diff --git a/archinstall/lib/menu/global_menu.py b/archinstall/lib/menu/global_menu.py
index e24474c8..889d4f85 100644
--- a/archinstall/lib/menu/global_menu.py
+++ b/archinstall/lib/menu/global_menu.py
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ class GlobalMenu(GeneralMenu):
 			Selector(
 				_('Additional repositories to enable'),
 				select_additional_repositories,
-				default=storage['arguments'].get('additional-repositories', []))
+				default=[])
 		self._menu_options['nic'] = \
 			Selector(
 				_('Configure network'),
diff --git a/archinstall/lib/user_interaction/system_conf.py b/archinstall/lib/user_interaction/system_conf.py
index e0cc8a23..7c1d026a 100644
--- a/archinstall/lib/user_interaction/system_conf.py
+++ b/archinstall/lib/user_interaction/system_conf.py
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ def select_driver(options: Dict[str, Any] = AVAILABLE_GFX_DRIVERS) -> str:
 			if (package_info := find_package('nvidia-open')) and package_info[0].repo == 'testing':
 				if 'testing' not in arguments.get('additional-repositories', []):
 					log(f"Enabling repository 'testing' due to nvidia-open being selected and it lives there", fg="orange", level=logging.WARNING)
-					arguments['additional-repositories'] = arguments.get('additional-repositories', []) + ['testing']
+					storage['global_menu']._menu_options['additional-repositories'] = arguments.get('additional-repositories', []) + ['testing']
 
 		return options.get(choice.value)