diff --git a/apps/run/ChangeLog b/apps/run/ChangeLog
index 95945be78..3638407ef 100644
--- a/apps/run/ChangeLog
+++ b/apps/run/ChangeLog
@@ -13,3 +13,4 @@
 0.12: Fix for recorder not stopping at end of run. Bug introduced in 0.11
 0.13: Revert #1578 (stop duplicate entries) as with 2v12 menus it causes other boxes to be wiped (fix #1643)
 0.14: Fix Bangle.js 1 issue where after the 'overwrite track' menu, the start/stop button stopped working
+0.15: Keep run state between runs (allowing you to exit and restart the app)
diff --git a/apps/run/app.js b/apps/run/app.js
index 4038b8c1a..a56fce31c 100644
--- a/apps/run/app.js
+++ b/apps/run/app.js
@@ -41,6 +41,13 @@ var statIDs = [settings.B1,settings.B2,settings.B3,settings.B4,settings.B5,setti
 var exs = ExStats.getStats(statIDs, settings);
 // ---------------------------
 
+function setStatus(running) {
+  layout.button.label = running ? "STOP" : "START";
+  layout.status.label = running ? "RUN" : "STOP";
+  layout.status.bgCol = running ? "#0f0" : "#f00";
+  layout.render();
+}
+
 // Called to start/stop running
 function onStartStop() {
   var running = !exs.state.active;
@@ -77,12 +84,9 @@ function onStartStop() {
       } else {
         exs.stop();
       }
-      layout.button.label = running ? "STOP" : "START";
-      layout.status.label = running ? "RUN" : "STOP";
-      layout.status.bgCol = running ? "#0f0" : "#f00";
       // if stopping running, don't clear state
       // so we can at least refer to what we've done
-      layout.render();
+      setStatus(running);
     });
 }
 
@@ -105,13 +109,14 @@ for (var i=0;i<statIDs.length;i+=2) {
 lc.push({ type:"h", filly:1, c:[
   {type:"txt", font:fontHeading, label:"GPS", id:"gps", fillx:1, bgCol:"#f00" },
   {type:"txt", font:fontHeading, label:"00:00", id:"clock", fillx:1, bgCol:g.theme.fg, col:g.theme.bg },
-  {type:"txt", font:fontHeading, label:"STOP", id:"status", fillx:1 }
+  {type:"txt", font:fontHeading, label:"---", id:"status", fillx:1 }
 ]});
 // Now calculate the layout
 var layout = new Layout( {
   type:"v", c: lc
-},{lazy:true, btns:[{ label:"START", cb: onStartStop, id:"button"}]});
+},{lazy:true, btns:[{ label:"---", cb: onStartStop, id:"button"}]});
 delete lc;
+setStatus(exs.state.active);
 layout.render();
 
 function configureNotification(stat) {
diff --git a/apps/run/metadata.json b/apps/run/metadata.json
index 933576a5d..2d38f0249 100644
--- a/apps/run/metadata.json
+++ b/apps/run/metadata.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 { "id": "run",
   "name": "Run",
-  "version":"0.14",
+  "version":"0.15",
   "description": "Displays distance, time, steps, cadence, pace and more for runners.",
   "icon": "app.png",
   "tags": "run,running,fitness,outdoors,gps",
diff --git a/apps/runplus/ChangeLog b/apps/runplus/ChangeLog
index d3426428d..454b12b6d 100644
--- a/apps/runplus/ChangeLog
+++ b/apps/runplus/ChangeLog
@@ -14,3 +14,4 @@
 0.13: Revert #1578 (stop duplicate entries) as with 2v12 menus it causes other boxes to be wiped (fix #1643)
 0.14: Fix Bangle.js 1 issue where after the 'overwrite track' menu, the start/stop button stopped working
 0.15: Diverge from the standard "Run" app. Swipe to intensity interface a la Karvonnen (curtesy of FTeacher at https://github.com/f-teacher)
+      Keep run state between runs (allowing you to exit and restart the app)
diff --git a/apps/runplus/app.js b/apps/runplus/app.js
index 15e042759..633e47983 100644
--- a/apps/runplus/app.js
+++ b/apps/runplus/app.js
@@ -52,6 +52,13 @@ let statIDs = [settings.B1,settings.B2,settings.B3,settings.B4,settings.B5,setti
 let exs = ExStats.getStats(statIDs, settings);
 // ---------------------------
 
+function setStatus(running) {
+  layout.button.label = running ? "STOP" : "START";
+  layout.status.label = running ? "RUN" : "STOP";
+  layout.status.bgCol = running ? "#0f0" : "#f00";
+  layout.render();
+}
+
 // Called to start/stop running
 function onStartStop() {
   let running = !exs.state.active;
@@ -88,12 +95,9 @@ function onStartStop() {
     } else {
       exs.stop();
     }
-    layout.button.label = running ? "STOP" : "START";
-    layout.status.label = running ? "RUN" : "STOP";
-    layout.status.bgCol = running ? "#0f0" : "#f00";
     // if stopping running, don't clear state
     // so we can at least refer to what we've done
-    layout.render();
+    setStatus(running);
   });
 }
 
@@ -116,13 +120,14 @@ for (let i=0;i<statIDs.length;i+=2) {
 lc.push({ type:"h", filly:1, c:[
   {type:"txt", font:fontHeading, label:"GPS", id:"gps", fillx:1, bgCol:"#f00" },
   {type:"txt", font:fontHeading, label:"00:00", id:"clock", fillx:1, bgCol:g.theme.fg, col:g.theme.bg },
-  {type:"txt", font:fontHeading, label:"STOP", id:"status", fillx:1 }
+  {type:"txt", font:fontHeading, label:"---", id:"status", fillx:1 }
 ]});
 // Now calculate the layout
 let layout = new Layout( {
   type:"v", c: lc
-},{lazy:true, btns:[{ label:"START", cb: ()=>{if (karvonnenActive) {stopKarvonnenUI();run();} onStartStop();}, id:"button"}]});
+},{lazy:true, btns:[{ label:"---", cb: ()=>{if (karvonnenActive) {stopKarvonnenUI();run();} onStartStop();}, id:"button"}]});
 delete lc;
+setStatus(exs.state.active);
 layout.render();
 
 function configureNotification(stat) {
diff --git a/modules/exstats.js b/modules/exstats.js
index 461ae727f..1d3e27d0a 100644
--- a/modules/exstats.js
+++ b/modules/exstats.js
@@ -93,6 +93,16 @@ var state = {
 // list of active stats (indexed by ID)
 var stats = {};
 
+const DATA_FILE = "exstats.json";
+// Load the state from a saved file if there was one
+state = Object.assign(state, require("Storage").readJSON(DATA_FILE,1)||{});
+// force step history to a uint8array
+state.stepHistory = new Uint8Array(state.stepHistory);
+// when we exit, write the current state
+E.on('kill', function() {
+  require("Storage").writeJSON(DATA_FILE, state);
+});
+
 // distance between 2 lat and lons, in meters, Mean Earth Radius = 6371km
 // https://www.movable-type.co.uk/scripts/latlong.html
 // (Equirectangular approximation)
@@ -359,9 +369,10 @@ exports.getStats = function(statIDs, options) {
       state.notify.time.next = state.startTime + options.notify.time.increment;
     }
   }
-  reset();
+  if (!state.active) reset(); // we might already be active
   return {
-    stats : stats, state : state,
+    stats : stats,
+    state : state,
     start : function() {
       state.active = true;
       reset();