diff --git a/AM2RLauncher/AM2RLauncher/MainForm/MainForm.Events.cs b/AM2RLauncher/AM2RLauncher/MainForm/MainForm.Events.cs
index af85c2b..415e000 100644
--- a/AM2RLauncher/AM2RLauncher/MainForm/MainForm.Events.cs
+++ b/AM2RLauncher/AM2RLauncher/MainForm/MainForm.Events.cs
@@ -532,7 +532,7 @@ public partial class MainForm : Form
     /// <summary>Gets called when user selects a different item from <see cref="profileDropDown"/> and changes <see cref="profileAuthorLabel"/> accordingly.</summary>
     private void ProfileDropDownSelectedIndexChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)
     {
-        if ((profileDropDown.SelectedIndex == -1) && (profileDropDown.Items.Count == 0)) return;
+        if ((profileDropDown.SelectedIndex == -1) && (!profileDropDown.DataStore.Any())) return;
 
         profileIndex = profileDropDown.SelectedIndex;
         log.Debug("profileDropDown.SelectedIndex has been changed to " + profileIndex + ".");
@@ -779,7 +779,7 @@ public partial class MainForm : Form
         // Reload list so mod gets recognized
         LoadProfilesAndAdjustLists();
         // Adjust profileIndex to point to newly added mod. if its not found for whatever reason, we default to first community updates
-        modSettingsProfileDropDown.SelectedIndex = profileList.FindIndex(p => p.Name == profile.Name);
+        modSettingsProfileDropDown.SelectedIndex = profileList.IndexOf(profileList.FirstOrDefault(p => p.Name == profile.Name));
         if (modSettingsProfileDropDown.SelectedIndex == -1)
             modSettingsProfileDropDown.SelectedIndex = 0;
 
@@ -792,11 +792,11 @@ public partial class MainForm : Form
     /// </summary>
     private void ModSettingsProfileDropDownSelectedIndexChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)
     {
-        if (modSettingsProfileDropDown.SelectedIndex == -1 && !modSettingsProfileDropDown.DataStore.Any()) return;
+        if (modSettingsProfileDropDown.SelectedIndex == -1 || !modSettingsProfileDropDown.DataStore.Any()) return;
 
         string profileName = modSettingsProfileDropDown.SelectedKey;
 
-        log.Info("SettingsProfileDropDown.SelectedIndex has been changed to " + modSettingsProfileDropDown.SelectedIndex + ".");
+        log.Info("ModSettingsProfileDropDown.SelectedIndex has been changed to " + modSettingsProfileDropDown.SelectedIndex + ".");
         if (modSettingsProfileDropDown.SelectedIndex <= 0 || !modSettingsProfileDropDown.DataStore.Any())
         {
             deleteModButton.Enabled = false;
@@ -1067,7 +1067,7 @@ public partial class MainForm : Form
         // Adjust our lists so it gets recognized
         LoadProfilesAndAdjustLists();
 
-        modSettingsProfileDropDown.SelectedIndex = profileList.FindIndex(p => p.Name == currentProfile.Name);
+        modSettingsProfileDropDown.SelectedIndex = profileList.IndexOf(profileList.FirstOrDefault(p => p.Name == currentProfile.Name));
         if (modSettingsProfileDropDown.SelectedIndex == -1)
             modSettingsProfileDropDown.SelectedIndex = 0;
 
diff --git a/AM2RLauncher/AM2RLauncher/MainForm/MainForm.StateMachine.cs b/AM2RLauncher/AM2RLauncher/MainForm/MainForm.StateMachine.cs
index c8217b7..6d12c51 100644
--- a/AM2RLauncher/AM2RLauncher/MainForm/MainForm.StateMachine.cs
+++ b/AM2RLauncher/AM2RLauncher/MainForm/MainForm.StateMachine.cs
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ public partial class MainForm
             case PlayButtonState.Playing: return;
 
             case PlayButtonState.Install:
-            case PlayButtonState.Play: apkButton.Enabled = true; apkButton.ToolTip = HelperMethods.GetText(Text.ApkButtonEnabledToolTip, profileDropDown?.Items[profileDropDown.SelectedIndex]?.Text ?? ""); break;
+            case PlayButtonState.Play: apkButton.Enabled = true; apkButton.ToolTip = HelperMethods.GetText(Text.ApkButtonEnabledToolTip, profileDropDown?.SelectedKey ?? ""); break;
         }
     }
 
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ public partial class MainForm
     /// <returns>The tooltip as a <see cref="String"/>, or <see langword="null"/> if the current State is invalid.</returns>
     private string GetPlayButtonTooltip()
     {
-        string profileName = ((profileDropDown != null) && (profileDropDown.Items.Count > 0)) ? profileDropDown.Items[profileDropDown.SelectedIndex].Text : "";
+        string profileName = ((profileDropDown != null) && (profileDropDown.DataStore.Any())) ? profileDropDown.SelectedKey : "";
         switch (updateState)
         {
             case PlayButtonState.Download: return Text.PlayButtonDownloadToolTip;
@@ -314,15 +314,11 @@ public partial class MainForm
     private void LoadProfilesAndAdjustLists()
     {
         // Reset loaded profiles
-        profileDropDown.Items.Clear();
         profileList.Clear();
         profileIndex = null;
-
-        // Load the profileList
-        profileList = Profile.LoadProfiles();
-
+        
         // Add profile names to the profileDropDown
-        foreach (ProfileXML profile in profileList)
+        foreach (ProfileXML profile in Profile.LoadProfiles())
         {
             // Archive version notes
             if (!profile.Installable)
@@ -333,14 +329,14 @@ public partial class MainForm
                     profile.ProfileNotes = Text.ArchiveNotesMods + "\n\n" + profile.ProfileNotes;
             }
 
