diff --git a/client/src/components/app_bar.tsx b/client/src/components/app_bar.tsx
index 2c65a81..c1d1a10 100644
--- a/client/src/components/app_bar.tsx
+++ b/client/src/components/app_bar.tsx
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ function InputModeButton({setNavOpen, isDropdown}) {
   /** toggle input mode if allowed */
   function toggleInputMode(ev: React.MouseEvent) {
     if (!lockInputMode){
+      localStorage.setItem("lean4game:typewriterMode", JSON.stringify(!typewriterMode))
       setTypewriterMode(!typewriterMode)
       setNavOpen(false)
     }
diff --git a/client/src/components/infoview/main.tsx b/client/src/components/infoview/main.tsx
index ab670a1..88dbbc9 100644
--- a/client/src/components/infoview/main.tsx
+++ b/client/src/components/infoview/main.tsx
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ export function Main(props: { world: string, level: number, data: LevelInfo}) {
 
   const completed = useAppSelector(selectCompleted(gameId, props.world, props.level))
 
-  console.debug(`template: ${props.data.template}`)
+  console.debug(`template: ${props.data?.template}`)
 
   // React.useEffect (() => {
   //   if (props.data.template) {
diff --git a/client/src/components/level.tsx b/client/src/components/level.tsx
index 806082d..c77b354 100644
--- a/client/src/components/level.tsx
+++ b/client/src/components/level.tsx
@@ -221,7 +221,10 @@ function PlayableLevel({impressum, setImpressum}) {
   const [showHelp, setShowHelp] = useState<Set<number>>(new Set())
   // Only for mobile layout
   const [pageNumber, setPageNumber] = useState(0)
-  const [typewriterMode, setTypewriterMode] = useState(true)
+  const [typewriterMode, setTypewriterMode] = useState(()=>{
+    const savedMode = localStorage.getItem('lean4game:typewriterMode');
+    return savedMode !== null ? JSON.parse(savedMode) : true;
+  })
   // set to true to prevent switching between typewriter and editor
   const [lockInputMode, setLockInputMode] = useState(false)
   const [typewriterInput, setTypewriterInput] = useState("")
@@ -320,8 +323,6 @@ function PlayableLevel({impressum, setImpressum}) {
           console.debug(`not inserting template.`)
         }
       }
-    } else {
-      setTypewriterMode(true)
     }
   }, [level, levelId, worldId, gameId, editor])
 
@@ -336,7 +337,7 @@ function PlayableLevel({impressum, setImpressum}) {
   }, [gameId, worldId, levelId])
 
   useEffect(() => {
-    if (!typewriterMode) {
+    if (!typewriterMode && editor) {
       // Delete last input attempt from command line
       editor.executeEdits("typewriter", [{
         range: editor.getSelection(),