diff --git a/static/app.js b/static/app.js
index f566bf6..22a192f 100644
--- a/static/app.js
+++ b/static/app.js
@@ -658,7 +658,8 @@ function render() {
   setHtml($("#top"), topbar());
   // The fires keep burning through a re-render: put the old canvases back in place of the new ones.
   const burning = [...document.querySelectorAll("canvas[data-flame]")];
-  setHtml($("#main"), S.me ? pageHtml() : register());
+  // Replacing a focused dropdown closes it mid-pick: hold the page until it lets go.
+  if (!document.activeElement?.matches("#main select")) setHtml($("#main"), S.me ? pageHtml() : register());
   for (const old of burning) {
     const fresh = document.querySelector(`canvas[data-flame="${old.dataset.flame}"]`);
     if (fresh && fresh !== old) fresh.replaceWith(old);
@@ -3030,7 +3031,12 @@ document.addEventListener("input", (e) => {
   render();
 });
 
+document.addEventListener("focusout", (e) => {
+  if (S && e.target.matches("#main select")) setTimeout(render);
+});
+
 document.addEventListener("change", (e) => {
+  if (e.target.matches("#main select")) e.target.blur();
   if (e.target.dataset.qset) {
     const n = Math.floor(Number(e.target.value));
     if (!(n >= 1 && n <= C.make_max)) return toast(`1 to ${fmt(C.make_max)}`, "bad");