diff --git a/common/ViewerProperties.cc b/common/ViewerProperties.cc
index 5ac61c86758b81cb0a78e545a75049f947fa99c9..5ccfc84ee833b0b862595fe1d29ad24630279da7 100644
--- a/common/ViewerProperties.cc
+++ b/common/ViewerProperties.cc
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ namespace Viewer {
     sceneRadius_(1.0),
     trackballCenter_(ACG::Vec3d( 0.0, 0.0, 0.0 )),
     trackballRadius_(1.0),
+    stereo_(false),
     viewerId_(_id)
   {
     settingsSection_ = "Viewer" + QString::number(_id) + "/";
diff --git a/common/ViewerProperties.hh b/common/ViewerProperties.hh
index 785c23dd2442520ae504de35f52c5f2b4da4f0bd..952e725cf9b481e51bba3d0fd5579bb0010a526f 100644
--- a/common/ViewerProperties.hh
+++ b/common/ViewerProperties.hh
@@ -497,7 +497,25 @@ namespace Viewer {
       double trackballRadius_;
       
     /** @} */
+
+    //===========================================================================
+    //===========================================================================
+    /** @name Stereo Settings
+     * @{ */
+    //===========================================================================
+    //===========================================================================
     
+    public:
+
+      void stereo(bool _stereo) { stereo_ = _stereo; emit updated(); };
+      bool stereo() {return stereo_; };
+
+    private:
+      /// Flag if stereo should be enabled for the current viewer
+      bool stereo_;
+
+
+    /** @} */
 
     signals:
 
diff --git a/widgets/glWidget/QtBaseViewer.cc b/widgets/glWidget/QtBaseViewer.cc
index 2d53f57c29ae73b398af77115f650165f4cc568f..a276dbec83d646d8fc0b6bfd88ebff3a8415a77c 100644
--- a/widgets/glWidget/QtBaseViewer.cc
+++ b/widgets/glWidget/QtBaseViewer.cc
@@ -182,9 +182,6 @@ glViewer::glViewer( QGraphicsScene* _scene,
 
   trackMouse_ = false;
 
-  // stereo
-  stereo_ = false;
-
   // Note: we start locked (initialization of updateLocked_)
   // will be unlocked in initializeGL()
 
@@ -422,7 +419,7 @@ void glViewer::updateProjectionMatrix()
   glstate_->reset_projection();
 
   // In stereo mode we have to use a perspective matrix
-  if (stereo_ || projectionMode_ == PERSPECTIVE_PROJECTION)
+  if ( properties_.stereo() || projectionMode_ == PERSPECTIVE_PROJECTION)
   {
     double aspect;
 
@@ -597,7 +594,7 @@ void glViewer::drawScene()
 
   // Check if we use build in default renderers
   if ( renderManager().activeId( properties_.viewerId() ) == 0 ) {
-    if (stereo_) drawScene_stereo();
+    if ( properties_.stereo()) drawScene_stereo();
     else         drawScene_mono();
   } else {
     renderManager().active( properties_.viewerId() )->plugin->render(glstate_,properties_);
@@ -954,7 +951,7 @@ void glViewer::paintGL()
     glColor4f(1.0,0.0,0.0,1.0);
 
     // clear (stereo mode clears buffers on its own)
-    if (!stereo_)
+    if (! properties_.stereo())
       glstate_->clearBuffers ();
 
     properties_.unLockUpdate();
@@ -1872,7 +1869,7 @@ void glViewer::viewWheelEvent( QWheelEvent* _event)
   if (_event->modifiers() == Qt::ShiftModifier)
     factor = properties_.wheelZoomFactorShift();
 
-  if (projectionMode() == PERSPECTIVE_PROJECTION || stereo_)
+  if (projectionMode() == PERSPECTIVE_PROJECTION ||  properties_.stereo())
   {
     double d = -(double)_event->delta() / 120.0 * 0.2 * factor * properties_.trackballRadius() / 3.0;
     translate( ACG::Vec3d(0.0, 0.0, d) );
@@ -2161,7 +2158,7 @@ void glViewer::updateCursorPosition (QPointF _scenePos)
     cursorPositionValid_ = false;
   }
   // only do real pick in stereo mode
-  else if (stereo_ && OpenFlipperSettings().value("Core/Gui/glViewer/stereoMousePick",true).toBool() &&
+  else if ( properties_.stereo() && OpenFlipperSettings().value("Core/Gui/glViewer/stereoMousePick",true).toBool() &&
            pick (ACG::SceneGraph::PICK_ANYTHING, _scenePos.toPoint(), nodeIdx, targetIdx, &tmp))
   {
     // the point we get back will contain the view transformation and we have to revert it
diff --git a/widgets/glWidget/QtBaseViewer.hh b/widgets/glWidget/QtBaseViewer.hh
index 2fdcc91e92a2d7410a0b02a47ba0edcbe5f56ebd..cbbbf4a7984a88d73bd88b99944b7de8ab3a81fd 100644
--- a/widgets/glWidget/QtBaseViewer.hh
+++ b/widgets/glWidget/QtBaseViewer.hh
@@ -678,8 +678,6 @@ private:
 
   private:
 
-    bool stereo_;
-
     // custom anaglyph stuff
     int    agTexWidth_;
     int    agTexHeight_;
diff --git a/widgets/glWidget/QtBaseViewerStereo.cc b/widgets/glWidget/QtBaseViewerStereo.cc
index 54518e104983bbdba6b772f1a69f41cfa39e6d26..8a0b724933d0b1baafc8c36338bfd8bac4065063 100644
--- a/widgets/glWidget/QtBaseViewerStereo.cc
+++ b/widgets/glWidget/QtBaseViewerStereo.cc
@@ -91,9 +91,9 @@ static const char* customAnaglyphProg = {
 void
 glViewer::setStereoMode(bool _b)
 {
-  stereo_ = _b;
+  properties_.stereo(_b);
 
-  if (!stereo_) {
+  if (! properties_.stereo()) {
     makeCurrent();
     ACG::GLState::drawBuffer(GL_BACK);
   }