diff --git a/bin/em/variabletime/web/js/record.js b/bin/em/variabletime/web/js/record.js
index 708115e..445eb96 100644
--- a/bin/em/variabletime/web/js/record.js
+++ b/bin/em/variabletime/web/js/record.js
@@ -160,10 +160,15 @@ const Record = function(tp) {
     const liveUpdater = new LiveUpdater(tp, buffy);
     let isInitialized = false;
 
+    let remember = {};
+
     const init = () => {
         if (!isInitialized) {
             tp.core.onChange(tp.sheet.sequence.pointer.playing, (playing) => {
                 if (isRecording === RECORDING && !playing) {
+                    // when you hit space to stop recording,
+                    // we want to keep it paused
+                    remember.isPlaying = false;
                     stopRecording();
                 }
             });
@@ -440,6 +445,7 @@ const Record = function(tp) {
             init();
         }
         lastPositions = {};
+        remember.isPlaying = tp.core.val(tp.sheet.sequence.pointer.playing);
         tp.sheet.sequence.pause();
         const layerKeys = Object.keys(hot);
         layerKeys.forEach((layerID) => {
@@ -554,6 +560,12 @@ const Record = function(tp) {
                     .classList.remove('visible');
                 console.log('Record::stopRecording', 'stopped recording');
                 isRecording = NOT_RECORDING;
+
+                if (remember.isPlaying) {
+                    tp.sheet.sequence.play();
+                } else {
+                    tp.sheet.sequence.pause();
+                }
                 resolve();
             });
         });