diff --git a/app/src/main/java/io/github/sspanak/tt9/ime/modes/InputMode.java b/app/src/main/java/io/github/sspanak/tt9/ime/modes/InputMode.java
index e30695b0..69a4c1f3 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/io/github/sspanak/tt9/ime/modes/InputMode.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/io/github/sspanak/tt9/ime/modes/InputMode.java
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ abstract public class InputMode {
 
 	public void reset() {
 		autoAcceptTimeout = -1;
-		specialCharSelectedGroup = 0;
+		specialCharSelectedGroup = -1;
 		suggestions.clear();
 	}
 
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/io/github/sspanak/tt9/ime/modes/ModePredictive.java b/app/src/main/java/io/github/sspanak/tt9/ime/modes/ModePredictive.java
index b7694c6f..d4ad90a5 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/io/github/sspanak/tt9/ime/modes/ModePredictive.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/io/github/sspanak/tt9/ime/modes/ModePredictive.java
@@ -253,12 +253,11 @@ public class ModePredictive extends InputMode {
 	 * options for the current digitSequence.
 	 */
 	private boolean loadStaticSuggestions(Runnable onLoad) {
-		if (digitSequence.equals(Language.PUNCTUATION_KEY)) {
+		if (digitSequence.equals(Language.PUNCTUATION_KEY) || digitSequence.equals(Language.SPECIAL_CHARS_KEY)) {
 			super.nextSpecialCharacters();
 			onLoad.run();
 			return true;
 		} else if (digitSequence.equals(EmojiLanguage.EMOJI_SEQUENCE)) {
-			specialCharSelectedGroup = -1;
 			nextSpecialCharacters(new EmojiLanguage());
 			onLoad.run();
 			return true;