diff --git a/website/src/repl/components/panel/PatternsTab.jsx b/website/src/repl/components/panel/PatternsTab.jsx
index 8e2b75b9..5e0d50e7 100644
--- a/website/src/repl/components/panel/PatternsTab.jsx
+++ b/website/src/repl/components/panel/PatternsTab.jsx
@@ -79,13 +79,11 @@ const updateCodeWindow = (context, patternData, reset = false) => {
   context.handleUpdate(patternData, reset);
 };
 
-const autoResetPatternOnChange = !isUdels();
-
 function UserPatterns({ context }) {
   const activePattern = useActivePattern();
   const viewingPatternStore = useViewingPatternData();
   const viewingPatternData = parseJSON(viewingPatternStore);
-  const { userPatterns, patternFilter } = useSettings();
+  const { userPatterns, patternFilter, patternAutoStart } = useSettings();
   const viewingPatternID = viewingPatternData?.id;
   return (
     <div className="flex flex-col gap-2 flex-grow overflow-hidden h-full pb-2 ">
@@ -135,13 +133,13 @@ function UserPatterns({ context }) {
       <div className="overflow-auto h-full bg-background p-2 rounded-md">
         {/* {patternFilter === patternFilterName.user && ( */}
         <PatternButtons
-          onClick={(id) =>
-            updateCodeWindow(
-              context,
-              { ...userPatterns[id], collection: userPattern.collection },
-              autoResetPatternOnChange,
-            )
-          }
+          onClick={(id) => {
+            updateCodeWindow(context, { ...userPatterns[id], collection: userPattern.collection }, patternAutoStart);
+
+            if (context.started && activePattern === id) {
+              context.handleEvaluate();
+            }
+          }}
           patterns={userPatterns}
           started={context.started}
           activePattern={activePattern}
@@ -188,17 +186,14 @@ function FeaturedPatterns({ context }) {
   const examplePatterns = useExamplePatterns();
   const collections = examplePatterns.collections;
   const patterns = collections.get(patternFilterName.featured);
+  const { patternAutoStart } = useSettings();
   return (
     <PatternPageWithPagination
       patterns={patterns}
       context={context}
       initialPage={featuredPageNum}
       patternOnClick={(id) => {
-        updateCodeWindow(
-          context,
-          { ...patterns[id], collection: patternFilterName.featured },
-          autoResetPatternOnChange,
-        );
+        updateCodeWindow(context, { ...patterns[id], collection: patternFilterName.featured }, patternAutoStart);
       }}
       paginationOnChange={async (pageNum) => {
         await loadAndSetFeaturedPatterns(pageNum - 1);
@@ -213,13 +208,14 @@ function LatestPatterns({ context }) {
   const examplePatterns = useExamplePatterns();
   const collections = examplePatterns.collections;
   const patterns = collections.get(patternFilterName.public);
+  const { patternAutoStart } = useSettings();
   return (
     <PatternPageWithPagination
       patterns={patterns}
       context={context}
       initialPage={latestPageNum}
       patternOnClick={(id) => {
-        updateCodeWindow(context, { ...patterns[id], collection: patternFilterName.public }, autoResetPatternOnChange);
+        updateCodeWindow(context, { ...patterns[id], collection: patternFilterName.public }, patternAutoStart);
       }}
       paginationOnChange={async (pageNum) => {
         await loadAndSetPublicPatterns(pageNum - 1);
diff --git a/website/src/repl/components/panel/SettingsTab.jsx b/website/src/repl/components/panel/SettingsTab.jsx
index 80daef01..85991f55 100644
--- a/website/src/repl/components/panel/SettingsTab.jsx
+++ b/website/src/repl/components/panel/SettingsTab.jsx
@@ -112,6 +112,7 @@ export function SettingsTab({ started }) {
     multiChannelOrbits,
     isTabIndentationEnabled,
     isMultiCursorEnabled,
+    patternAutoStart,
   } = useSettings();
   const shouldAlwaysSync = isUdels();
   const canChangeAudioDevice = AudioContext.prototype.setSinkId != null;
@@ -304,6 +305,11 @@ export function SettingsTab({ started }) {
           onChange={(cbEvent) => settingsMap.setKey('isCSSAnimationDisabled', cbEvent.target.checked)}
           value={isCSSAnimationDisabled}
         />
+        <Checkbox
+          label="Auto-start pattern on pattern change"
+          onChange={(cbEvent) => settingsMap.setKey('patternAutoStart', cbEvent.target.checked)}
+          value={patternAutoStart}
+        />
       </FormItem>
       <FormItem label="Zen Mode">Try clicking the logo in the top left!</FormItem>
       <FormItem label="Reset Settings">
diff --git a/website/src/settings.mjs b/website/src/settings.mjs
index 9365a6db..7c62b0de 100644
--- a/website/src/settings.mjs
+++ b/website/src/settings.mjs
@@ -96,6 +96,11 @@ export function useSettings() {
     isPanelOpen: parseBoolean(state.isPanelOpen),
     userPatterns: userPatterns,
     multiChannelOrbits: parseBoolean(state.multiChannelOrbits),
+    patternAutoStart: isUdels()
+      ? false
+      : state.patternAutoStart === undefined
+        ? true
+        : parseBoolean(state.patternAutoStart),
   };
 }