diff --git a/ui/TODO.otl b/ui/TODO.otl
index 0e54b67a..15d242e5 100755
--- a/ui/TODO.otl
+++ b/ui/TODO.otl
@@ -106,6 +106,8 @@ Roadmap
 				[_] index and group ALL files in an archive
 				[_] import metadata
 				[_] real GIDs
+		[_] BUG: sometimes loading a raw directory stops at "error loading data.json"
+		| and some times it does not err..
 		[_] BUG: jumping in ribbon sometimes does not load the ribbon correctly...
 		| Example 1:
 		| 	first ribbon in (loaded at first image):
diff --git a/ui/ui.js b/ui/ui.js
index 02b6621f..03a5258a 100755
--- a/ui/ui.js
+++ b/ui/ui.js
@@ -728,6 +728,7 @@ function loadDirectoryDialog(dfl){
 			// reset the modes...
 			toggleSingleImageMode('off')
 			toggleSingleRibbonMode('off')
+			toggleMarkedOnlyView('off')
 
 			path = path.trim()
 			statusNotify(loadDir(path))