diff --git a/src/tui/App.tsx b/src/tui/App.tsx
index b1eb521..aead558 100644
--- a/src/tui/App.tsx
+++ b/src/tui/App.tsx
@@ -63,15 +63,47 @@ interface FlashMessage {
     color: 'green' | 'red';
 }
 
+type AppScreen = 'main'
+    | 'lines'
+    | 'items'
+    | 'colorLines'
+    | 'colors'
+    | 'terminalWidth'
+    | 'terminalConfig'
+    | 'globalOverrides'
+    | 'confirm'
+    | 'powerline'
+    | 'install';
+
+interface ConfirmDialogState {
+    message: string;
+    action: () => Promise<void>;
+    cancelScreen?: Exclude<AppScreen, 'confirm'>;
+}
+
+export function getConfirmCancelScreen(confirmDialog: ConfirmDialogState | null): Exclude<AppScreen, 'confirm'> {
+    return confirmDialog?.cancelScreen ?? 'main';
+}
+
+export function clearInstallMenuSelection(menuSelections: Record<string, number>): Record<string, number> {
+    if (menuSelections.install === undefined) {
+        return menuSelections;
+    }
+
+    const next = { ...menuSelections };
+    delete next.install;
+    return next;
+}
+
 export const App: React.FC = () => {
     const { exit } = useApp();
     const [settings, setSettings] = useState<Settings | null>(null);
     const [originalSettings, setOriginalSettings] = useState<Settings | null>(null);
     const [hasChanges, setHasChanges] = useState(false);
-    const [screen, setScreen] = useState<'main' | 'lines' | 'items' | 'colorLines' | 'colors' | 'terminalWidth' | 'terminalConfig' | 'globalOverrides' | 'confirm' | 'powerline' | 'install'>('main');
+    const [screen, setScreen] = useState<AppScreen>('main');
     const [selectedLine, setSelectedLine] = useState(0);
     const [menuSelections, setMenuSelections] = useState<Record<string, number>>({});
-    const [confirmDialog, setConfirmDialog] = useState<{ message: string; action: () => Promise<void> } | null>(null);
+    const [confirmDialog, setConfirmDialog] = useState<ConfirmDialogState | null>(null);
     const [isClaudeInstalled, setIsClaudeInstalled] = useState(false);
     const [terminalWidth, setTerminalWidth] = useState(process.stdout.columns || 80);
     const [powerlineFontStatus, setPowerlineFontStatus] = useState<PowerlineFontStatus>({ installed: false });
@@ -163,6 +195,7 @@ export const App: React.FC = () => {
 
             setConfirmDialog({
                 message,
+                cancelScreen: 'install',
                 action: async () => {
                     await installStatusLine(useBunx);
                     setIsClaudeInstalled(true);
@@ -176,13 +209,20 @@ export const App: React.FC = () => {
     }, []);
 
     const handleNpxInstall = useCallback(() => {
+        setMenuSelections(prev => ({ ...prev, install: 0 }));
         handleInstallSelection(CCSTATUSLINE_COMMANDS.NPM, 'npx', false);
     }, [handleInstallSelection]);
 
     const handleBunxInstall = useCallback(() => {
+        setMenuSelections(prev => ({ ...prev, install: 1 }));
         handleInstallSelection(CCSTATUSLINE_COMMANDS.BUNX, 'bunx', true);
     }, [handleInstallSelection]);
 
+    const handleInstallMenuCancel = useCallback(() => {
+        setMenuSelections(clearInstallMenuSelection);
+        setScreen('main');
+    }, []);
+
     if (!settings) {
         return <Text>Loading settings...</Text>;
     }
@@ -440,7 +480,7 @@ export const App: React.FC = () => {
                         message={confirmDialog.message}
                         onConfirm={() => void confirmDialog.action()}
                         onCancel={() => {
-                            setScreen('main');
+                            setScreen(getConfirmCancelScreen(confirmDialog));
                             setConfirmDialog(null);
                         }}
                     />
@@ -451,9 +491,8 @@ export const App: React.FC = () => {
                         existingStatusLine={existingStatusLine}
                         onSelectNpx={handleNpxInstall}
                         onSelectBunx={handleBunxInstall}
-                        onCancel={() => {
-                            setScreen('main');
-                        }}
+                        onCancel={handleInstallMenuCancel}
+                        initialSelection={menuSelections.install}
                     />
                 )}
                 {screen === 'powerline' && (
diff --git a/src/tui/__tests__/App.test.ts b/src/tui/__tests__/App.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..201bb84
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/tui/__tests__/App.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+import {
+    describe,
+    expect,
+    it
+} from 'vitest';
+
+import {
+    clearInstallMenuSelection,
+    getConfirmCancelScreen
+} from '../App';
+
+describe('App confirm navigation helpers', () => {
+    it('defaults confirmation cancel navigation to the main menu', () => {
+        expect(getConfirmCancelScreen(null)).toBe('main');
+        expect(getConfirmCancelScreen({
+            message: 'Confirm install?',
+            action: () => Promise.resolve()
+        })).toBe('main');
+    });
+
+    it('returns to the install menu when the confirm dialog requests it', () => {
+        expect(getConfirmCancelScreen({
+            message: 'Confirm install?',
+            action: () => Promise.resolve(),
+            cancelScreen: 'install'
+        })).toBe('install');
+    });
+
+    it('clears saved install selection when leaving the install menu', () => {
+        expect(clearInstallMenuSelection({
+            main: 5,
+            install: 1
+        })).toEqual({ main: 5 });
+
+        const menuSelections = { main: 5 };
+
+        expect(clearInstallMenuSelection(menuSelections)).toBe(menuSelections);
+    });
+});
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diff --git a/src/tui/components/InstallMenu.tsx b/src/tui/components/InstallMenu.tsx
index edc316f..093ab52 100644
--- a/src/tui/components/InstallMenu.tsx
+++ b/src/tui/components/InstallMenu.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import {
     Box,
-    Text
+    Text,
+    useInput
 } from 'ink';
 import React from 'react';
 
