diff --git a/install/provisioning/setup-form.sh b/install/provisioning/setup-form.sh
index 9d8bd0d2..101f3468 100644
--- a/install/provisioning/setup-form.sh
+++ b/install/provisioning/setup-form.sh
@@ -17,10 +17,7 @@
 # only keys any gum widget exits on, and Ctrl+C arrives as a byte in raw mode,
 # so it never reaches the shell as SIGINT. Act on the status, never on a trap.
 #
-# Callers supply `notice <message> <seconds>` for validation feedback, and set
-# the variables these prompts write: region, keyboard, keyboard_label,
-# username, password, password_confirmation, full_name, email_address,
-# hostname, timezone.
+# Callers supply `notice <message> <seconds>` and set every variable these prompts write.
 
 OMARCHY_FORM_BACK=1
 OMARCHY_FORM_SIGNAL=130
@@ -95,7 +92,7 @@ omarchy_username_taken() { return 1; }
 # China lists the .cn package mirrors first and sets up Chinese input.
 omarchy_prompt_region() {
   local choice status
-  choice=$(gum choose --selected "Global" --header "Select region" Global China) && status=0 || status=$?
+  choice=$(printf '%s\n' Global China | gum choose --selected "${region^}" --header "Select region") && status=0 || status=$?
   ((status == 0)) || return $status
 
   region=${choice,,}
diff --git a/test/shell.d/setup-form-test.sh b/test/shell.d/setup-form-test.sh
index 3e5ff777..1dc7ccdc 100755
--- a/test/shell.d/setup-form-test.sh
+++ b/test/shell.d/setup-form-test.sh
@@ -53,6 +53,8 @@ source "$ROOT/install/provisioning/setup-form.sh"
 
 notice() { printf '%s\n' "$1" >>"$NOTICES"; }
 
+region=${REGION:-global}
+
 if [[ -n ${TAKEN_USERS:-} ]]; then
   omarchy_username_taken() { [[ " $TAKEN_USERS " == *" $1 "* ]]; }
 fi
@@ -129,10 +131,12 @@ pass "the form publishes the 0/1/130 status contract and leads with English (US)
 run_prompt omarchy_prompt_region "0:China"
 assert_status 0 "region prompt succeeds"
 [[ $(field region) == "china" ]] || fail "region prompt stores China as china"
-grep -qxF -- 'choose --selected Global --header Select region Global China' "$GUM_ARGS" || fail "region prompt offers Global then China and preselects Global"
-run_prompt omarchy_prompt_region "0:Global"
+[[ $(<"$tmp_dir/stdin.1") == $'Global\nChina' ]] || fail "region prompt offers Global then China"
+grep -qxF -- 'choose --selected Global --header Select region' "$GUM_ARGS" || fail "region prompt preselects Global on a fresh form"
+REGION=china run_prompt omarchy_prompt_region "0:Global"
 [[ $(field region) == "global" ]] || fail "region prompt stores Global as global"
-pass "region prompt maps Global and China to the stored region"
+grep -qxF -- 'choose --selected China --header Select region' "$GUM_ARGS" || fail "region prompt preselects the region chosen on an earlier visit"
+pass "region prompt maps Global and China and preselects the current region"
 
 run_prompt omarchy_prompt_region "1:"
 assert_status "$OMARCHY_FORM_BACK" "region prompt reports Esc as back"