diff --git a/app/mainwindow.cpp b/app/mainwindow.cpp
--- a/app/mainwindow.cpp
+++ b/app/mainwindow.cpp
@@ -1437,6 +1437,9 @@
     d->mViewMainPage->loadConfig();
     d->mBrowseMainPage->loadConfig();
 
+    KConfigGroup group(KSharedConfig::openConfig(), "CopyMoveOrLink");
+    d->mContextManager->setTargetUrl(group.readEntry("LastTarget", QUrl()));
+
     d->mShowStatusBarAction->setChecked(GwenviewConfig::statusBarIsVisible());
     toggleStatusBar();
 }
@@ -1447,6 +1450,9 @@
     GwenviewConfig::setStatusBarIsVisible(d->mShowStatusBarAction->isChecked());
     d->mViewMainPage->saveConfig();
     d->mBrowseMainPage->saveConfig();
+
+    KConfigGroup group(KSharedConfig::openConfig(), "CopyMoveOrLink");
+    group.writeEntry("LastTarget", d->mContextManager->targetUrl());
 }
 
 void MainWindow::print()