diff --git a/mod.json b/mod.json
index 4db390e..9964f3d 100644
--- a/mod.json
+++ b/mod.json
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 			"type": "bool",
 			"default": false
 		},
-		"saveSongOnExit": {
+		"saveSongOnGameClose": {
 			"name": "Remember Last Menu Loop",
 			"description": "<cl>Original idea by HexCodesGMD.</c>\n\nIf enabled, this mod's most recently chosen menu loop will be the first loop you hear the next time you open Geometry Dash.",
 			"type": "bool",
diff --git a/src/GameManager.cpp b/src/GameManager.cpp
index 781d562..93455eb 100644
--- a/src/GameManager.cpp
+++ b/src/GameManager.cpp
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #include "SongManager.hpp"
+#include "Utils.hpp"
 #include <Geode/modify/GameManager.hpp>
 
 using namespace geode::prelude;
@@ -10,4 +11,11 @@ class $modify(MenuLoopGMHook, GameManager) {
 	gd::string getMenuMusicFile() {
 		return m_fields->songManager.getCurrentSong();
 	}
+	void encodeDataTo(DS_Dictionary* p0) {
+		std::string currentSong = m_fields->songManager.getCurrentSong();
+		log::debug("Game close detected. Most recent songManager song: {}", currentSong);
+		Mod::get()->setSavedValue<std::string>("lastMenuLoop", currentSong);
+
+		GameManager::encodeDataTo(p0);
+	}
 };
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/SongManager.cpp b/src/SongManager.cpp
index 3f3b067..b5b807d 100644
--- a/src/SongManager.cpp
+++ b/src/SongManager.cpp
@@ -35,6 +35,10 @@ std::string SongManager::getCurrentSong() {
 	return m_currentSong;
 }
 
+void SongManager::setCurrentSongToSavedSong() {
+	m_currentSong = geode::Mod::get()->getSavedValue<std::string>("lastMenuLoop");
+}
+
 bool SongManager::isOriginalMenuLoop() {
 	return m_isMenuLoop;
 }
@@ -54,3 +58,11 @@ void SongManager::update(float dt) {
 	if (Utils::getBool("enableNotification"))
 		Utils::generateNotification();
 }
+
+void SongManager::setCalledOnce(bool value) {
+	m_calledOnce = value;
+}
+
+bool SongManager::getCalledOnce() {
+	return m_calledOnce;
+}
diff --git a/src/SongManager.hpp b/src/SongManager.hpp
index 8bc4c61..a5817d9 100644
--- a/src/SongManager.hpp
+++ b/src/SongManager.hpp
@@ -13,7 +13,10 @@ class SongManager {
 	void pickRandomSong();
 	bool isOriginalMenuLoop();
 	std::string getCurrentSong();
+	void setCurrentSongToSavedSong();
 	void update(float);
+	bool getCalledOnce();
+	void setCalledOnce(bool);
 
   private:
 	SongManager();
@@ -21,4 +24,5 @@ class SongManager {
 	std::vector<std::string> m_songs;
 	std::string m_currentSong;
 	bool m_isMenuLoop;
+	bool m_calledOnce = false;
 };
diff --git a/src/Utils.cpp b/src/Utils.cpp
index b4d391e..6511dc4 100644
--- a/src/Utils.cpp
+++ b/src/Utils.cpp
@@ -55,10 +55,15 @@ void Utils::playlistModeNewSong() {
 		return Utils::setNewSong();
 	}
 	geode::log::info("attempting to hijack menuloop channel to use playlist mode");
-	FMODAudioEngine::sharedEngine()->m_backgroundMusicChannel->stop();
+	auto fmod = FMODAudioEngine::sharedEngine();
+	fmod->m_backgroundMusicChannel->stop();
 	SongManager::get().pickRandomSong();
 	geode::log::info("is it over?");
-	FMODAudioEngine::get()->playMusic(SongManager::get().getCurrentSong(), true, 1.0f, 1);
+	if (SongManager::get().getCalledOnce()) fmod->playMusic(SongManager::get().getCurrentSong(), true, 1.0f, 1);
+	else {
+		fmod->playMusic(geode::Mod::get()->getSavedValue<std::string>("lastMenuLoop"), true, 1.0f, 1);
+		SongManager::get().setCalledOnce(true);
+	}
 }
 
 // create notif card stuff
diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index cccf797..203fe63 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -73,7 +73,13 @@ void populateVector(bool customSongs) {
 $on_mod(Loaded) {
 	populateVector(Utils::getBool("useCustomSongs"));
 
-	songManager.pickRandomSong();
+	std::string lastMenuLoop = Mod::get()->getSavedValue<std::string>("lastMenuLoop");
+	bool saveSongOnGameClose = Utils::getBool("saveSongOnGameClose");
+	bool loopExists = std::filesystem::exists(lastMenuLoop);
+	log::debug("\n=== 'REMEMBER LAST MENU LOOP' DEBUG INFO ===\nlast menu loop: {}\n'saveSongOnGameClose' setting: {}\nloopExists: {}", lastMenuLoop, saveSongOnGameClose, loopExists);
+	if (!lastMenuLoop.empty() && Utils::isSupportedExtension(lastMenuLoop) && loopExists && saveSongOnGameClose) {
+		songManager.setCurrentSongToSavedSong();
+	} else songManager.pickRandomSong();
 
 	if (!std::filesystem::exists(configDir / R"(store_your_disabled_menuloops_here)")) {
 		std::filesystem::create_directory(configDir / R"(store_your_disabled_menuloops_here)");