diff --git a/res/layouts/pages/settings_audio.xml.lua b/res/layouts/pages/settings_audio.xml.lua
index f0073098..eaa8b3fb 100644
--- a/res/layouts/pages/settings_audio.xml.lua
+++ b/res/layouts/pages/settings_audio.xml.lua
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ function on_open()
     create_setting("audio.volume-music", "Music", 0.01)
     document.root:add("<label context='settings'>@Microphone</label>")
     document.root:add("<select id='input_device_select' "..
-        "onselect='function(opt) audio.__set_input_device(opt) end'/>")
+        "onselect='function(opt) core.set_setting(\"audio.input-device\", opt) end'/>")
     document.root:add("<container id='input_volume_outer' color='#000000' size='4'>"
                         .."<container id='input_volume_inner' color='#00FF00FF' pos='1' size='2'/>"
                     .."</container>")
diff --git a/src/engine/Engine.cpp b/src/engine/Engine.cpp
index 67ff6797..4239531e 100644
--- a/src/engine/Engine.cpp
+++ b/src/engine/Engine.cpp
@@ -175,6 +175,10 @@ void Engine::initialize(CoreParameters coreParameters) {
         langs::setup(lang, paths->resPaths.collectRoots());
     }, true));
 
+    keepAlive(settings.audio.inputDevice.observe([](auto name) {
+        audio::set_input_device(name == "auto" ? "" : name);
+    }, true));
+
     project->loadProjectStartScript();
     if (!params.headless) {
         project->loadProjectClientScript();
diff --git a/src/io/settings_io.cpp b/src/io/settings_io.cpp
index 6e94db9f..e0e423b0 100644
--- a/src/io/settings_io.cpp
+++ b/src/io/settings_io.cpp
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ SettingsHandler::SettingsHandler(EngineSettings& settings) {
     builder.add("volume-ui", &settings.audio.volumeUI);
     builder.add("volume-ambient", &settings.audio.volumeAmbient);
     builder.add("volume-music", &settings.audio.volumeMusic);
+    builder.add("input-device", &settings.audio.inputDevice);
 
     builder.section("display");
     builder.add("width", &settings.display.width);
diff --git a/src/settings.hpp b/src/settings.hpp
index 9b3fa363..b47c47aa 100644
--- a/src/settings.hpp
+++ b/src/settings.hpp
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ struct AudioSettings {
     NumberSetting volumeUI {1.0f, 0.0f, 1.0f, setting_format::percent};
     NumberSetting volumeAmbient {1.0f, 0.0f, 1.0f, setting_format::percent};
     NumberSetting volumeMusic {1.0f, 0.0f, 1.0f, setting_format::percent};
+
+    StringSetting inputDevice {"auto"};
 };
 
 struct DisplaySettings {