diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6ef011e..ed55417 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -11,15 +11,15 @@ http://brouter.de/brouter-web/
 
 As an alternative to the above online version, the standalone server of BRouter can also be run on your local desktop.
 
-### Install
+### Install BRouter (server with routing engine)
 
 1. download and unzip latest [BRouter revision](http://brouter.de/brouter/revisions.html)  
-e.g. for Linux (replace ``~/opt/`` with your preferred install dir and ``1_0_1`` with latest version):  
+e.g. for Linux (replace ``~/opt/`` with your preferred install dir and ``1_1`` with latest version):  
 
         mkdir ~/opt/brouter
         cd ~/opt/brouter
-        wget http://brouter.de/brouter_bin/brouter_1_0_1.zip
-        unzip brouter_1_0_1.zip
+        wget http://brouter.de/brouter_bin/brouter_1_1.zip
+        unzip brouter_1_1.zip
         chmod +x ./standalone/server.sh
         mv segments3 segments2  # workaround until scripts are updated
 fix line endings with ``fromdos`` or ``dos2unix`` (might need to be installed first)  
@@ -27,10 +27,28 @@ fix line endings with ``fromdos`` or ``dos2unix`` (might need to be installed fi
         fromdos ./standalone/server.sh
 2. download one or more [data file(s)](http://brouter.de/brouter/segments3/) (rd5) into ``segments2`` dir
 
+### Install BRouter-Web (client)
+
+1. download BRouter-Web as subdirectory ``brouter-web`` of the ``brouter`` directory
+
+         wget https://github.com/nrenner/brouter-web/archive/master.zip
+         unzip master.zip
+         mv brouter-web-master brouter-web
+
+2. configure URL to ``profiles2`` directory  
+set ``BR.conf.profilesUrl`` in [config.js](config.js), e.g. uncomment:
+
+        BR.conf.profilesUrl = 'http://localhost:8000/profiles2/';
+
 ### Run
 
-1. start server in the ``standalone`` directory with ``./server.sh`` or ``server.cmd`` (Windows)
-2. open http://nrenner.github.io/brouter-web/
+1. start BRouter server in the ``standalone`` directory with ``./server.sh`` or ``server.cmd`` (Windows)
+2. serve the ``brouter`` directory for BRouter-Web  
+This is needed for pre-loading the selected profile (unless you allowed local file access in the Browser). Depending on your setup (see [How to run things locally](https://github.com/mrdoob/three.js/wiki/How-to-run-things-locally)), start a web server in the ``brouter`` directory, e.g.:
+
+        python -m SimpleHTTPServer
+
+2. open http://localhost:8000/brouter-web/  
 
 ## License
 
diff --git a/config.js b/config.js
index 2d5573b..13849f9 100644
--- a/config.js
+++ b/config.js
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
         ];
 
         BR.conf.host = 'http://h2096617.stratoserver.net:443';
+        BR.conf.profilesUrl = 'http://brouter.de/brouter/profiles2/';
 
     } else {
 
@@ -41,6 +42,12 @@
 
         BR.conf.host = 'http://localhost:17777';
 
+        // Pre-loading selected profile disabled locally. Needs brouter-web to run on a
+        // local web server with the profiles in a subdirectory or allowing file access 
+        // in the Browser (security!), see
+        // https://github.com/mrdoob/three.js/wiki/How-to-run-things-locally
+        //BR.conf.profilesUrl = 'http://localhost:8000/profiles2/';
+        //BR.conf.profilesUrl = 'file://YOUR_PATH_TO/profiles2/';
     }
 
