diff --git a/app/MainWindow.cpp b/app/MainWindow.cpp
index a5d0525..1625daf 100644
--- a/app/MainWindow.cpp
+++ b/app/MainWindow.cpp
@@ -161,6 +161,12 @@ void MainWindow::init_from_session(const string &filename) {
   m_Ui.spinBoxSlideError->setValue(r.get_slide_error());
 
   // target
+  if (t.get_samples().size()>0) {
+    // extract target filename from brain sample
+    string fn = t.get_samples().begin()->m_filename;    
+    m_Ui.labelTargetSound->setText("loaded: "+QFileInfo(QString::fromStdString(fn)).fileName());
+  }
+  
   m_Ui.spinBoxBlockSizeTarget->setValue(t.get_block_size());
   m_Ui.doubleSpinBoxBlockOverlapTarget->setValue(t.get_overlap()/(float)t.get_block_size());
 
diff --git a/app/MainWindow.h b/app/MainWindow.h
index 6f29449..ed27ef2 100644
--- a/app/MainWindow.h
+++ b/app/MainWindow.h
@@ -212,6 +212,7 @@ private slots:
                                               m_format_string);
     if (m_last_target_file!="") {
       m_last_target_file=path;
+      m_Ui.labelTargetSound->setText("loaded: "+QFileInfo(path).fileName());      
       send_process_osc("/load_target","s",m_last_target_file.toStdString().c_str());
     }
   }
diff --git a/gui/samplebrain.ui b/gui/samplebrain.ui
index 45d8d2c..e2e381b 100644
--- a/gui/samplebrain.ui
+++ b/gui/samplebrain.ui
@@ -728,6 +728,13 @@
             </property>
            </widget>
           </item>
+          <item>
+           <widget class="QLabel" name="labelTargetSound">
+            <property name="text">
+             <string>no target sound loaded</string>
+            </property>
+           </widget>
+          </item>
           <item>
            <widget class="QPushButton" name="pushButtonLoadTarget">
             <property name="font">
@@ -1112,8 +1119,8 @@
             </property>
             <property name="sizeHint" stdset="0">
              <size>
-              <width>20</width>
-              <height>40</height>
+              <width>17</width>
+              <height>13</height>
              </size>
             </property>
            </spacer>