diff --git a/gui.js b/gui.js
index 73fffe91..b30b6deb 100644
--- a/gui.js
+++ b/gui.js
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ SpeechBubbleMorph*/
 
 // Global stuff ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
-modules.gui = '2015-January-21';
+modules.gui = '2015-February-06';
 
 // Declarations
 
@@ -390,6 +390,46 @@ IDE_Morph.prototype.openIn = function (world) {
                 },
                 this.cloudError()
             );
+        } else if (location.hash.substr(0, 7) === '#cloud:') {
+            this.shield = new Morph();
+            this.shield.alpha = 0;
+            this.shield.setExtent(this.parent.extent());
+            this.parent.add(this.shield);
+            myself.showMessage('Fetching project\nfrom the cloud...');
+
+            // make sure to lowercase the username
+            dict = SnapCloud.parseDict(location.hash.substr(7));
+            dict.Username = dict.Username.toLowerCase();
+
+            SnapCloud.getPublicProject(
+                SnapCloud.encodeDict(dict),
+                function (projectData) {
+                    var msg;
+                    myself.nextSteps([
+                        function () {
+                            msg = myself.showMessage('Opening project...');
+                        },
+                        function () {nop(); }, // yield (bug in Chrome)
+                        function () {
+                            if (projectData.indexOf('<snapdata') === 0) {
+                                myself.rawOpenCloudDataString(projectData);
+                            } else if (
+                                projectData.indexOf('<project') === 0
+                            ) {
+                                myself.rawOpenProjectString(projectData);
+                            }
+                            myself.hasChangedMedia = true;
+                        },
+                        function () {
+                            myself.shield.destroy();
+                            myself.shield = null;
+                            msg.destroy();
+                            myself.toggleAppMode(false);
+                        }
+                    ]);
+                },
+                this.cloudError()
+            );
         } else if (location.hash.substr(0, 6) === '#lang:') {
             urlLanguage = location.hash.substr(6);
             this.setLanguage(urlLanguage);
diff --git a/history.txt b/history.txt
index ca2d24cb..bac4a70a 100755
--- a/history.txt
+++ b/history.txt
@@ -2430,3 +2430,8 @@ ______
 150128
 ------
 * Objects: Fixed #710
+
+150206
+------
+* GUI: Added url switch #cloud: to open a shared project in edit mode
+