@@ -14,6 +15,7 @@ export interface InstallMenuProps {
     onSelectNpx: () => void;
     onSelectBunx: () => void;
     onCancel: () => void;
+    initialSelection?: number;
 }
 
 export const InstallMenu: React.FC<InstallMenuProps> = ({
@@ -21,8 +23,15 @@ export const InstallMenu: React.FC<InstallMenuProps> = ({
     existingStatusLine,
     onSelectNpx,
     onSelectBunx,
-    onCancel
+    onCancel,
+    initialSelection = 0
 }) => {
+    useInput((_, key) => {
+        if (key.escape) {
+            onCancel();
+        }
+    });
+
     function onSelect(value: string) {
         switch (value) {
             case 'npx':
@@ -82,6 +91,7 @@ export const InstallMenu: React.FC<InstallMenuProps> = ({
 
                     onSelect(line);
                 }}
+                initialSelection={initialSelection}
                 showBackButton={true}
             />
 
diff --git a/src/tui/components/__tests__/InstallMenu.test.tsx b/src/tui/components/__tests__/InstallMenu.test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fa4fef7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/tui/components/__tests__/InstallMenu.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,135 @@
+import { render } from 'ink';
+import { PassThrough } from 'node:stream';
+import React from 'react';
+import stripAnsi from 'strip-ansi';
+import {
+    describe,
+    expect,
+    it,
+    vi
+} from 'vitest';
+
+import { InstallMenu } from '../InstallMenu';
+
+class MockTtyStream extends PassThrough {
+    isTTY = true;
+    columns = 120;
+    rows = 40;
+
+    setRawMode() {
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    ref() {
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    unref() {
+        return this;
+    }
+}
+
+interface CapturedWriteStream extends NodeJS.WriteStream { getOutput: () => string }
+
+function createMockStdin(): NodeJS.ReadStream {
+    return new MockTtyStream() as unknown as NodeJS.ReadStream;
+}
+
+function createMockStdout(): CapturedWriteStream {
+    const stream = new MockTtyStream();
+    const chunks: string[] = [];
+
+    stream.on('data', (chunk: Buffer | string) => {
+        chunks.push(chunk.toString());
+    });
+
+    return Object.assign(stream as unknown as NodeJS.WriteStream, {
+        getOutput() {
+            return stripAnsi(chunks.join(''));
+        }
+    });
+}
+
+function flushInk() {
+    return new Promise((resolve) => {
+        setTimeout(resolve, 25);
+    });
+}
+
+describe('InstallMenu', () => {
+    it('calls onCancel when escape is pressed', async () => {
+        const stdin = createMockStdin();
+        const stdout = createMockStdout();
+        const stderr = createMockStdout();
+        const onCancel = vi.fn();
+        const instance = render(
+            React.createElement(InstallMenu, {
+                bunxAvailable: true,
+                existingStatusLine: null,
+                onSelectNpx: vi.fn(),
+                onSelectBunx: vi.fn(),
+                onCancel
+            }),
+            {
+                stdin,
+                stdout,
+                stderr,
+                debug: true,
+                exitOnCtrlC: false,
+                patchConsole: false
+            }
+        );
+
+        try {
+            await flushInk();
+
+            stdin.write('\u001B');
+            await flushInk();
+
+            expect(onCancel).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+        } finally {
+            instance.unmount();
+            instance.cleanup();
+            stdin.destroy();
+            stdout.destroy();
+            stderr.destroy();
+        }
+    });
+
+    it('respects the provided initial selection', async () => {
+        const stdin = createMockStdin();
+        const stdout = createMockStdout();
+        const stderr = createMockStdout();
+        const instance = render(
+            React.createElement(InstallMenu, {
+                bunxAvailable: true,
+                existingStatusLine: null,
+                onSelectNpx: vi.fn(),
+                onSelectBunx: vi.fn(),
+                onCancel: vi.fn(),
+                initialSelection: 1
+            }),
+            {
+                stdin,
+                stdout,
+                stderr,
+                debug: true,
+                exitOnCtrlC: false,
+                patchConsole: false
+            }
+        );
+
+        try {
+            await flushInk();
+
+            expect(stdout.getOutput()).toContain('▶  bunx - Bun Package Execute');
+            expect(stdout.getOutput()).not.toContain('▶  npx - Node Package Execute');
+        } finally {
+            instance.unmount();
+            instance.cleanup();
+            stdin.destroy();
+            stdout.destroy();
+            stderr.destroy();
+        }
+    });
+});
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