diff -rupN qsynth-0.3.6.old/src/qsynthOptions.cpp qsynth-0.3.6/src/qsynthOptions.cpp
--- qsynth-0.3.6.old/src/qsynthOptions.cpp	2011-03-30 07:53:04.000000000 -0400
+++ qsynth-0.3.6/src/qsynthOptions.cpp	2011-04-09 09:39:11.000000000 -0400
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ void qsynthOptions::loadOptions (void)
 
 	// Load defaults...
 	m_settings.beginGroup("/Defaults");
-	sSoundFontDir  = m_settings.value("/SoundFontDir").toString();
+	sSoundFontDir  = m_settings.value("/SoundFontDir", "/usr/share/soundfonts").toString();
 	bPresetPreview = m_settings.value("/PresetPreview", false).toBool();
 	m_settings.endGroup();
 
@@ -479,7 +479,7 @@ void qsynthOptions::loadSetup ( qsynthSe
 #else
 	pSetup->sMidiDriver      = m_settings.value("/MidiDriver", "alsa_seq").toString();
 	pSetup->sAudioDriver     = m_settings.value("/AudioDriver", "jack").toString();
-	pSetup->iAudioBufSize    = m_settings.value("/AudioBufSize", 64).toInt();
+	pSetup->iAudioBufSize    = m_settings.value("/AudioBufSize", 1024).toInt();
 	pSetup->iAudioBufCount   = m_settings.value("/AudioBufCount", 2).toInt();
 #endif
 	pSetup->sMidiName        = m_settings.value("/AlsaName", "pid").toString();
@@ -516,7 +516,9 @@ void qsynthOptions::loadSetup ( qsynthSe
 	m_settings.beginGroup("/SoundFonts");
 	const QString sSoundFontPrefix  = "/SoundFont%1";
 	const QString sBankOffsetPrefix = "/BankOffset%1";
+        const QString defaultSoundfont = "/usr/share/soundfonts/default.sf2";
 	int i = 0;
+        int f = 0;
 	for (;;) {
 		++i;
 		QString sSoundFont  = m_settings.value(sSoundFontPrefix.arg(i)).toString();
@@ -525,6 +527,11 @@ void qsynthOptions::loadSetup ( qsynthSe
 				break;
 		pSetup->soundfonts.append(sSoundFont);
 		pSetup->bankoffsets.append(sBankOffset);
+                f++;
+        }
+	if (f == 0) {
+                pSetup->soundfonts.append(defaultSoundfont);
+                pSetup->bankoffsets.append("0");
 	}
 	m_settings.endGroup();