diff --git a/Nasal/gui.nas b/Nasal/gui.nas
index 2a5c74414..e0fa55d68 100644
--- a/Nasal/gui.nas
+++ b/Nasal/gui.nas
@@ -1265,3 +1265,12 @@ _setlistener("/sim/signals/screenshot", func {
      }
 });
 
+var do_welcome = 1;
+_setlistener("/sim/signals/fdm-initialized", func {
+    var haveTutorials = size(props.globals.getNode("/sim/tutorials", 1).getChildren("tutorial"));
+    gui.menuEnable("tutorial-start", haveTutorials);
+    if (do_welcome and haveTutorials)
+        settimer(func { setprop("/sim/messages/copilot", "Welcome aboard! Need help? Use 'Help -> Tutorials'.");}, 5.0);
+    do_welcome = 0;
+});
+
diff --git a/Nasal/tutorial/tutorial.nas b/Nasal/tutorial/tutorial.nas
index d72602671..67aceb08a 100644
--- a/Nasal/tutorial/tutorial.nas
+++ b/Nasal/tutorial/tutorial.nas
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ var step_start_time = nil;
 var step_iter_count = 0;    # number or step loop iterations
 var last_step_time = nil;   # for set_targets() eta calculation
 var audio_dir = nil;
-var do_welcome = 1;
 
 # property nodes (to be initialized with listener)
 var markerN = nil;
@@ -26,7 +25,7 @@ var last_messageN = nil;
 var step_countN = nil;
 var step_timeN = nil;
 
-_setlistener("/sim/signals/nasal-dir-initialized", func {
+_setlistener("/nasal/tutorial/loaded", func {
 	markerN = props.globals.getNode("/sim/model/marker", 1);
 	headingN = props.globals.getNode("/orientation/heading-deg", 1);
 	slipN = props.globals.getNode("/orientation/side-slip-deg", 1);
@@ -37,14 +36,6 @@ _setlistener("/sim/signals/nasal-dir-initialized", func {
 	setlistener("/sim/crashed", stopTutorial);
 });
 
-_setlistener("/sim/signals/fdm-initialized", func {
-    var haveTutorials = size(props.globals.getNode("/sim/tutorials", 1).getChildren("tutorial"));
-    gui.menuEnable("tutorial-start", haveTutorials);
-    if (do_welcome and haveTutorials)
-        settimer(func { setprop("/sim/messages/copilot", "Welcome aboard! Need help? Use 'Help -> Tutorials'.");}, 5.0);
-    do_welcome = 0;
-});
-
 var startTutorial = func {
 	var name = getprop("/sim/tutorials/current-tutorial");
 	if (name == nil) {
diff --git a/gui/dialogs/tutorial.xml b/gui/dialogs/tutorial.xml
index b95154682..358a01903 100644
--- a/gui/dialogs/tutorial.xml
+++ b/gui/dialogs/tutorial.xml
@@ -131,7 +131,10 @@
 				<default>true</default>
 				<binding>
 					<command>nasal</command>
-					<script>tutorial.startTutorial()</script>
+					<script>
+						setprop("/nasal/tutorial/enabled",1); # load module on demand
+						tutorial.startTutorial();
+					</script>
 				</binding>
 				<binding>
 					<command>dialog-close</command>
diff --git a/preferences.xml b/preferences.xml
index cc5f58aa9..610776ce8 100644
--- a/preferences.xml
+++ b/preferences.xml
@@ -1189,43 +1189,49 @@ Started September 2000 by David Megginson, david@megginson.com
 
 	<logging>
 		<log n="0">
-			<enabled>false</enabled>
+			<enabled type="bool">false</enabled>
 			<interval-ms>1000</interval-ms>
 			<filename>fg_log.csv</filename>
 			<delimiter>,</delimiter>
 			<entry n="0">
-				<enabled>false</enabled>
+				<enabled type="bool">false</enabled>
 				<title>Longitude</title>
 				<property>/position/longitude-deg</property>
 			</entry>
 			<entry n="1">
-				<enabled>false</enabled>
+				<enabled type="bool">false</enabled>
 				<title>Latitude</title>
 				<property>/position/latitude-deg</property>
 			</entry>
 			<entry n="2">
-				<enabled>false</enabled>
+				<enabled type="bool">false</enabled>
 				<title>Altitude</title>
 				<property>/position/altitude-ft</property>
 			</entry>
 			<entry n="3">
-				<enabled>false</enabled>
+				<enabled type="bool">false</enabled>
 				<title>Roll</title>
 				<property>/orientation/roll-deg</property>
 			</entry>
 			<entry n="4">
-				<enabled>false</enabled>
+				<enabled type="bool">false</enabled>
 				<title>Pitch</title>
 				<property>/orientation/pitch-deg</property>
 			</entry>
 			<entry n="5">
-				<enabled>false</enabled>
+				<enabled type="bool">false</enabled>
 				<title>Heading</title>
 				<property>/orientation/heading-deg</property>
 			</entry>
 		</log>
 	</logging>
 
+	<nasal>
+		<tutorial>
+			<enabled type="bool">false</enabled>
+		</tutorial>
+	</nasal>
+
 </PropertyList>
 
 <!-- end of preferences.xml -->