diff --git a/rhodecode/templates/admin/repos_groups/repos_groups_add.html b/rhodecode/templates/admin/repos_groups/repos_groups_add.html
--- a/rhodecode/templates/admin/repos_groups/repos_groups_add.html
+++ b/rhodecode/templates/admin/repos_groups/repos_groups_add.html
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
                      <label for="group_parent_id">${_('Group parent')}:</label>
                  </div>
                  <div class="input">
-                     ${h.select('group_parent_id','',c.repo_groups,class_="medium")}
+                     ${h.select('group_parent_id',request.GET.get('parent_group'),c.repo_groups,class_="medium")}
                  </div>
              </div>
 
diff --git a/rhodecode/templates/admin/repos_groups/repos_groups_edit.html b/rhodecode/templates/admin/repos_groups/repos_groups_edit.html
--- a/rhodecode/templates/admin/repos_groups/repos_groups_edit.html
+++ b/rhodecode/templates/admin/repos_groups/repos_groups_edit.html
@@ -21,6 +21,11 @@
     <!-- box / title -->
     <div class="title">
         ${self.breadcrumbs()}
+        <ul class="links">
+          <li>
+            <span>${h.link_to(_(u'ADD NEW CHILD GROUP'),h.url('new_repos_group', parent_group=c.repos_group.group_id))}</span>
+          </li>
+        </ul>
     </div>
     <!-- end box / title -->
     ${h.form(url('repos_group',id=c.repos_group.group_id),method='put')}