diff --git a/src/App/App.tsx b/src/App/App.tsx
index 88450c4..ea8e514 100644
--- a/src/App/App.tsx
+++ b/src/App/App.tsx
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ export function App() {
         if (recoveredState.editorState !== undefined) {
           const {editorState, ...appState} = recoveredState as AppState & {editorState: VisualEditorState};
           setEditHistory(() => ({current: editorState, history: [], future: []}));
-          setAppState(() => appState);
+          setAppState(defaultAppState => Object.assign({}, defaultAppState, appState));
         }          
       }
     },
diff --git a/src/App/SideBar.tsx b/src/App/SideBar.tsx
index 0fc79df..ee2714b 100644
--- a/src/App/SideBar.tsx
+++ b/src/App/SideBar.tsx
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ export const defaultSideBarState = {
   showInputEvents: true,
   showInternalEvents: true,
   showOutputEvents: true,
-  showPlant: false,
+  showPlant: true,
   showConnections: false,
   showProperties: false,
   showExecutionTrace: true,