diff --git a/qt-ui/divelistview.cpp b/qt-ui/divelistview.cpp
index 6fd5dee10..e6eff5fc4 100644
--- a/qt-ui/divelistview.cpp
+++ b/qt-ui/divelistview.cpp
@@ -189,6 +189,8 @@ void DiveListView::selectTrip(dive_trip_t *trip)
 void DiveListView::unselectDives()
 {
 	selectionModel()->clearSelection();
+	if (amount_selected != 0)
+		qDebug() << "selection information inconsistent";
 }
 
 QList<dive_trip_t *> DiveListView::selectedTrips()
@@ -211,6 +213,8 @@ void DiveListView::selectDive(int i, bool scrollto, bool toggle)
 	QSortFilterProxyModel *m = qobject_cast<QSortFilterProxyModel *>(model());
 	QModelIndexList match = m->match(m->index(0, 0), DiveTripModel::DIVE_IDX, i, 2, Qt::MatchRecursive);
 	QItemSelectionModel::SelectionFlags flags;
+	if (match.isEmpty())
+		return;
 	QModelIndex idx = match.first();
 	flags = toggle ? QItemSelectionModel::Toggle : QItemSelectionModel::Select;
 	flags |= QItemSelectionModel::Rows;
diff --git a/qt-ui/downloadfromdivecomputer.cpp b/qt-ui/downloadfromdivecomputer.cpp
index 8c0f81aa5..a341a0c37 100644
--- a/qt-ui/downloadfromdivecomputer.cpp
+++ b/qt-ui/downloadfromdivecomputer.cpp
@@ -382,8 +382,23 @@ void DownloadFromDCWidget::onDownloadThreadFinished()
 			// down in the dive_table
 			for (int i = dive_table.nr - 1; i >= previousLast; i--)
 				delete_single_dive(i);
-		} else {
+		} else if (dive_table.nr) {
+			int i;
+			struct dive *d;
+			// remember the last downloaded dive (on most dive computers this will be the chronologically
+			// first new dive) and select it again after processing all the dives
+			MainWindow::instance()->dive_list()->unselectDives();
+			get_dive(dive_table.nr - 1)->selected = true;
 			process_dives(true, preferDownloaded());
+			// after process_dives does any merging or resorting needed, we need
+			// to recreate the model for the dive list so we can select the newest dive
+			MainWindow::instance()->recreateDiveList();
+			for_each_dive(i, d) {
+				if (d->selected)
+					break;
+			}
+			d->selected = false;
+			MainWindow::instance()->dive_list()->selectDive(i, true);
 		}
 	} else if (currentState == CANCELLING || currentState == CANCELLED){
 		if (import_thread_cancelled) {
diff --git a/qt-ui/mainwindow.cpp b/qt-ui/mainwindow.cpp
index f37b1c25d..efa50bc0c 100644
--- a/qt-ui/mainwindow.cpp
+++ b/qt-ui/mainwindow.cpp
@@ -124,14 +124,14 @@ MainWindow *MainWindow::instance()
 }
 
 // this gets called after we download dives from a divecomputer
-void MainWindow::refreshDisplay(bool recreateDiveList)
+void MainWindow::refreshDisplay(bool doRecreateDiveList)
 {
 	showError(get_error_string());
 	ui.InfoWidget->reload();
 	TankInfoModel::instance()->update();
 	ui.globe->reload();
-	if (recreateDiveList)
-		ui.ListWidget->reload(DiveTripModel::CURRENT);
+	if (doRecreateDiveList)
+		recreateDiveList();
 	ui.ListWidget->setFocus();
 	WSInfoModel::instance()->updateInfo();
 	// refresh the yearly stats if the window has an instance
@@ -143,6 +143,11 @@ void MainWindow::refreshDisplay(bool recreateDiveList)
 	}
 }
 
+void MainWindow::recreateDiveList()
+{
+	ui.ListWidget->reload(DiveTripModel::CURRENT);
+}
+
 void MainWindow::current_dive_changed(int divenr)
 {
 	if (divenr >= 0) {
diff --git a/qt-ui/mainwindow.h b/qt-ui/mainwindow.h
index 60081e957..d6775c602 100644
--- a/qt-ui/mainwindow.h
+++ b/qt-ui/mainwindow.h
@@ -152,7 +152,8 @@ protected:
 public
 slots:
 	void readSettings();
-	void refreshDisplay(bool recreateDiveList = true);
+	void refreshDisplay(bool doRecreateDiveList = true);
+	void recreateDiveList();
 	void showProfile();
 	void editCurrentDive();