diff --git a/src/actions.c b/src/actions.c
index 0347a99d..f7b248e4 100644
--- a/src/actions.c
+++ b/src/actions.c
@@ -546,16 +546,11 @@ void remove_symbol(int j)
   int i,c;
   xSymbol save;
   dbg(1, "remove_symbol(): removing symbol %d\n", j);
-  if(xctx.sym[j].prop_ptr != NULL) {
-    my_free(666, &xctx.sym[j].prop_ptr);
-  }
 
-  if(xctx.sym[j].templ != NULL) {
-    my_free(667, &xctx.sym[j].templ);
-  }
-  if(xctx.sym[j].type != NULL) {
-    my_free(668, &xctx.sym[j].type);
-  }
+  my_free(666, &xctx.sym[j].prop_ptr);
+  my_free(667, &xctx.sym[j].templ);
+  my_free(668, &xctx.sym[j].type);
+  my_free(684, &xctx.sym[j].name);
   /*  /20150409 */
   for(c=0;c<cadlayers;c++)
   {
@@ -613,7 +608,6 @@ void remove_symbol(int j)
    }
   }
   my_free(683, &xctx.sym[j].text);
-  my_free(684, &xctx.sym[j].name);
 
   save = xctx.sym[j];
   for(i = j + 1; i < xctx.symbols; i++) {
diff --git a/src/callback.c b/src/callback.c
index 0b514e45..a077a515 100644
--- a/src/callback.c
+++ b/src/callback.c
@@ -523,7 +523,6 @@ int callback(int event, int mx, int my, KeySym key,
      for(k=0; k<lastselected; k++) {
        if(selectedgroup[k].type!=ELEMENT) continue;
        j = selectedgroup[k].n ;
-       /* my_strdup(22, &type,get_tok_value((xctx.inst[j].ptr+ xctx.sym)->prop_ptr,"type",0)); */
        my_strdup(23, &type,(xctx.inst[j].ptr+ xctx.sym)->type);
        if( type && IS_LABEL_SH_OR_PIN(type)) break;
        symbol = xctx.sym + xctx.inst[j].ptr;
diff --git a/src/draw.c b/src/draw.c
index f8ee33d1..73dc385b 100644
--- a/src/draw.c
+++ b/src/draw.c
@@ -484,8 +484,7 @@ void draw_symbol(int what,int c, int n,int layer,int tmp_flip, int rot,
   if(!has_x) return;
   if(
     (hide_symbols==1 && (xctx.inst[n].ptr+ xctx.sym)->prop_ptr &&
-     !strcmp(get_tok_value( (xctx.inst[n].ptr+ xctx.sym)->prop_ptr, "type",0 ), "subcircuit") )  ||
-    (hide_symbols == 2) ) {
+     !strcmp( (xctx.inst[n].ptr+ xctx.sym)->type, "subcircuit") ) || (hide_symbols == 2) ) {
     hide = 1;
   } else {
     hide = 0;
diff --git a/src/save.c b/src/save.c
index aeac8c91..d7960276 100644
--- a/src/save.c
+++ b/src/save.c
@@ -1560,7 +1560,7 @@ int load_sym_def(const char *name, FILE *embed_fd)
     if((lcc[level].fd=fopen(sympath,fopen_read_mode))==NULL)
     {
       if(recursion_counter == 1) dbg(0, "l_s_d(): Symbol not found: %s\n",sympath);
-      my_snprintf(sympath, S(sympath), "%s/%s.sym", tclgetvar("XSCHEM_SHAREDIR"), "systemlib/missing");
+      my_snprintf(sympath, S(sympath), "%s/%s", tclgetvar("XSCHEM_SHAREDIR"), "systemlib/missing.sym");
       if((lcc[level].fd=fopen(sympath, fopen_read_mode))==NULL)
       {
        fprintf(errfp, "l_s_d(): systemlib/missing.sym missing, I give up\n");
diff --git a/src/scheduler.c b/src/scheduler.c
index 1f07b88b..b02ee14e 100644
--- a/src/scheduler.c
+++ b/src/scheduler.c
@@ -290,7 +290,20 @@ int xschem(ClientData clientdata, Tcl_Interp *interp, int argc, const char * arg
    }
    Tcl_ResetResult(interp);
  }
-
+ else if(!strcmp(argv[1], "load_symbol")) 
+ { 
+   int save, missing = 0;
+   if(argc > 2) { 
+      save = xctx.symbols;
+      match_symbol(argv[2]);
+      if( xctx.symbols != save && !strcmp( xctx.sym[xctx.symbols - 1].type, "missing") )  {
+        missing = 1;
+        remove_symbol( xctx.symbols - 1);
+      }
+   }
+   Tcl_ResetResult(interp);
+   Tcl_AppendResult(interp, missing ? "0" : "1", NULL);
+ }
  else if(!strcmp(argv[1],"place_symbol"))
  {
    int ret;
diff --git a/src/spice.awk b/src/spice.awk
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
diff --git a/src/verilog.awk b/src/verilog.awk
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
diff --git a/src/xschem.tcl b/src/xschem.tcl
index dc0804ec..6608de04 100644
--- a/src/xschem.tcl
+++ b/src/xschem.tcl
@@ -1608,10 +1608,11 @@ proc enter_text {textlabel {preserve_disabled disabled}} {
    }
    button .t.buttons.b3 -text "Load" -command \
    {
-     global INITIALPROPDIR
-     set a [tk_getOpenFile -parent .t -initialdir $INITIALPROPDIR ]
+     global INITIALTEXTDIR
+     if { ![info exists INITIALTEXTDIR] } { set INITIALTEXTDIR $current_dirname }
+     set a [tk_getOpenFile -parent .t -initialdir $INITIALTEXTDIR ]
      if [string compare $a ""] {
-      set INITIALPROPDIR [file dirname $a]
+      set INITIALTEXTDIR [file dirname $a]
       read_data_window  .t.txt  $a
      }
    }