diff --git a/SINoCOLO/MainForm.cs b/SINoCOLO/MainForm.cs
index 6f77ca2..8d6cac1 100644
--- a/SINoCOLO/MainForm.cs
+++ b/SINoCOLO/MainForm.cs
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ public partial class MainForm : Form
         private bool selectInstanceMode = false;
         private int numHighFreqTicks = 0;
         private int numScanDelayTicks = 0;
+        private int numTicksToResetStoryMode = -1;
         private string cachedTitle;
 
         [DllImport("user32.dll", CharSet = CharSet.Auto)]
@@ -107,9 +108,10 @@ private void GameLogic_OnStateChangeNotify(GameLogic.EState newState)
         {
             // always force story mode: ignore when activating colo combat
             // shouldn't matter but meh, doesn't hurt to be on safe side
+            numTicksToResetStoryMode = -1;
             if (newState == GameLogic.EState.ColoCombat)
             {
-                comboBoxStoryMode.SelectedIndex = (int)GameLogic.EStoryMode.None;
+                numTicksToResetStoryMode = 20;
             }
 
             UpdateVisibileControls();
@@ -168,6 +170,16 @@ private void timerScan_Tick(object sender, EventArgs e)
             Scan();
             UpdateTimerFreq();
             DetailLog();
+
+            if (numTicksToResetStoryMode > 0)
+            {
+                numTicksToResetStoryMode--;
+                if (numTicksToResetStoryMode == 0)
+                {
+                    comboBoxStoryMode.SelectedIndex = (int)GameLogic.EStoryMode.None;
+                    numTicksToResetStoryMode = -1;
+                }
+            }
         }
 
         private void SetScreenState(ScreenReader.EState NewState)
diff --git a/SINoCOLO/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs b/SINoCOLO/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs
index 2448803..e397d60 100644
--- a/SINoCOLO/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs
+++ b/SINoCOLO/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs
@@ -32,5 +32,5 @@
 // You can specify all the values or you can default the Build and Revision Numbers
 // by using the '*' as shown below:
 // [assembly: AssemblyVersion("1.0.*")]
-[assembly: AssemblyVersion("25.0.0.0")]
-[assembly: AssemblyFileVersion("25.0.0.0")]
+[assembly: AssemblyVersion("26.0.0.0")]
+[assembly: AssemblyFileVersion("26.0.0.0")]