diff --git a/src/chat.rs b/src/chat.rs
index 73e4580..e2ec067 100644
--- a/src/chat.rs
+++ b/src/chat.rs
@@ -661,6 +661,7 @@ pub fn handle_chat_events(
     time: Res<Time>,
     settings: Res<var::Settings>,
 ) {
+    let mut choice_key = q_choices.iter().len();
     for event in er_chatevent.read() {
         let now = time.elapsed_seconds_f64();
         let chat_maybe = q_chats.get_single_mut();
@@ -674,6 +675,7 @@ pub fn handle_chat_events(
                 for entity in &q_choices {
                     commands.entity(entity).despawn();
                 }
+                choice_key = 0;
             }
             ChatEvent::DespawnAllChats => {
                 commands.entity(chat_entity).despawn();
@@ -695,7 +697,7 @@ pub fn handle_chat_events(
                 let sfx = audio::str2sfx(sound);
                 ew_sfx.send(audio::PlaySfxEvent(sfx));
             }
-            ChatEvent::SpawnChoice(replytext, key, goto, nowait, condition) => {
+            ChatEvent::SpawnChoice(replytext, _key, goto, nowait, condition) => {
                 'out: {
                     if let Some(condition) = condition {
                         if !vars.evaluate_condition(condition, &chat.talker.actor_id) {
@@ -706,10 +708,11 @@ pub fn handle_chat_events(
                         world::DespawnOnPlayerDeath,
                         Choice {
                             text: replytext.into(),
-                            key: *key,
+                            key: choice_key,
                             goto: goto.clone(),
                         }
                     ));
+                    choice_key += 1;
                     if !nowait {
                         chat.timer = now + CHOICE_TIMER / settings.chat_speed as f64;
                     }