diff --git a/reflowctl/reflowctl_gui.py b/reflowctl/reflowctl_gui.py
index ab4d769..f175290 100755
--- a/reflowctl/reflowctl_gui.py
+++ b/reflowctl/reflowctl_gui.py
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ class Solder(object):
         xmltree = etree.parse(filename)
         root = xmltree.getroot()
         solder_node = root[0]
-        s = Solder(solder_node.attrib["name"], solder_node)
+        s = Solder(solder_node.attrib["name"], solder_node.attrib["description"])
         env_count = 0
         for temp_level in solder_node.findall("state"):
             tstr = temp_level.attrib["temperature"]
@@ -190,6 +190,7 @@ class Solder(object):
         return s
 
 
+
 class SolderListModel(QtCore.QAbstractListModel):
     def __init__(self, parent=None, *args):
         """ datain: a list where each item is a row
@@ -206,7 +207,6 @@ class SolderListModel(QtCore.QAbstractListModel):
                 #print e
                 #pass
 
-        print len(self.listdata)
 
     def rowCount(self, parent=QtCore.QModelIndex()):
         return len(self.listdata)
@@ -223,6 +223,12 @@ class SolderListModel(QtCore.QAbstractListModel):
         else:
             return QtCore.QVariant()
 
+    def create_solder(self):
+        solder = Solder("new", "")
+        solder.add_temp_level("environment temp", getTemperature(), True)
+        self.listdata.append(solder)
+        self.reset()
+
 
 class TempLevelModel(QtCore.QAbstractTableModel):
     def __init__(self, parent):
@@ -704,6 +710,11 @@ class ApplicationWindow(QtGui.QMainWindow):
             QtCore.SIGNAL("clicked(QModelIndex)"),
             self.solder_selected)
 
+        self.connect(
+            self.solder_controls.add_button,
+            QtCore.SIGNAL("clicked()"),
+            self.solder_model.create_solder)
+
         self.settings_widget = QtGui.QWidget(self)
         pl = QtGui.QHBoxLayout(self.settings_widget)
         pl.addWidget(self.solder_view, 1)