diff --git a/include/ui.h b/include/ui.h
index 3468bb4..a05c20d 100644
--- a/include/ui.h
+++ b/include/ui.h
@@ -133,6 +133,7 @@ void ui_model_loading(GObject *source_object,
                                    GAsyncResult *result,
                                    GemGraphClientWindow *self);
 
+void ui_debug_model_loading (GemGraphClientWindow *self, const char *file);
 //
 // General events
 //
diff --git a/src/ui/application.c b/src/ui/application.c
index 11e5d47..4a6ac6a 100644
--- a/src/ui/application.c
+++ b/src/ui/application.c
@@ -71,7 +71,10 @@ static void gem_graph_client_application_activate(GApplication *app)
                            "application", app,
                            NULL);
 
+    // Launch with sidebar off
+    ui_toggle_sidebar();
     ui_set_stack(HOME_MODE);
+    ui_debug_model_loading(window, "data/models/dimers random walk.xml");
 
     gtk_window_present(window);
 }
diff --git a/src/ui/events.c b/src/ui/events.c
index 4e053de..55040d1 100644
--- a/src/ui/events.c
+++ b/src/ui/events.c
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
  */
 
 #include <stdio.h>
+#include <libgen.h>
 
 #include "../../include/base.h"
 #include "../../include/graphics.h"
@@ -325,7 +326,7 @@ void ui_model_loading(GObject *source_object,
     size_t length = 0;
 
     GError *error = NULL;
-    char *basename = g_file_get_basename(file);
+    char *basenamestr = g_file_get_basename(file);
 
     // Gives you the contents of the file as a byte array, or
     // set the error argument
@@ -343,14 +344,14 @@ void ui_model_loading(GObject *source_object,
                  error->message);
         ui_send_internal_notification("Unable to open file !");
         g_free(error);
-        g_free(basename);
+        g_free(basenamestr);
         g_free(content);
         return;
     }
 
-    if (model_init(content, length, basename) == false) {
+    if (model_init(content, length, basenamestr) == false) {
         ui_send_internal_notification("Error while loading the model");
-        g_free(basename);
+        g_free(basenamestr);
         g_free(content);
         return;
     }
@@ -363,10 +364,43 @@ void ui_model_loading(GObject *source_object,
     ui_enable_action("togglesidebar");
     ui_set_stack(RUN_MODE);
 
-    g_free(basename);
+    g_free(basenamestr);
     g_free(content);
 }
 
+void ui_debug_model_loading (GemGraphClientWindow *self, const char *file)
+{
+    char *content = NULL;
+    size_t length = 0;
+    char *basenamestr = basename(file);
+
+    content = read_file (file);
+    length = strlen (content);
+
+    /* // In case of error, print a warning to the standard error output */
+    /* if (error != NULL) { */
+    /*     g_printerr("Unable to open “%s”: %s\n", */
+    /*              g_file_peek_path(file), */
+    /*              error->message); */
+    /*     ui_send_internal_notification("Unable to open file !"); */
+    /*     return; */
+    /* } */
+
+    if (model_init(content, length, basenamestr) == false) {
+        ui_send_internal_notification("Error while loading the model");
+        return;
+    }
+
+    ui_enable_action("closefile");
+    ui_enable_action("savefile");
+    ui_enable_action("runmode");
+    ui_enable_action("editmode");
+    ui_enable_action("presentmode");
+    ui_enable_action("togglesidebar");
+    ui_set_stack(RUN_MODE);
+    ui_toggle_sidebar();
+}
+
 /* -------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
 
 /*
diff --git a/src/ui/window.c b/src/ui/window.c
index a92df9b..c709c94 100644
--- a/src/ui/window.c
+++ b/src/ui/window.c
@@ -123,9 +123,6 @@ static void gem_graph_client_window_init(GemGraphClientWindow *self)
 {
     gtk_widget_init_template(GTK_WIDGET(self));
     window = self;
-
-    // Launch with sidebar off
-    ui_toggle_sidebar();
 }
 
 /* -------------------------------------------------------------------------- */