diff --git a/isometric-park-fna/Engines/Spawners/GameSpawner.cs b/isometric-park-fna/Engines/Spawners/GameSpawner.cs
--- a/isometric-park-fna/Engines/Spawners/GameSpawner.cs
+++ b/isometric-park-fna/Engines/Spawners/GameSpawner.cs
@@ -108,6 +108,12 @@
 
         this.game.enqueueDialog(DialogTrees.flatten(DialogTrees.testTree, this.grammar));
 #endregion
+	this.simulation.Subsidy = message.Difficulty switch {
+		DifficultyLevel.Hard => 0M,
+		DifficultyLevel.Medium => 750M,
+		DifficultyLevel.Easy => 1000M,
+	};
+	
 			Logging.Success("Spawned new game.");
 
 		}
diff --git a/isometric-park-fna/Messages/SpawnGameMessage.cs b/isometric-park-fna/Messages/SpawnGameMessage.cs
--- a/isometric-park-fna/Messages/SpawnGameMessage.cs
+++ b/isometric-park-fna/Messages/SpawnGameMessage.cs
@@ -2,5 +2,15 @@
 
 namespace isometricparkfna.Messages {
 
-	public struct SpawnGameMessage : IMessage { }
+	public enum DifficultyLevel
+	{
+		Easy,
+		Medium,
+		Hard
+	}
+
+
+	public struct SpawnGameMessage : IMessage {
+		public DifficultyLevel Difficulty;
+	}
 }
diff --git a/isometric-park-fna/Simulation.cs b/isometric-park-fna/Simulation.cs
--- a/isometric-park-fna/Simulation.cs
+++ b/isometric-park-fna/Simulation.cs
@@ -61,6 +61,8 @@
         public const int MAX_TREES_TO_PLANT = 25;
         public const int MAX_TREES_TO_CLEAR = 25;
 
+        public decimal Subsidy { get; set; }
+
         public int Tick
         {
             get;
@@ -297,7 +299,7 @@
                 DateTime = this.DateTime,
                 money = this.money,
                 trees = this.map.tree_count,
-                subsidy = 1000,
+                subsidy = this.Subsidy,
 		contracts = this.contracts,
 		enforcement = this.enforcement,
                 upkeep = (int)(this.map.tree_count * 1.5),
diff --git a/isometric-park-fna/UI/InGameMenu.cs b/isometric-park-fna/UI/InGameMenu.cs
--- a/isometric-park-fna/UI/InGameMenu.cs
+++ b/isometric-park-fna/UI/InGameMenu.cs
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@
 
 		    bridgeEngine.gameStateMessages.Add(new GameStateMessage{isPlaying = false});
 		    bridgeEngine.typeMessages.Add(new ToggleWindowTypeMessage{Window = Window.InGameMenu});
+		    bridgeEngine.typeMessages.Add(new ToggleWindowTypeMessage{Window = Window.MainMenu});
 	    }
 	    if (ImGui.Button("Quit", button_size))
 	    {
diff --git a/isometric-park-fna/UI/NewGameWindow.cs b/isometric-park-fna/UI/NewGameWindow.cs
--- a/isometric-park-fna/UI/NewGameWindow.cs
+++ b/isometric-park-fna/UI/NewGameWindow.cs
@@ -12,13 +12,6 @@
 namespace isometricparkfna.UI
 {
 
-	enum DifficultyLevel
-	{
-		Easy,
-		Medium,
-		Hard
-	}
-
     public static class NewGameWindow
     {
 
@@ -47,6 +40,13 @@
 
 	public static void Initialize()
 	{
+		NewGameWindow.Reset();
+
+		showModal = true;
+
+	}
+
+	public static void Reset() {
 		parkNameBuffer =  new byte[BUFFER_SIZE];
 		pos = 0;
 
@@ -60,9 +60,6 @@
 
 		customTitleBuffer = new byte[BUFFER_SIZE];
 		customTitlePos = 0;
-
-		showModal = true;
-
 	}
 
         public static void Render(ImFontPtr font, ImFontPtr italicFont, ImGuiWindowBridgeEngine bridgeEngine)
@@ -197,9 +194,10 @@
 			bridgeEngine.setTextVariableMessages.Add(new SetTextVariableMessage { variable = "playerCasual", value = playerName2Buffer });
 			bridgeEngine.setTextVariableMessages.Add(new SetTextVariableMessage { variable = "playerTitle", value = selectedTitle});
 
-			bridgeEngine.spawnGameMessages.Add(new SpawnGameMessage{});
+			bridgeEngine.spawnGameMessages.Add(new SpawnGameMessage{ Difficulty = (DifficultyLevel)choice });
 			bridgeEngine.typeMessages.Add(new ToggleWindowTypeMessage {Window = Window.NewGame});
 			bridgeEngine.gameStateMessages.Add(new GameStateMessage { isPlaying = true});
+			NewGameWindow.Reset();
 		}
 
 		ImGui.SameLine();
@@ -208,6 +206,7 @@
 			bridgeEngine.typeMessages.Add(new ToggleWindowTypeMessage {Window = Window.NewGame});
 
 			bridgeEngine.typeMessages.Add(new ToggleWindowTypeMessage { Window = Window.MainMenu });
+			NewGameWindow.Reset();
 		}