diff --git a/toonz/sources/toonz/iocommand.cpp b/toonz/sources/toonz/iocommand.cpp
index 1ee0c40..c0ffba5 100644
--- a/toonz/sources/toonz/iocommand.cpp
+++ b/toonz/sources/toonz/iocommand.cpp
@@ -2131,9 +2131,6 @@ static int loadPSDResource(IoCmd::LoadResourceArguments &args,
         error(QString::fromStdWString(e.getMessage()));
       }
       if (xl) {
-        if (xl->getSimpleLevel())  // just in case
-          xl->getSimpleLevel()->getProperties()->setDoPremultiply(true);
-
         // lo importo nell'xsheet
         if (popup->subxsheet() && childXsh) {
           childXsh->exposeLevel(0, subCol0, xl);
diff --git a/toonz/sources/toonzlib/preferences.cpp b/toonz/sources/toonzlib/preferences.cpp
index 7899033..8e692d1 100644
--- a/toonz/sources/toonzlib/preferences.cpp
+++ b/toonz/sources/toonzlib/preferences.cpp
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ inline bool formatLess(const Preferences::LevelFormat &a,
 //=================================================================
 
 void getDefaultLevelFormats(LevelFormatVector &lfv) {
-  lfv.resize(1);
+  lfv.resize(2);
   {
     LevelFormat &lf = lfv[0];
 
@@ -111,6 +111,11 @@ void getDefaultLevelFormats(LevelFormatVector &lfv) {
     lf.m_pathFormat = QRegExp(".+[0-9]{4,4}\\.tga", Qt::CaseInsensitive);
     lf.m_options.m_whiteTransp = true;
     lf.m_options.m_antialias   = 70;
+
+    // for all PSD files, set the premultiply options to layers
+    lfv[1].m_name                  = Preferences::tr("Adobe Photoshop");
+    lfv[1].m_pathFormat            = QRegExp("..*\\.psd", Qt::CaseInsensitive);
+    lfv[1].m_options.m_premultiply = true;
   }
 }