diff --git a/inject.js b/inject.js
index 473816b..f66a880 100644
--- a/inject.js
+++ b/inject.js
@@ -1309,8 +1309,8 @@ function defineVideoController() {
       );
       this.visibilityResumeHandler = null;
     }
-    // Clear the target speed when stopping
-    this.targetSpeed = null;
+    // Clear the animation state, but PRESERVE targetSpeed so getDesiredSpeed
+    // doesn't lose the user's intended speed if the site hijacks it.
   };
 
   tc.videoController.prototype.performImmediateNudge = function () {
@@ -2085,6 +2085,7 @@ function setSpeed(video, speed, isInitialCall = false, isUserKeyPress = false) {
 
   if (isUserKeyPress && !isInitialCall && video.vsc && video.vsc.div) {
     runAction("blink", 1000, null, video); // Pass video to blink
+    extendSpeedRestoreWindow(video); // Protect against immediate site-driven resets
   }
 
   // Try YouTube's native speed API first — keeps subtitles in sync without nudge
diff --git a/manifest.json b/manifest.json
index e41d069..ce97daf 100644
--- a/manifest.json
+++ b/manifest.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "Speeder",
   "short_name": "Speeder",
-  "version": "4.2.0",
+  "version": "4.3.1",
   "manifest_version": 2,
   "description": "Speed up, slow down, advance and rewind HTML5 audio/video with shortcuts (New and improved version of \"Video Speed Controller\")",
   "homepage_url": "https://github.com/SoPat712/speeder",