperty("user.home"))));
 		fileChooser.setAcceptAllFileFilterUsed(false);
 		filters.forEach(fileChooser::addChoosableFileFilter);
-		if (fileChooser.showSaveDialog(parent) == JFileChooser.APPROVE_OPTION) action.accept(
-				new File(fileChooser.getSelectedFile().getAbsolutePath() + "."
-						+ ((FileNameExtensionFilter) fileChooser.getFileFilter()).getExtensions()[0]));
+		return fileChooser;
 	}
 
 	public static void showGameConfigurationDialog(Component parent, BiConsumer<String, String> action) {