diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 8e202c175..736a8685d 100755
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ phpMyAdmin - Changelog
 $Id$
 $Source$
 
+2005-10-13 Sebastian Mendel <cybot_tm@users.sourceforge.net>
+    * left.php: preselect db if only one db
+
 2005-10-12 Sebastian Mendel <cybot_tm@users.sourceforge.net>
     * css/phpmyadmin.css.php, libraries/common.lib.php,
       themes/darkblue_orange/css/theme_right.css.php,
diff --git a/left.php b/left.php
index 143f249af..020871fcf 100644
--- a/left.php
+++ b/left.php
@@ -14,15 +14,6 @@ require_once('./libraries/grab_globals.lib.php');
 // free the session file, for the other frames to be loaded
 session_write_close();
 
-if (!empty($db)) {
-    $db_start = $db;
-} else {
-    $db_start = '';
-}
-
-$db     = isset( $db )    ? $db    : '';
-$table  = isset( $table ) ? $table : '';
-
 /**
  * Gets a core script and starts output buffering work
  */
@@ -48,10 +39,19 @@ if ($server > 0) {
     // this function is defined in "common.lib.php"
     // it defines $num_dbs and $dblist
     PMA_availableDatabases();
+    
+    if ( empty( $db ) && count( $dblist ) === 1 ) {
+        reset( $dblist );
+        $db = current( $dblist );
+    }
 } else {
     $num_dbs = 0;
 }
 
+$db       = isset( $db )    ? $db    : '';
+$table    = isset( $table ) ? $table : '';
+$db_start = $db;
+
 
 // garvin: For re-usability, moved http-headers
 // to a seperate file. It can now be included by header.inc.php,