diff --git plugins/contexts/user.inc plugins/contexts/user.inc
index bc738d0..7bdbc4c 100644
--- plugins/contexts/user.inc
+++ plugins/contexts/user.inc
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ function ctools_user_ctools_contexts() {
     'settings form' => 'ctools_context_user_settings_form',
     'settings form validate' => 'ctools_context_user_settings_form_validate',
     'keyword' => 'user',
-    'no ui' => TRUE,
+    'defaults' => array('uid' => '', 'current' => 0), 
     'context name' => 'user',
     'convert list' => array(
       'uid' => t('User ID'),
@@ -41,7 +41,13 @@ function ctools_context_create_user($empty, $data = NULL, $conf = FALSE) {
   }
 
   if ($conf) {
-    $data = user_load(array('uid' => $data['uid']));
+    if ($data['current'] == 1) {
+      global $user;
+      $data = &$user;
+    }
+    else {
+      $data = user_load(array('uid' => $data['uid']));
+    }
   }
 
   if (!empty($data)) {
@@ -54,6 +60,14 @@ function ctools_context_create_user($empty, $data = NULL, $conf = FALSE) {
 
 function ctools_context_user_settings_form($conf) {
   $form = array();
+  $warning = t('Note: because you add this context using context form instead of assigning to an argument, it will contain current user object.');
+  $form['description'] = array(
+    '#value' => '<strong>'. $warning .'</strong><br/>',
+  );
+  $form['current'] = array(
+    '#type' => 'hidden',
+    '#default_value' => 1,
+  );
   return $form;
 }