diff --git a/ez_bkup.nim b/ez_bkup.nim
index e718d89..8b21496 100644
--- a/ez_bkup.nim
+++ b/ez_bkup.nim
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import "models/routine", "shared"
 import views/[edit_routine_dialog, routine_list, app_menu_button]
 
 const APP_NAME = "EZ-Bkup"  
-let databasePath = appPath & "/ez-bkup.sqlite"
+#let databasePath = appPath & "/ez-bkup.sqlite"
 
 viewable App:
   ## The main application
@@ -43,7 +43,8 @@ method view(app: AppState): Widget {.locks: "unknown".} =
             # Button to create a new routine
             Button:
               style = [ButtonSuggested]
-              text = "+ Routine"                      
+              text = "+ Routine" 
+              tooltip = "Create a new Bkup Routine"                     
               proc clicked() =
                 ## Opens the EditRoutineDialog for creating a new routine              
                 let (res, state) = app.open: gui:
diff --git a/models/routine.nim b/models/routine.nim
index 737d9e3..1e63ec1 100644
--- a/models/routine.nim
+++ b/models/routine.nim
@@ -184,4 +184,13 @@ proc clear*(model: RoutineModel) =
   model.db.exec("DELETE FROM Routine")
   
   # Update RoutineModel.routines
-  model.routines.clear()
\ No newline at end of file
+  model.routines.clear()
+
+#preload the selected seq with routines that have selByDef == true.
+proc selectedPreload*(): seq[RoutineId] =
+  var selected: seq[RoutineId]
+  let model = newRoutineModel(databasePath)
+  for routine in model.routineSeq():
+    if routine.selByDef == true:
+      selected.add(routine.id)
+  return selected
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/shared.nim b/shared.nim
index e218131..a93dd55 100644
--- a/shared.nim
+++ b/shared.nim
@@ -4,19 +4,10 @@ EZ-Bkup is released under the General Public License 3.0.
 See COPYING or <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/> for details.]#
 
 import logging, times, os, distros
-#import "models/routine"
-
-#store the RoutineIds of ea. Routine selected for the current Bkup run.
-#[type SelectedRoutine* = object
-  id*: RoutineId
-  name*: string
-  sources*: seq[string]
-  destinations*: seq[string]
-
-type CurrentRun* = object
-  status*: string]#
+import "models/routine"
 
 let appPath* = getHomeDir() & ".ez-bkup"
+let databasePath* = appPath & "/ez-bkup.sqlite"
 
 if not dirExists(appPath):
   createDir(appPath)
diff --git a/views/routine_editor.nim b/views/routine_editor.nim
index 1980f7f..a15271f 100644
--- a/views/routine_editor.nim
+++ b/views/routine_editor.nim
@@ -41,11 +41,8 @@ method view(editor: RoutineEditorState): Widget {.locks: "unknown".} =
         orient = OrientX
         spacing = 6
         Label {.expand: false.}:
-          #later, this may be "selected by default?", instead.
-          #"selected" checkboxes wiould be added to the list view.
-          #to allow the user to select which routines are used for a given run.
-          text = "<span weight=\"bold\" color=\"#FFF469\">Enabled?</span>"
-          tooltip = "Should this Routine be enabled for inclusion in the Bkup run?"
+          text = "<span weight=\"bold\" color=\"#FFF469\">Enabled by default?</span>"
+          tooltip = "Should this Routine be enabled for inclusion in any Bkup run by default?"
           xAlign = 0
           useMarkup = true
         Switch {.expand: false.}:
diff --git a/views/routine_list.nim b/views/routine_list.nim
index 46ac5f5..d56bfa1 100644
--- a/views/routine_list.nim
+++ b/views/routine_list.nim
@@ -11,6 +11,14 @@ import "../models/routine", "../shared"
 viewable RoutineList:
   routineModel: RoutineModel
   runStatus: string
+  selected: seq[RoutineId]
+
+  # hey, hook.
+  hooks:
+    # yes, you, the build hook.
+    build:
+      # i love you. :)
+      state.selected = selectedPreload()
 
   proc changed(state: bool)
 
@@ -33,8 +41,7 @@ proc rsyncThread(list: RoutineListState) {.thread.} =
   var routineRunCount: int
   routineRunCount = 0
   for routine in list.routineModel.routineSeq():
-    #using this as "selected" for now.
-    if routine.selByDef == true:
+    if routine.id in list.selected:
       #skip routines that don't have at least one source and one destination.
       if routine.sources.len != 0 and routine.destinations.len != 0:
         list.runStatus = "<span color=\"#FFE97B\" size=\"large\">Horses, please to be holding...</span>"
@@ -77,7 +84,7 @@ method view(list: RoutineListState): Widget {.locks: "unknown".} =
         orient = OrientY
         if list.routineModel.routineSeq().len() > 0:   
           ListBox:                  
-            for it, routine in list.routineModel.routineSeq():          
+            for it, routine in list.routineModel.routineSeq():        
               Box:
                 orient = OrientY
                 margin = 6
@@ -85,7 +92,20 @@ method view(list: RoutineListState): Widget {.locks: "unknown".} =
                 Box:
                   orient = OrientX
                   margin = 6
-                  spacing = 6                       
+                  spacing = 6
+                  Switch {.expand: false, vAlign: AlignCenter.}:
+                    state = routine.selByDef
+                    tooltip = "Enable/Disable this Routine for the current Bkup run."
+                    proc changed(state: bool) =
+                      if state == true:
+                        list.selected.add(routine.id)
+                      else: 
+                        let index = list.selected.find(routine.id)
+                        if index != -1:
+                          list.selected.delete(index)
+
+                      if not list.changed.isNil:
+                        list.changed.callback(true)                      
                   Label:
                     text = "<span size=\"large\">" & routine.name & "</span>"
                     xAlign = 0 
@@ -110,7 +130,7 @@ method view(list: RoutineListState): Widget {.locks: "unknown".} =
                     tooltip = "Delete this Routine. Warning: will not ask you to confirm."                     
                     proc clicked() =
                       list.routineModel.delete(routine.id)
-                if routine.selByDef:
+                if routine.id in list.selected:
                   Box:
                     orient = OrientY
                     margin = 6
@@ -192,7 +212,6 @@ method view(list: RoutineListState): Widget {.locks: "unknown".} =
                   xAlign = 0 
                   useMarkup = true         
               proc clicked() =
-                #list.runStatus = "<span color=\"#FFE97B\" size=\"large\">Running Bkup...</span>"
                 createThread(thread, rsyncThread, list)                                
         else:
           Box {.expand: false.}: