diff --git a/client/src/components/infoview/main.tsx b/client/src/components/infoview/main.tsx
index b77c3957..c7f553ae 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 922fddb5..acce7cbc 100644
--- a/client/src/components/level.tsx
+++ b/client/src/components/level.tsx
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import { ConnectionContext, connection, useLeanClient } from '../connection'
 import { useAppDispatch, useAppSelector } from '../hooks'
 import { useGetGameInfoQuery, useLoadInventoryOverviewQuery, useLoadLevelQuery } from '../state/api'
 import { changedSelection, codeEdited, selectCode, selectSelections, selectCompleted, helpEdited,
-  selectHelp, selectDifficulty, selectInventory } from '../state/progress'
+  selectHelp, selectDifficulty, selectInventory, selectTypewriterMode, changeTypewriterMode } from '../state/progress'
 import { store } from '../state/store'
 import { Button } from './button'
 import Markdown from './markdown'
@@ -203,12 +203,17 @@ function PlayableLevel({impressum, setImpressum}) {
   const {worldId, levelId} = useContext(WorldLevelIdContext)
   const {mobile} = React.useContext(MobileContext)
 
+  const dispatch = useAppDispatch()
+
   const difficulty = useSelector(selectDifficulty(gameId))
   const initialCode = useAppSelector(selectCode(gameId, worldId, levelId))
   const initialSelections = useAppSelector(selectSelections(gameId, worldId, levelId))
   const inventory: Array<String> = useSelector(selectInventory(gameId))
 
-  const gameInfo = useGetGameInfoQuery({game: gameId})
+  const typewriterMode = useSelector(selectTypewriterMode(gameId))
+  const setTypewriterMode = (newTypewriterMode: boolean) => dispatch(changeTypewriterMode({game: gameId, typewriterMode: newTypewriterMode}))
+
+  const gameInfo = useGetGameInfoQuery({game: gameId})  
   const level = useLoadLevelQuery({game: gameId, world: worldId, level: levelId})
 
   // The state variables for the `ProofContext`
@@ -220,12 +225,11 @@ 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)
+
   // set to true to prevent switching between typewriter and editor
   const [lockInputMode, setLockInputMode] = useState(false)
   const [typewriterInput, setTypewriterInput] = useState("")
   const lastLevel = levelId >= gameInfo.data?.worldSize[worldId]
-  const dispatch = useAppDispatch()
 
   // impressum pop-up
   function toggleImpressum() {setImpressum(!impressum)}
@@ -319,8 +323,6 @@ function PlayableLevel({impressum, setImpressum}) {
           console.debug(`not inserting template.`)
         }
       }
-    } else {
-      setTypewriterMode(true)
     }
   }, [level, levelId, worldId, gameId, editor])
 
@@ -335,7 +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(),
diff --git a/client/src/state/progress.ts b/client/src/state/progress.ts
index f5531594..c8c4242d 100644
--- a/client/src/state/progress.ts
+++ b/client/src/state/progress.ts
@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@ export interface GameProgressState {
   inventory: string[],
   difficulty: number,
   openedIntro: boolean,
-  data: WorldProgressState
+  data: WorldProgressState,
+  typewriterMode?: boolean
 }
 
 /**
@@ -126,6 +127,11 @@ export const progressSlice = createSlice({
       addGameProgress(state, action)
       state.games[action.payload.game].openedIntro = action.payload.openedIntro
     },
+    /** set the typewriter mode */
+    changeTypewriterMode(state: ProgressState, action: PayloadAction<{game: string, typewriterMode: boolean}>) {
+      addGameProgress(state, action)
+      state.games[action.payload.game].typewriterMode = action.payload.typewriterMode
+    }
   }
 })
 
@@ -196,7 +202,14 @@ export function selectOpenedIntro(game: string) {
   }
 }
 
+/** return typewriter mode for the current game if it exists */
+export function selectTypewriterMode(game: string) {
+  return (state) => {
+    return state.progress.games[game]?.typewriterMode ?? true
+  }
+}
+
 /** Export actions to modify the progress */
 export const { changedSelection, codeEdited, levelCompleted, deleteProgress,
   deleteLevelProgress, loadProgress, helpEdited, changedInventory, changedOpenedIntro,
-  changedDifficulty } = progressSlice.actions
+  changedDifficulty, changeTypewriterMode} = progressSlice.actions