diff --git a/Browser_IDE/IDEStartupMain.js b/Browser_IDE/IDEStartupMain.js
index 367f683..64dace0 100644
--- a/Browser_IDE/IDEStartupMain.js
+++ b/Browser_IDE/IDEStartupMain.js
@@ -66,6 +66,15 @@ let CompileQueue = new ActionQueue("CompileQueue", {
     cancelOn: [InitializeProjectQueue],
 });
 
+// add loadUserProject!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
+let LoadUserProjectQueue = new ActionQueue("LoadUserProjectQueue", {
+    cancelRunning: false,
+    replaceQueued: false,
+    maxQueued: 100,
+    waitOn: [ExecutionEnvironmentLoadQueue, InitializeProjectQueue],
+    cancelOn: [InitializeProjectQueue, ExecutionEnvironmentLoadQueue],
+});
+
 // Whenever both execution environment and load project queue clear, mirror the project
 ActionQueue.OnClear([ExecutionEnvironmentLoadQueue, InitializeProjectQueue], async function(){
     MirrorProjectQueue.Schedule("Mirror", async function(){
@@ -98,10 +107,18 @@ async function StartIDE() {
         setupIDEButtonEvents(); // uses current language
 
         // Create execution environment and project storage objects
-        // These constructors don't _do_ anything important.
         executionEnviroment = new ExecutionEnvironment(document.getElementById("ExecutionEnvironment"), activeLanguageSetup);
         appStorage = new AppStorage();
-        storedProject = new IDBStoredProject(appStorage, activeLanguageSetup.getDefaultProject());
+        
+        // Check if projectID exists in URL, if so, load that project
+        let projectID = SKO.projectID;
+        if (projectID) {
+            storedProject = new IDBStoredProject(appStorage, projectID);  // Use project ID if available
+        } 
+        else {
+            storedProject = new IDBStoredProject(appStorage, activeLanguageSetup.getDefaultProject());  // Default project
+        }
+
         unifiedFS = new UnifiedFS(storedProject, executionEnviroment);
 
         // Setup callbacks/listeners
@@ -116,6 +133,10 @@ async function StartIDE() {
         setupMinifiedInterface();
     });
 
+    // use LoadUserProjectQueue to load user projects!!!!!!!!!
+    LoadUserProjectQueue.Schedule("LoadUserProjects", async function() {
+        await ShowProjectLoader("Choose a project to load:", loadUserProjects);
+    });
 
     CompilerInitQueue.Schedule("CompilerInit", async function CompilerInitQueue (isCanceled){
         await initializeLanguageCompilerFiles(activeLanguageSetup);
diff --git a/Browser_IDE/editorMain.js b/Browser_IDE/editorMain.js
index e394281..00bb04d 100644
--- a/Browser_IDE/editorMain.js
+++ b/Browser_IDE/editorMain.js
@@ -906,7 +906,8 @@ function setupIDEButtonEvents() {
     setupProjectButton("DownloadProject", downloadProject);
     setupProjectButton("NewProject", () => scheduleProjectReInitialization(activeLanguageSetup.getDefaultProject()));
     setupProjectButton("LoadDemo", () => ShowProjectLoader("Choose a demo project:", LoadDemoProjects));
-
+    // Add the new "Load Project" button and its event!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
+    setupProjectButton("LoadProject", () =>  ShowProjectLoader("Choose a project to load:", loadUserProjects));
     if (!activeLanguageSetup.supportHotReloading) document.getElementById("runOne").children[0].innerText = "Syntax Check File";
 }
 
diff --git a/Browser_IDE/index.html b/Browser_IDE/index.html
index 6f4259b..42d7c6c 100644
--- a/Browser_IDE/index.html
+++ b/Browser_IDE/index.html
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
 			<li><button id="UploadProject">Import Project</button></li>
 			<span style="border-left:#404040 1px solid;"></span>
 			<li><button id="LoadDemo">Load Demo</button></li>
+			<li><button id="LoadProject">Load Project</button></li>
 		</ul>
         <ul class="sk-menu">
             <li>
diff --git a/Browser_IDE/projectLoadUI.js b/Browser_IDE/projectLoadUI.js
index 5ec9560..a4bce7b 100644
--- a/Browser_IDE/projectLoadUI.js
+++ b/Browser_IDE/projectLoadUI.js
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 "use strict";
 
-
 async function ShowProjectLoader(title, getChoices){
     let closeButton = elem('button', {type:"button"}, [elem('i', {class: "bi bi-x-lg"}, [])]);
 
