diff --git a/src/modules/packagechooser/Config.cpp b/src/modules/packagechooser/Config.cpp
index 106ae4538..f66f16824 100644
--- a/src/modules/packagechooser/Config.cpp
+++ b/src/modules/packagechooser/Config.cpp
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 /* === This file is part of Calamares - <https://calamares.io> ===
  *
  *   SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2021 Adriaan de Groot <groot@kde.org>
+ *   SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2021 Anke Boersma <demm@kaosx.us>
  *   SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
  *
  *   Calamares is Free Software: see the License-Identifier above.
@@ -99,7 +100,8 @@ Config::updateGlobalStorage( const QStringList& selected ) const
 {
     if ( m_method == PackageChooserMethod::Legacy )
     {
-        QString value = selected.join( ',' );
+        //QString value = selected.join( ',' );
+        QString value = ( m_pkgc );
         Calamares::JobQueue::instance()->globalStorage()->insert( m_id, value );
         cDebug() << m_id<< "selected" << value;
     }
@@ -116,6 +118,18 @@ Config::updateGlobalStorage( const QStringList& selected ) const
     }
 }
 
+void
+Config::setPkgc( const QString& pkgc )
+{
+    m_pkgc = pkgc;
+    emit pkgcChanged( m_pkgc );
+}
+
+QString
+Config::prettyStatus() const
+{
+    return tr( "Install option: <strong>%1</strong>" ).arg( m_pkgc );
+}
 
 static void
 fillModel( PackageListModel* model, const QVariantList& items )
@@ -183,6 +197,7 @@ Config::setConfigurationMap( const QVariantMap& configurationMap )
                                              PackageChooserMode::Required );
     m_method = PackageChooserMethodNames().find( CalamaresUtils::getString( configurationMap, "method" ),
                                                  PackageChooserMethod::Legacy );
+    m_pkgc = CalamaresUtils::getString( configurationMap, "pkgc" );
 
     if ( m_method == PackageChooserMethod::Legacy )
     {
diff --git a/src/modules/packagechooser/Config.h b/src/modules/packagechooser/Config.h
index 5959e3ea4..b343a8cb2 100644
--- a/src/modules/packagechooser/Config.h
+++ b/src/modules/packagechooser/Config.h
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 /* === This file is part of Calamares - <https://calamares.io> ===
  *
  *   SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2021 Adriaan de Groot <groot@kde.org>
+ *   SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2021 Anke Boersma <demm@kaosx.us>
  *   SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
  *
  *   Calamares is Free Software: see the License-Identifier above.
@@ -39,6 +40,9 @@ class Config : public Calamares::ModuleSystem::Config
 {
     Q_OBJECT
 
+    Q_PROPERTY( QString pkgc READ pkgc WRITE setPkgc NOTIFY pkgcChanged )
+    Q_PROPERTY( QString prettyStatus READ prettyStatus NOTIFY prettyStatusChanged FINAL )
+
 public:
     Config( QObject* parent = nullptr );
     ~Config() override;
@@ -74,6 +78,15 @@ public:
     /// As updateGlobalStorage() with an empty selection list
     void fillGSSecondaryConfiguration() const { updateGlobalStorage( QStringList() ); }
 
+    QString pkgc() const { return m_pkgc; }
+    void setPkgc( const QString& pkgc );
+
+    QString prettyStatus() const;
+
+signals:
+    void pkgcChanged( QString pkgc );
+    void prettyStatusChanged();
+
 private:
     PackageListModel* m_model = nullptr;
     QModelIndex m_defaultModelIndex;
@@ -86,6 +99,8 @@ private:
     QString m_id;
     /// Value to use for id if none is set in the config file
     Calamares::ModuleSystem::InstanceKey m_defaultId;
+    /// QML selection
+    QString m_pkgc;
 };