-            profileDropDown.Items.Add(profile.Name);
+            profileList.Add(profile);
         }
 
         // Read the value from the config
         string profIndexString = ReadFromConfig("ProfileIndex");
 
         // Check if either no profile was found or the setting says that the last current profile didn't exist
-        if (profileDropDown.Items.Count == 0)
+        if (!profileDropDown.DataStore.Any())
             profileIndex = null;
         else
         {
@@ -351,13 +347,13 @@ public partial class MainForm
             // We parse from the settings, and check if profiles got deleted from the last time the launcher has been selected. if yes, we revert the last selection to 0;
             int intParseResult = Int32.Parse(profIndexString);
             profileIndex = intParseResult;
-            if (profileIndex >= profileDropDown.Items.Count)
+            if (profileIndex >= profileDropDown.DataStore.Count())
                 profileIndex = 0;
             profileDropDown.SelectedIndex = profileIndex.Value;
         }
 
         // Update stored profiles in the Profile Settings tab
-        modSettingsProfileDropDown.SelectedIndex = profileDropDown.Items.Count != 0 ? 0 : -1;
+        modSettingsProfileDropDown.SelectedIndex = profileDropDown.DataStore.Any() ? 0 : -1;
 
         // Refresh the author and version label on the main tab
         if (profileList.Count > 0)
diff --git a/AM2RLauncher/AM2RLauncher/MainForm/MainForm.UI.cs b/AM2RLauncher/AM2RLauncher/MainForm/MainForm.UI.cs
index 9508d29..0464a1f 100644
--- a/AM2RLauncher/AM2RLauncher/MainForm/MainForm.UI.cs
+++ b/AM2RLauncher/AM2RLauncher/MainForm/MainForm.UI.cs
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ using Eto.Forms;
 using log4net;
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Collections.ObjectModel;
 using System.Diagnostics;
 using System.Globalization;
 using System.IO;
@@ -111,14 +112,6 @@ public partial class MainForm : Form
         if (OS.IsMac)
             Menu = new MenuBar();
 
-        // Create array from validCount
-        profileList = new List<ProfileXML>();
-
-        //TODO: whenever profileDropDown gets rewritten to use a datastore, scrap this
-        List<ListItem> profileNames = new List<ListItem>();
-        foreach (ProfileXML profile in profileList)
-            profileNames.Add(profile.Name);
-
         // Custom splash texts
         string splash = Splash.GetSplash();
         log.Info($"Randomly chosen splash: {splash}");
@@ -228,7 +221,7 @@ public partial class MainForm : Form
         if (OS.IsLinux)
             profileDropDown = new DropDown();
 
-        profileDropDown.Items.AddRange(profileNames);   // It's actually more comfortable if it's outside, because of GTK shenanigans
+        profileDropDown.DataStore = (profileList);
 
         centerInterface.AddRow(profileDropDown);
 
@@ -646,8 +639,7 @@ public partial class MainForm : Form
     private readonly TrayIndicator trayIndicator;
 
     /// <summary><see cref="List{T}"/> of <see cref="ProfileXML"/>s, used for actually working with profile data.</summary>
-    //TODO: this should be moved into AM2RLauncherLib
-    private List<ProfileXML> profileList;
+    private ObservableCollection<ProfileXML> profileList = new ObservableCollection<ProfileXML>();
 
     /// <summary>The planet Background.</summary>
     private readonly Bitmap formBG = new Bitmap(Resources.bgCentered);
@@ -708,7 +700,6 @@ public partial class MainForm : Form
     /// <summary>A <see cref="DropDown"/> where profiles can be chosen.</summary>
     private readonly DropDown profileDropDown;
     /// <summary>A <see cref="DropDown"/> where profiles can be chosen (located in Profile Settings).</summary>
-    //TODO: Use MVVM bindings: https://github.com/picoe/Eto/wiki/Data-Binding#mvvm-binding
     private readonly DropDown modSettingsProfileDropDown;
 
     /// <summary>A <see cref="TextBox"/>, where the user can input their custom mirror.</summary>
diff --git a/AM2RLauncher/AM2RLauncherLib/XML/ProfileXML.cs b/AM2RLauncher/AM2RLauncherLib/XML/ProfileXML.cs
index 9459dba..167920a 100644
--- a/AM2RLauncher/AM2RLauncherLib/XML/ProfileXML.cs
+++ b/AM2RLauncher/AM2RLauncherLib/XML/ProfileXML.cs
@@ -95,4 +95,9 @@ public class ProfileXML
         Installable = installable;
         ProfileNotes = profileNotes;
     }
+    
+    public override string ToString()
+    {
+        return Name;
+    }
 }
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