diff --git a/app/src/main/java/io/github/sspanak/tt9/ime/HotkeyHandler.java b/app/src/main/java/io/github/sspanak/tt9/ime/HotkeyHandler.java
index c9bb1942..fc6c8655 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/io/github/sspanak/tt9/ime/HotkeyHandler.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/io/github/sspanak/tt9/ime/HotkeyHandler.java
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 package io.github.sspanak.tt9.ime;
 
 import android.view.KeyEvent;
+import android.view.inputmethod.EditorInfo;
+import android.view.inputmethod.InputConnection;
 
 import io.github.sspanak.tt9.R;
 import io.github.sspanak.tt9.db.DictionaryLoader;
@@ -9,11 +11,15 @@ import io.github.sspanak.tt9.ime.modes.InputMode;
 import io.github.sspanak.tt9.ime.modes.ModeABC;
 import io.github.sspanak.tt9.ime.modes.ModePredictive;
 import io.github.sspanak.tt9.languages.LanguageCollection;
+import io.github.sspanak.tt9.languages.LanguageKind;
 import io.github.sspanak.tt9.preferences.helpers.Hotkeys;
 import io.github.sspanak.tt9.ui.UI;
 import io.github.sspanak.tt9.ui.dialogs.AddWordDialog;
 
 public abstract class HotkeyHandler extends TypingHandler {
+	private boolean isSystemRTL;
+
+
 	@Override
 	protected void onInit() {
 		if (settings.areHotkeysInitialized()) {
@@ -22,6 +28,13 @@ public abstract class HotkeyHandler extends TypingHandler {
 	}
 
 
+	@Override
+	protected boolean onStart(InputConnection connection, EditorInfo field) {
+		isSystemRTL = LanguageKind.isRTL(LanguageCollection.getDefault(this));
+		return super.onStart(connection, field);
+	}
+
+
 	@Override public boolean onBack() {
 		return settings.isMainLayoutNumpad();
 	}
@@ -195,6 +208,7 @@ public abstract class HotkeyHandler extends TypingHandler {
 			return true;
 		}
 
+		backward = isSystemRTL != backward;
 		scrollSuggestions(backward);
 
 		return true;
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/io/github/sspanak/tt9/ime/TypingHandler.java b/app/src/main/java/io/github/sspanak/tt9/ime/TypingHandler.java
index 8e2f53ae..6bb49904 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/io/github/sspanak/tt9/ime/TypingHandler.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/io/github/sspanak/tt9/ime/TypingHandler.java
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ import io.github.sspanak.tt9.ime.modes.InputMode;
 import io.github.sspanak.tt9.ime.modes.ModePredictive;
 import io.github.sspanak.tt9.languages.Language;
 import io.github.sspanak.tt9.languages.LanguageCollection;
-import io.github.sspanak.tt9.languages.LanguageKind;
 import io.github.sspanak.tt9.ui.UI;
 import io.github.sspanak.tt9.util.Text;
 
@@ -30,7 +29,6 @@ public abstract class TypingHandler extends KeyPadHandler {
 	@NonNull protected InputType inputType = new InputType(null, null);
 	@NonNull protected TextField textField = new TextField(null, null);
 	protected SuggestionOps suggestionOps;
-	private boolean isSystemRTL;
 
 	// input
 	protected ArrayList<Integer> allowedInputModes = new ArrayList<>();
@@ -63,7 +61,6 @@ public abstract class TypingHandler extends KeyPadHandler {
 			return false;
 		}
 
-		isSystemRTL = LanguageKind.isRTL(LanguageCollection.getDefault(this));
 		resetKeyRepeat();
 		mInputMode = getInputMode();
 		determineTextCase();
@@ -354,7 +351,6 @@ public abstract class TypingHandler extends KeyPadHandler {
 
 	protected void scrollSuggestions(boolean backward) {
 		suggestionOps.cancelDelayedAccept();
-		backward = isSystemRTL != backward;
 		suggestionOps.scrollTo(backward ? -1 : 1);
 		mInputMode.setWordStem(suggestionOps.getCurrent(), true);
 		appHacks.setComposingTextWithHighlightedStem(suggestionOps.getCurrent(), mInputMode);