diff --git a/firmware/application/apps/ui_settings.hpp b/firmware/application/apps/ui_settings.hpp
index 2d90c830..431ae3ed 100644
--- a/firmware/application/apps/ui_settings.hpp
+++ b/firmware/application/apps/ui_settings.hpp
@@ -480,10 +480,12 @@ class SetEncoderDialView : public View {
 
     OptionsField field_encoder_dial_sensitivity{
         {20 * 8, 3 * 16},
-        6,
-        {{"LOW", encoder_dial_sensitivity::DIAL_SENSITIVITY_LOW},
-         {"NORMAL", encoder_dial_sensitivity::DIAL_SENSITIVITY_MEDIUM},
-         {"HIGH", encoder_dial_sensitivity::DIAL_SENSITIVITY_HIGH}}};
+        7,
+        {{"LOWEST", encoder_dial_sensitivity::DIAL_SENSITIVITY_LOWEST},
+         {"LOW", encoder_dial_sensitivity::DIAL_SENSITIVITY_LOW},
+         {"NORMAL", encoder_dial_sensitivity::DIAL_SENSITIVITY_NORMAL},
+         {"HIGH", encoder_dial_sensitivity::DIAL_SENSITIVITY_HIGH},
+         {"HIGHEST", encoder_dial_sensitivity::DIAL_SENSITIVITY_HIGHEST}}};
 
     Button button_save{
         {2 * 8, 16 * 16, 12 * 8, 32},
diff --git a/firmware/application/hw/encoder.cpp b/firmware/application/hw/encoder.cpp
index 0bb427c9..c77c8578 100644
--- a/firmware/application/hw/encoder.cpp
+++ b/firmware/application/hw/encoder.cpp
@@ -32,66 +32,24 @@
 // 12 degrees of rotation.
 //
 // For each encoder "pulse" there are 4 state transitions, and we can choose
-// between looking at all of them (high sensitivity), half of them (medium/default),
-// or one quarter of them (low sensitivity).
-static const int8_t transition_map[][16] = {
-    // Normal (Medium) Sensitivity -- default
-    {
-        0,   // 0000: noop
-        0,   // 0001: ccw start
-        0,   // 0010: cw start
-        0,   // 0011: rate
-        1,   // 0100: cw end
-        0,   // 0101: noop
-        0,   // 0110: rate
-        -1,  // 0111: ccw end
-        -1,  // 1000: ccw end
-        0,   // 1001: rate
-        0,   // 1010: noop
-        1,   // 1011: cw end
-        0,   // 1100: rate
-        0,   // 1101: cw start
-        0,   // 1110: ccw start
-        0,   // 1111: noop
-    },
-    // Low Sensitivity
-    {
-        0,   // 0000: noop
-        0,   // 0001: ccw start
-        0,   // 0010: cw start
-        0,   // 0011: rate
-        1,   // 0100: cw end
-        0,   // 0101: noop
-        0,   // 0110: rate
-        0,   // 0111: ccw end
-        -1,  // 1000: ccw end
-        0,   // 1001: rate
-        0,   // 1010: noop
-        0,   // 1011: cw end
-        0,   // 1100: rate
-        0,   // 1101: cw start
-        0,   // 1110: ccw start
-        0,   // 1111: noop
-    },
-    // High Sensitivity
-    {
-        0,   // 0000: noop
-        -1,  // 0001: ccw start
-        1,   // 0010: cw start
-        0,   // 0011: rate
-        1,   // 0100: cw end
-        0,   // 0101: noop
-        0,   // 0110: rate
-        -1,  // 0111: ccw end
-        -1,  // 1000: ccw end
-        0,   // 1001: rate
-        0,   // 1010: noop
-        1,   // 1011: cw end
-        0,   // 1100: rate
-        1,   // 1101: cw start
-        -1,  // 1110: ccw start
-        0,   // 1111: noop
-    },
+// how many transitions are needed before movement is registered
+static const int8_t transition_map[16] = {
+    0,   // 0000: noop
+    -1,  // 0001: ccw start
+    1,   // 0010: cw start
+    0,   // 0011: rate
+    1,   // 0100: cw end
+    0,   // 0101: noop
+    0,   // 0110: rate
+    -1,  // 0111: ccw end
+    -1,  // 1000: ccw end
+    0,   // 1001: rate
+    0,   // 1010: noop
+    1,   // 1011: cw end
+    0,   // 1100: rate
+    1,   // 1101: cw start
+    -1,  // 1110: ccw start
+    0,   // 1111: noop
 };
 
 int_fast8_t Encoder::update(
@@ -102,6 +60,13 @@ int_fast8_t Encoder::update(
     state <<= 1;
     state |= phase_1;
 
-    // dial sensitivity setting is stored in pmem
-    return transition_map[portapack::persistent_memory::config_encoder_dial_sensitivity()][state & 0xf];
+    int_fast8_t retval = transition_map[state & 0xf];
+
+    transition_count += retval;
+    if (abs(transition_count) > portapack::persistent_memory::config_encoder_dial_sensitivity())
+        transition_count = 0;
+    else
+        retval = 0;
+
+    return retval;
 }
diff --git a/firmware/application/hw/encoder.hpp b/firmware/application/hw/encoder.hpp
index 3436e071..4990277c 100644
--- a/firmware/application/hw/encoder.hpp
+++ b/firmware/application/hw/encoder.hpp
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ class Encoder {
 
    private:
     uint_fast8_t state{0};
+    int_fast8_t transition_count{0};
 };
 
 #endif /*__ENCODER_H__*/
diff --git a/firmware/common/portapack_persistent_memory.cpp b/firmware/common/portapack_persistent_memory.cpp
index 530fe172..ad693355 100644
--- a/firmware/common/portapack_persistent_memory.cpp
+++ b/firmware/common/portapack_persistent_memory.cpp
@@ -363,6 +363,7 @@ void defaults() {
 
     set_config_backlight_timer(backlight_config_t{});
     set_config_splash(true);
+    set_encoder_dial_sensitivity(DIAL_SENSITIVITY_NORMAL);
 
     // Default values for recon app.
     set_recon_autosave_freqs(false);
diff --git a/firmware/common/portapack_persistent_memory.hpp b/firmware/common/portapack_persistent_memory.hpp
index 43241cdc..29bca44c 100644
--- a/firmware/common/portapack_persistent_memory.hpp
+++ b/firmware/common/portapack_persistent_memory.hpp
@@ -107,9 +107,11 @@ struct backlight_config_t {
 };
 
 enum encoder_dial_sensitivity {
-    DIAL_SENSITIVITY_MEDIUM = 0,
-    DIAL_SENSITIVITY_LOW = 1,
-    DIAL_SENSITIVITY_HIGH = 2,
+    DIAL_SENSITIVITY_HIGHEST = 0,
+    DIAL_SENSITIVITY_HIGH = 1,
+    DIAL_SENSITIVITY_NORMAL = 2,
+    DIAL_SENSITIVITY_LOW = 3,
+    DIAL_SENSITIVITY_LOWEST = 4,
     NUM_DIAL_SENSITIVITY
 };