diff --git a/src/screen.js b/src/screen.js
index 7a33f66..6fff553 100644
--- a/src/screen.js
+++ b/src/screen.js
@@ -76,15 +76,16 @@ function Screen(dom) {
 		getTextZone().classList[yes ? 'add' : 'remove']('read');
 	}
 
-	function menu(name, entries) {
+	function menu(config) {
 		var domEntries = [];
-		for(var i = 0; i < entries.length; i++) {
+		var selected = config.selected || 0;
+		for(var i = 0; i < config.entries.length; i++) {
 			domEntries.push(dom.make('li', {
-				class: i == 0 ? 'selected' : [],
-				textContent: entries[i].label
+				class: i == selected ? 'selected' : [],
+				textContent: config.entries[i].label
 			}, []));
 		}
-		var ul = dom.make('ul', {class: ['menu', 'framed'], id: name}, domEntries);
+		var ul = dom.make('ul', {class: ['menu', 'framed'], id: config.name + 'Menu'}, domEntries);
 		root.appendChild(ul);
 		menus.push(ul);
 		return ul;
diff --git a/src/ui.js b/src/ui.js
index fd49412..a26775a 100644
--- a/src/ui.js
+++ b/src/ui.js
@@ -68,8 +68,8 @@ function UI(async, buttons, dom, screen, session) {
 	}
 
 	function menu(config) {
-		var cursor = 0;
-		var m = screen.menu(config.name + 'Menu', config.entries);
+		var cursor = config.selected || 0;
+		var m = screen.menu(config);
 		var sync = function() { screen.select(cursor); };
 		var mapping = {
 			Up: function() {
@@ -100,7 +100,8 @@ function UI(async, buttons, dom, screen, session) {
 		var menuConfig = {
 			cancel: config.cancel,
 			entries: [],
-			name: config.name
+			name: config.name,
+			selected: config.selected
 		};
 		var apply = function(f, val) { return function() { return f(val); }; };
 		return function(f) {
@@ -241,7 +242,19 @@ function UI(async, buttons, dom, screen, session) {
 	}
 
 	function setTextSpeed(choices) {
-		ask(choices)(function(value) {
+		var currentTextSpeed = session.getOptions().textSpeed;
+		var config = {
+			entries: [],
+			cancel: choices.cancel,
+			name: choices.name
+		};
+		for(var i = 0; i < choices.entries.length; i++) {
+			config.entries[i] = choices.entries[i];
+			if(choices.entries[i].value == currentTextSpeed) {
+				config.selected = i;
+			}
+		}
+		ask(config)(function(value) {
 			session.setOptions({textSpeed: value});
 			textDelay = textSpeeds[value];
 		});