diff --git a/source/blender/windowmanager/intern/wm_files.c b/source/blender/windowmanager/intern/wm_files.c
index f0b8577be47..33564834bcb 100644
--- a/source/blender/windowmanager/intern/wm_files.c
+++ b/source/blender/windowmanager/intern/wm_files.c
@@ -343,7 +343,7 @@ int WM_read_homefile(bContext *C, wmOperator *op)
 {
 	ListBase wmbase;
 	char tstr[FILE_MAXDIR+FILE_MAXFILE], scestr[FILE_MAXDIR];
-	int from_memory= op?RNA_boolean_get(op->ptr, "factory"):0;
+	int from_memory= op && strcmp(op->type->idname, "WM_OT_read_factory_settings")==0;
 	int success;
 	
 	free_ttfont(); /* still weird... what does it here? */
diff --git a/source/blender/windowmanager/intern/wm_operators.c b/source/blender/windowmanager/intern/wm_operators.c
index b880dab2ee6..91bebb89a9a 100644
--- a/source/blender/windowmanager/intern/wm_operators.c
+++ b/source/blender/windowmanager/intern/wm_operators.c
@@ -1416,8 +1416,17 @@ static void WM_OT_read_homefile(wmOperatorType *ot)
 	ot->invoke= WM_operator_confirm;
 	ot->exec= WM_read_homefile;
 	ot->poll= WM_operator_winactive;
+}
+
+static void WM_OT_read_factory_settings(wmOperatorType *ot)
+{
+	ot->name= "Load Factory Settings";
+	ot->idname= "WM_OT_read_factory_settings";
+	ot->description="Load default file and user preferences";
 	
-	RNA_def_boolean(ot->srna, "factory", 0, "Factory Settings", "");
+	ot->invoke= WM_operator_confirm;
+	ot->exec= WM_read_homefile;
+	ot->poll= WM_operator_winactive;
 }
 
 /* *************** open file **************** */
@@ -3059,6 +3068,7 @@ void wm_operatortype_init(void)
 {
 	WM_operatortype_append(WM_OT_window_duplicate);
 	WM_operatortype_append(WM_OT_read_homefile);
+	WM_operatortype_append(WM_OT_read_factory_settings);
 	WM_operatortype_append(WM_OT_save_homefile);
 	WM_operatortype_append(WM_OT_window_fullscreen_toggle);
 	WM_operatortype_append(WM_OT_exit_blender);