diff --git a/DebugView++/DebugView++.cpp b/DebugView++/DebugView++.cpp
index f46058c7..e5bd309b 100644
--- a/DebugView++/DebugView++.cpp
+++ b/DebugView++/DebugView++.cpp
@@ -131,6 +131,7 @@ int Main(HINSTANCE hInstance, HINSTANCE /*hPrevInstance*/, LPWSTR /*lpstrCmdLine
 
     auto args = Win32::GetCommandLineArguments();
     std::wstring fileName;
+    std::wstring selectTabName;
 
     for (size_t i = 1; i < args.size(); ++i)
     {
@@ -143,6 +144,10 @@ int Main(HINSTANCE hInstance, HINSTANCE /*hPrevInstance*/, LPWSTR /*lpstrCmdLine
             //wndMain.SetLogging();        // todo: implement: FileWriter needs to concurrently access m_logfile, it now causes a crash if DbgMsgSrc -1 is run
             // this should be replaced by the new streaming-to-disk feature we discussed.
         }
+        else if (boost::icontains(args[i], L"/tab:"))
+        {
+            selectTabName = args[i].substr(std::wstring(L"/tabs:").length() - 1, args[i].length());
+        }
         else if (args[i][0] != '/')
         {
             if (!fileName.empty())
@@ -175,7 +180,10 @@ int Main(HINSTANCE hInstance, HINSTANCE /*hPrevInstance*/, LPWSTR /*lpstrCmdLine
     {
         wndMain.CapturePipe(hPipe);
     }
-
+    if (!selectTabName.empty())
+    {
+        wndMain.SetSelectTabByName(selectTabName);
+    }
     return theLoop.Run();
 }
 
diff --git a/DebugView++/MainFrame.cpp b/DebugView++/MainFrame.cpp
index b2597f2f..8f03ecd1 100644
--- a/DebugView++/MainFrame.cpp
+++ b/DebugView++/MainFrame.cpp
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ std::wstring FormatDuration(double seconds)
         return wstringbuilder() << FormatUnits(minutes, L"minute") << L" " << FormatUnits(FloorTo<int>(seconds), L"second");
     }
 
-    static const wchar_t* units[] = {L"s", L"ms", L"µs", L"ns", nullptr};
+    static const wchar_t* units[] = {L"s", L"ms", L"ï½µs", L"ns", nullptr};
     const wchar_t** unit = units;
     while (*unit != nullptr && seconds > 0 && seconds < 1)
     {
@@ -1182,6 +1182,19 @@ void CMainFrame::Load(std::istream& file, const std::string& name, FILETIME file
     }
 }
 
+void CMainFrame::SetSelectTabByName(const std::wstring tabName)
+{
+    int views = GetViewCount();
+    for (int i = 0; i < views; ++i)
+    {
+        if (GetView(i).GetName() == tabName)
+        {
+            GetTabCtrl().SetCurSel(i);
+            break;
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 void CMainFrame::CapturePipe(HANDLE hPipe)
 {
     m_logSources.AddPipeReader(Win32::GetParentProcessId(), hPipe);
diff --git a/DebugView++/MainFrame.h b/DebugView++/MainFrame.h
index 1675f32c..2127b0d5 100644
--- a/DebugView++/MainFrame.h
+++ b/DebugView++/MainFrame.h
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ class CMainFrame : public CTabbedFrameImpl<CMainFrame, CDotNetTabCtrl<SelectedTa
     void Load(const std::wstring& fileName, bool keeptailing);
     void Load(HANDLE hFile);
     void Load(std::istream& file, const std::string& name, FILETIME fileTime);
+    void SetSelectTabByName(const std::wstring tabName);
     void CapturePipe(HANDLE hPipe);
     void FindNext(const std::wstring& text);
     void FindPrevious(const std::wstring& text);