--- a/src/renderer/components/ScreenSharePicker.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/components/ScreenSharePicker.tsx
@@ -31,7 +31,14 @@
     useForceUpdater
 } from "@vencord/types/utils";
 import { onceReady } from "@vencord/types/webpack";
-import { FluxDispatcher, MediaEngineStore, Select, UserStore, useState } from "@vencord/types/webpack/common";
+import {
+    FluxDispatcher,
+    MediaEngineStore,
+    Select,
+    useEffect,
+    UserStore,
+    useState
+} from "@vencord/types/webpack/common";
 import { Node } from "@vencord/venmic";
 import type { Dispatch, SetStateAction } from "react";
 import { addPatch } from "renderer/patches/shared";
@@ -590,6 +597,21 @@
     const hasPipewirePulse = sources.ok ? sources.hasPipewirePulse : true;
     const [ignorePulseWarning, setIgnorePulseWarning] = useState(false);
 
+    // Once the first source list arrives, preselect whichever of the last
+    // stream's audio sources are running again (e.g. the same game).
+    const [restored, setRestored] = useState(false);
+    useEffect(() => {
+        if (restored || loading || !sources.ok) return;
+        setRestored(true);
+
+        const last = State.store.screenshareAudio;
+        if (includeSources !== "None" || !last || last === "None") return;
+        if (last === "Entire System") return setIncludeSources(last);
+
+        const running = last.filter(l => sources.targets.some(t => hasMatchingProps(l, t)));
+        if (running.length) setIncludeSources(running);
+    }, [loading]);
+
     if (!sources.ok && sources.isGlibCxxOutdated) {
         return (
             <Paragraph>
@@ -746,6 +768,7 @@
                     disabled={!selected}
                     onClick={() => {
                         currentSettings = settings;
+                        if (isLinux) State.store.screenshareAudio = settings.includeSources;
                         try {
                             const frameRate = Number(qualitySettings.frameRate);
                             const height = Number(qualitySettings.resolution);
--- a/src/renderer/settings.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/settings.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
  */
 
+import type { Node } from "@vencord/venmic";
 import { useEffect, useReducer } from "@vencord/types/webpack/common";
 import { SettingsStore } from "shared/utils/SettingsStore";
 
@@ -37,6 +38,8 @@
         resolution: string;
         frameRate: string;
     };
+    // audio sources picked for the last stream, preselected when running again
+    screenshareAudio?: "None" | "Entire System" | Node[];
 }
 
 const stateKey = "VesktopState";