diff --git a/core/src/com/unciv/ui/mapeditor/MapEditorMenuPopup.kt b/core/src/com/unciv/ui/mapeditor/MapEditorMenuPopup.kt
index 0037499845..caa86d791e 100644
--- a/core/src/com/unciv/ui/mapeditor/MapEditorMenuPopup.kt
+++ b/core/src/com/unciv/ui/mapeditor/MapEditorMenuPopup.kt
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import com.unciv.ui.utils.*
 class MapEditorMenuPopup(var mapEditorScreen: MapEditorScreen): Popup(mapEditorScreen) {
 
     init {
-        addButton("New map") { UncivGame.Current.setScreen(NewMapScreen()) }
+        addButton("New map") { UncivGame.Current.setScreen(NewMapScreen(mapEditorScreen.tileMap.mapParameters)) }
         addButton("Save map") { mapEditorScreen.game.setScreen(SaveAndLoadMapScreen(mapEditorScreen.tileMap, true)) }
         addButton("Load map") { mapEditorScreen.game.setScreen(SaveAndLoadMapScreen(mapEditorScreen.tileMap)) }
         addButton("Exit map editor") { mapEditorScreen.game.setScreen(MainMenuScreen()); mapEditorScreen.dispose() }
diff --git a/core/src/com/unciv/ui/mapeditor/NewMapScreen.kt b/core/src/com/unciv/ui/mapeditor/NewMapScreen.kt
index 293d984fbc..7090e37e3f 100644
--- a/core/src/com/unciv/ui/mapeditor/NewMapScreen.kt
+++ b/core/src/com/unciv/ui/mapeditor/NewMapScreen.kt
@@ -18,9 +18,8 @@ import kotlin.concurrent.thread
 import com.unciv.ui.utils.AutoScrollPane as ScrollPane
 
 /** New map generation screen */
-class NewMapScreen : PickerScreen() {
+class NewMapScreen(val mapParameters: MapParameters = MapParameters()) : PickerScreen() {
 
-    private val mapParameters = MapParameters()
     private val ruleset = RulesetCache.getBaseRuleset()
     private var generatedMap: TileMap? = null