 })();
diff --git a/index.html b/index.html
index f4f4cab..0c17862 100644
--- a/index.html
+++ b/index.html
@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@
         BR = {};
     </script>
     <script src="config.js"></script>
+    <script src="js/Util.js"></script>
     <script src="js/router/BRouter.js"></script>
     <!-- <script src="js/router/brouterCgi.js"></script> -->
     <script src="js/control/Control.js"></script>
diff --git a/js/Util.js b/js/Util.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0ae6582
--- /dev/null
+++ b/js/Util.js
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+BR.Util = {
+
+    get: function(url, cb) {
+        var xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();
+
+        xhr.open('GET', url, true);
+        xhr.onload = function() {
+            if ((xhr.status === 200 || xhr.status === 0) && xhr.responseText) {
+                cb(null, xhr.responseText);
+            } else {
+                cb(BR.Util.getError(xhr));
+            }
+        };
+        xhr.onerror = function() {
+            cb(BR.Util.getError(xhr));
+        };
+        xhr.send();
+    },
+
+    getError: function(xhr) {
+        var msg = 'no response from server';
+        if (xhr.responseText) {
+          msg = xhr.responseText;
+        } else if (xhr.status || xhr.statusText) {
+          msg = xhr.status + ': ' + xhr.statusText;
+        }
+        return new Error(msg);
+    }
+
+};
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/js/control/Profile.js b/js/control/Profile.js
index e0e7be1..c76a722 100644
--- a/js/control/Profile.js
+++ b/js/control/Profile.js
@@ -1,22 +1,58 @@
 BR.Profile = L.Class.extend({
+    cache: {},
+
     initialize: function () {
         L.DomUtil.get('upload').onclick = L.bind(this._upload, this);
         L.DomUtil.get('clear').onclick = L.bind(this.clear, this);
+        
+        this.ele = document.profile_upload.profile;
     },
 
     clear: function(evt) {
         var button = evt.target || evt.srcElement;
 
         evt.preventDefault();
-        document.profile_upload.profile.value = null;
+        this.ele.value = null;
+        this.ele.defaultValue = this.ele.value;
 
         this.fire('clear');
         button.blur();
     },
 
+    update: function(options) {
+        var profileName = options.profile,
+            profileUrl,
+            ele = this.ele,
+            dirty = ele.defaultValue !== ele.value;
+
+        this.profileName = profileName;
+        if (profileName && BR.conf.profilesUrl && (!ele.value || !dirty)) {
+            if (!(profileName in this.cache)) {
+                profileUrl = BR.conf.profilesUrl + profileName + '.brf';
+                BR.Util.get(profileUrl, L.bind(function(err, profileText) {
+                    if (err) {
+                        console.warn('Error getting profile from "' + profileUrl + '": ' + err);
+                        return;
+                    }
+
+                    this.cache[profileName] = profileText;
+
+                    // don't set when option has changed while loading
+                    if (!this.profileName || this.profileName === profileName) {
+                        ele.value = profileText;
+                        ele.defaultValue = ele.value;
+                    }
+                }, this));
+            } else {
+                ele.value = this.cache[profileName];
+                ele.defaultValue = ele.value;
+            }
+        }
+    },
+
     _upload: function(evt) {
         var button = evt.target || evt.srcElement,
-            profile = document.profile_upload.profile.value;
+            profile = this.ele.value;
 
         $(button).button('uploading');
         evt.preventDefault();
diff --git a/js/index.js b/js/index.js
index e471340..791ed46 100644
--- a/js/index.js
+++ b/js/index.js
@@ -120,6 +120,9 @@
 
         routingOptions = new BR.RoutingOptions();
         routingOptions.on('update', updateRoute);
+        routingOptions.on('update', function(evt) {
+            profile.update(evt.options);
+        });
 
         nogos = new BR.NogoAreas();
         nogos.on('update', updateRoute);
@@ -229,6 +232,7 @@
         // initial option settings (after controls are added and initialized with onAdd, before permalink)
         router.setOptions(nogos.getOptions());
         router.setOptions(routingOptions.getOptions());
+        profile.update(routingOptions.getOptions());
 
         map.addControl(new L.Control.Permalink({
             text: 'Permalink',
@@ -237,7 +241,8 @@
             routingOptions: routingOptions,
             nogos: nogos,
             router: router,
-            routing: routing
+            routing: routing,
+            profile: profile
         }));
     }
     
diff --git a/js/plugin/Permalink.Routing.js b/js/plugin/Permalink.Routing.js
index 71026d8..240ddf5 100644
--- a/js/plugin/Permalink.Routing.js
+++ b/js/plugin/Permalink.Routing.js
@@ -87,12 +87,14 @@ L.Control.Permalink.include({
         var router = this.options.router,
             routing = this.options.routing,
             routingOptions = this.options.routingOptions,
-            nogos = this.options.nogos;
+            nogos = this.options.nogos,
+            profile = this.options.profile;
 
         var opts = router.parseUrlParams(e.params);
         router.setOptions(opts);
         routingOptions.setOptions(opts);
         nogos.setOptions(opts);
+        profile.update(opts);
 
         if (opts.lonlats) {
             routing.draw(false);