diff --git a/packages/react/src/hooks/useStrudel.mjs b/packages/react/src/hooks/useStrudel.mjs
index 527aa708..b0b1062c 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/hooks/useStrudel.mjs
+++ b/packages/react/src/hooks/useStrudel.mjs
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ function useStrudel({
   getTime,
   evalOnMount = false,
   initialCode = '',
-  autolink = false,
   beforeEval,
   afterEval,
   editPattern,
@@ -51,15 +50,13 @@ function useStrudel({
           setCode(code);
           beforeEval?.();
         },
-        afterEval: ({ pattern: _pattern, code }) => {
+        afterEval: (res) => {
+          const { pattern: _pattern, code } = res;
           setActiveCode(code);
           setPattern(_pattern);
           setEvalError();
           setSchedulerError();
-          if (autolink) {
-            window.location.hash = '#' + encodeURIComponent(btoa(code));
-          }
-          afterEval?.();
+          afterEval?.(res);
         },
         onToggle: (v) => {
           setStarted(v);
diff --git a/website/src/repl/Footer.jsx b/website/src/repl/Footer.jsx
index 2940c140..37dfd0c9 100644
--- a/website/src/repl/Footer.jsx
+++ b/website/src/repl/Footer.jsx
@@ -7,14 +7,13 @@ import React, { useCallback, useLayoutEffect, useRef, useState } from 'react';
 import { loadedSamples } from './Repl';
 import { Reference } from './Reference';
 import { themes } from './themes.mjs';
-import { useSettings, settingsMap } from '../settings.mjs';
+import { useSettings, settingsMap, setActiveFooter, defaultSettings } from '../settings.mjs';
 
 export function Footer({ context }) {
-  // const [activeFooter, setActiveFooter] = useState('console');
-  // const { activeFooter, setActiveFooter, isZen } = useContext?.(ReplContext);
-  const { activeFooter, setActiveFooter, isZen } = context;
+  const { isZen } = context;
   const footerContent = useRef();
   const [log, setLog] = useState([]);
+  const { activeFooter } = useSettings();
 
   useLayoutEffect(() => {
     if (footerContent.current && activeFooter === 'console') {
@@ -323,7 +322,7 @@ function SettingsTab() {
           className="bg-background p-2 max-w-[300px] rounded-md hover:opacity-50"
           onClick={() => {
             if (confirm('Sure?')) {
-              settingsMap.setKey(defaultSettings);
+              settingsMap.set(defaultSettings);
             }
           }}
         >
diff --git a/website/src/repl/Repl.jsx b/website/src/repl/Repl.jsx
index 628efbc2..7a72fed1 100644
--- a/website/src/repl/Repl.jsx
+++ b/website/src/repl/Repl.jsx
@@ -23,9 +23,10 @@ import { prebake } from './prebake.mjs';
 import * as tunes from './tunes.mjs';
 import PlayCircleIcon from '@heroicons/react/20/solid/PlayCircleIcon';
 import { themes } from './themes.mjs';
-import { useSettings } from '../settings.mjs';
+import { settingsMap, useSettings, setLatestCode } from '../settings.mjs';
 
-const initialTheme = localStorage.getItem('strudel-theme') || 'strudelTheme';
+const { latestCode } = settingsMap.get();
+console.log('latestCode', latestCode);
 
 initAudioOnFirstClick();
 
@@ -114,7 +115,6 @@ export function Repl({ embedded = false }) {
   const isEmbedded = embedded || window.location !== window.parent.location;
   const [view, setView] = useState(); // codemirror view
   const [lastShared, setLastShared] = useState();
-  const [activeFooter, setActiveFooter] = useState('');
   const [isZen, setIsZen] = useState(false);
   const [pending, setPending] = useState(false);
 
@@ -125,14 +125,14 @@ export function Repl({ embedded = false }) {
       initialCode: '// LOADING',
       defaultOutput: webaudioOutput,
       getTime,
-      autolink: true,
       beforeEval: () => {
         cleanupUi();
         cleanupDraw();
         setPending(true);
       },
-      afterEval: () => {
+      afterEval: ({ code }) => {
         setPending(false);
+        setLatestCode(code);
       },
       onToggle: (play) => !play && cleanupDraw(false),
       drawContext,
@@ -141,16 +141,13 @@ export function Repl({ embedded = false }) {
   // init code
   useEffect(() => {
     initCode().then((decoded) => {
-      if (!decoded) {
-        setActiveFooter('intro'); // TODO: get rid
-      }
       logger(
         `Welcome to Strudel! ${
           decoded ? `I have loaded the code from the URL.` : `A random code snippet named "${name}" has been loaded!`
         } Press play or hit ctrl+enter to run it!`,
         'highlight',
       );
-      setCode(decoded || randomTune);
+      setCode(latestCode || decoded || randomTune);
     });
   }, []);
 
@@ -252,8 +249,6 @@ export function Repl({ embedded = false }) {
     isDirty,
     lastShared,
     activeCode,
-    activeFooter,
-    setActiveFooter,
     handleChangeCode,
     handleTogglePlay,
     handleUpdate,
diff --git a/website/src/settings.mjs b/website/src/settings.mjs
index f4c4c900..caabfbe5 100644
--- a/website/src/settings.mjs
+++ b/website/src/settings.mjs
@@ -2,10 +2,12 @@ import { persistentMap } from '@nanostores/persistent';
 import { useStore } from '@nanostores/react';
 
 export const defaultSettings = {
+  activeFooter: 'intro',
   keybindings: 'codemirror',
   theme: 'strudelTheme',
   fontFamily: 'monospace',
   fontSize: 18,
+  latestCode: '',
 };
 
 export const settingsMap = persistentMap('strudel-settings', defaultSettings);
@@ -13,3 +15,7 @@ export const settingsMap = persistentMap('strudel-settings', defaultSettings);
 export function useSettings() {
   return useStore(settingsMap);
 }
+
+export const setActiveFooter = (tab) => settingsMap.setKey('activeFooter', tab);
+
+export const setLatestCode = (code) => settingsMap.setKey('latestCode', code);