diff --git a/frontends/gnustep/AppDelegate.m b/frontends/gnustep/AppDelegate.m
index a7dcffb07..c8403d07a 100644
--- a/frontends/gnustep/AppDelegate.m
+++ b/frontends/gnustep/AppDelegate.m
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 #import "BookmarkFolder.h"
 #import "BookmarksWindowController.h"
 #import "PreferencesWindowController.h"
+#import "Preferences.h"
 
 #define MAX_RECENT_HISTORY 10
 
@@ -118,8 +119,9 @@ static NSMenuItem *menuItemForItem(id item) {
 	NSLog(@"Will create a new window %@", self);
 	struct nsurl *url;
 	nserror error;
+	NSString *startupUrl = [[Preferences defaultPreferences] startupUrl];
 
-        error = nsurl_create("https://www.startpage.com", &url);
+        error = nsurl_create([startupUrl cString], &url);
 
 	if (error == NSERROR_OK) {
 		error = browser_window_create(BW_CREATE_HISTORY, url, NULL, NULL, NULL);
diff --git a/frontends/gnustep/DownloadManager.m b/frontends/gnustep/DownloadManager.m
index afe30bd10..1e68ded03 100644
--- a/frontends/gnustep/DownloadManager.m
+++ b/frontends/gnustep/DownloadManager.m
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #import <Cocoa/Cocoa.h>
 #import "DownloadManager.h"
 #import "desktop/download.h"
+#import "Preferences.h"
 
 @implementation DownloadItem
 
@@ -105,6 +106,9 @@
 	[outputStream close];
 	completed = YES;
 	[[manager delegate] downloadManager: manager didUpdateItem: self];
+	if ([[Preferences defaultPreferences] removeDownloadsOnComplete]) {
+		[manager removeDownloadsAtIndexes: [NSIndexSet indexSetWithIndex: index]];
+	}
 }
 
 -(BOOL)isComplete {
diff --git a/frontends/gnustep/Preferences.m b/frontends/gnustep/Preferences.m
index 959c30144..80c14bf38 100644
--- a/frontends/gnustep/Preferences.m
+++ b/frontends/gnustep/Preferences.m
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@
 	if ([defaults objectForKey: KEY_CONFIRM_OVERWRITE] != nil) {
 		return [defaults boolForKey: KEY_CONFIRM_OVERWRITE];
 	} else {
-		return NO;
+		return YES;
 	}
 }
 -(void)setConfirmBeforeOverwriting: (BOOL)value {
diff --git a/frontends/gnustep/PreferencesWindowController.m b/frontends/gnustep/PreferencesWindowController.m
index 71438876b..909095757 100644
--- a/frontends/gnustep/PreferencesWindowController.m
+++ b/frontends/gnustep/PreferencesWindowController.m
@@ -175,20 +175,10 @@
 
 -(void)didPressStartupUseCurrentPage: (id)sender {
 	NSLog(@"Did press startup use current page");
-	@try {
 	AppDelegate *delegate = [NSApp delegate];
 	NSString *url = [delegate currentUrl];
-	NSLog(@"url: %@", url);
 	[[Preferences defaultPreferences] setStartupUrl: url];
 	[startupPageField setStringValue: [[Preferences defaultPreferences] startupUrl]];
-	} 
-	@catch (NSException *ex) {
-		NSLog(@"ex: %@", ex);
-	}
-	@finally {
-
-	}
-
 }