# Make "Save State" in Python format the default?
**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/make-save-state-in-python-format-the-default/8872
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Tags:** python
**Created:** [February 1, 2022, 3:54pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/make-save-state-in-python-format-the-default/8872 "2022-02-01T15:54:50Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@ReneHommel](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/ReneHommel)
#### Post date: [February 1, 2022, 3:54pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/make-save-state-in-python-format-the-default/8872/1 "2022-02-01T15:54:50Z")
I wonder if I can set somewhere that the Python format for “Save State” is used as the default format?
Switching from \*.pvsm to \*.py is very uncomfortable in the long run.
Any help is appreciated, I can’t find a solution.
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### Author:  [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [February 1, 2022, 3:55pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/make-save-state-in-python-format-the-default/8872/2 "2022-02-01T15:55:18Z")
Thats not possible afaik, but interesting idea.
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### Author:  [@wascott](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/wascott)
#### Post date: [February 1, 2022, 4:26pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/make-save-state-in-python-format-the-default/8872/3 "2022-02-01T16:26:17Z")
Thanks for the good idea. I wrote it up.
[https://gitlab.kitware.com/paraview/paraview/-/issues/21208](https://gitlab.kitware.com/paraview/paraview/-/issues/21208)
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### Author:  [@ReneHommel](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/ReneHommel)
#### Post date: [February 1, 2022, 4:59pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/make-save-state-in-python-format-the-default/8872/4 "2022-02-01T16:59:38Z")
Thanks a lot! Would be great for all python folks