@@ -65,10 +64,11 @@ async function ShowProjectLoader(title, getChoices){
                     if (activeLanguage.name != item["language"])
                         displayEditorNotification("Switching language to " + item["language"] + "<br>Page will reload.", NotificationIcons.INFO);
 
-                    let reroutedURL = await rerouteURL(item["file"]);
+                    // wait until the project has loaded, only then switch language if needed
+                    await loadProjectFromURL(await rerouteURL(item["file"]));
 
-                    scheduleLoadProjectFromURL(reroutedURL);
-                    schedulePotentialLanguageSwitch(item["language"]);
+                    if (activeLanguage.name != item["language"])
+                        switchActiveLanguage(item["language"]);
                 });
             }
             gridContainer.appendChild(set);
@@ -87,3 +87,86 @@ function LoadDemoProjects(){
         return json;
     });
 }
+
+//!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
+async function loadUserProjects() {
+    return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+        // Open the database
+        let dbRequest = indexedDB.open('SplashkitOnline', 1);
+
+        dbRequest.onupgradeneeded = function(event) {
+            let db = event.target.result;
+            // Create the 'userProjects' object store if it doesn't exist
+            if (!db.objectStoreNames.contains('userProjects')) {
+                db.createObjectStore('userProjects', { keyPath: 'id', autoIncrement: true });
+            }
+        };
+
+        dbRequest.onsuccess = function(event) {
+            let db = event.target.result;
+            let transaction = db.transaction(['userProjects'], 'readonly');
+            let objectStore = transaction.objectStore('userProjects');
+            
+            // Get all projects
+            let getRequest = objectStore.getAll();
+
+            getRequest.onsuccess = function() {
+                // Convert to display format
+                let userProjects = getRequest.result.map(project => ({
+                    title: project.name,  // project name
+                    language: project.language || "Unknown",  // default language
+                    file: project.filePath || "",  // file path
+                    thumbnail: project.thumbnail || ""  // thumbnail
+                }));
+                resolve(userProjects);
+            };
+
+            getRequest.onerror = function() {
+                reject('Failed to load user project data');
+            };
+        };
+
+        dbRequest.onerror = function() {
+            reject('Failed to open IndexedDB');
+        };
+    });
+}
+
+//!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
+async function ShowProjectLoader(title, getChoices) {
+    let closeButton = elem('button', {type:"button"}, [elem('i', {class: "bi bi-x-lg"}, [])]);
+
+    let loadingText = elem('div', {class: "sk-demo-window-loading-text", id:"DemoChooserLoader", style:{'position':'absolute'}}, [
+        elem('h2', {style:{'text-align':'center'}}, ["Loading..."])
+    ]);
+
+    let mainRows = elem('div', {class: "sk-column"}, [
+        elem('div', {class: "sk-header sk-header-indent"}, [
+            elem('div', {class: "flex-column"}, [title]),
+            elem('div', {class: "flex-column"}, [closeButton]),
+        ]),
+        loadingText,
+    ]);
+
+    let loaderWindow = elem('div', {class: "sk-main-columns sk-demo-window-container fade-on-create"}, [
+        elem('div', {class: "sk-notification sk-notification-body sk-contents sk-contents-focusable sk-demo-window", tabindex: "10"}, [
+            mainRows,
+        ]),
+    ]);
+
+    closeButton.addEventListener('click', function() {
+        removeFadeOut(loaderWindow, 200);
+    });
+
+    // Show the window
+    document.body.appendChild(loaderWindow);
+
+    try {
+        let choices = await getChoices();
+        console.log(choices);
+        removeFadeOut(loadingText, 200);
+    } catch(e) {
+        console.error("Failed to load project data:", e);
+        loadingText.childNodes[0].innerText = "Failed to load project list, sorry!";
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/Browser_IDE/splashKitOnlineEnvParams.js b/Browser_IDE/splashKitOnlineEnvParams.js
index 42e00db..f84ddaf 100644
--- a/Browser_IDE/splashKitOnlineEnvParams.js
+++ b/Browser_IDE/splashKitOnlineEnvParams.js
@@ -28,5 +28,6 @@ let SKO = (function(){
         useCompressedBinaries: getEnvParam("useCompressedBinaries", "on", true) == "on",
         useMinifiedInterface: getEnvParam("useMinifiedInterface") == "on",
         isPRPreview: getEnvParam("isPRPreview", isPreview ? "on" : "off") == "on",
+        projectID: getEnvParam("projectID", null, true) // add projectID
     };
 })();
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