diff --git a/src/activities/letter-in-word/LetterInWord.qml b/src/activities/letter-in-word/LetterInWord.qml
--- a/src/activities/letter-in-word/LetterInWord.qml
+++ b/src/activities/letter-in-word/LetterInWord.qml
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 
 import QtQuick 2.6
 import QtGraphicalEffects 1.0
+import QtQuick.Controls 1.5
 import GCompris 1.0
 import "../../core"
 import "letter-in-word.js" as Activity
@@ -64,9 +65,9 @@
             property Item main: activity.main
             property alias bar: bar
             property alias background: background
-            property alias wordsModel: wordsModel          
-            property bool reduceWords: false
+            property alias wordsModel: wordsModel
             property string mode: "normal"
+            property bool reduceWords: false
             property GCAudio audioVoices: activity.audioVoices
             property alias parser: parser
             property alias animateX: animateX
@@ -93,6 +94,10 @@
                 animateX.restart();
         }
 
+        ExclusiveGroup{
+            id: configOptions
+        }
+
         DialogActivityConfig {
             id: dialogActivityConfig
             currentActivity: activity
@@ -119,17 +124,12 @@
                             width: column.width - 50                            
                             text: qsTr("Reduce Visible Words to 5")
                             checked: (items.mode == "easy") ? true : false
-                            onCheckedChanged: {                                
-                                if(easyMode.checked) {
+                            exclusiveGroup: configOptions
+                            onCheckedChanged: {
+                                if (easyMode.checked){
                                     items.mode = "easy"
-                                    items.reduceWords = true
                                 }
-                                else{
-                                    items.mode = "normal"
-                                    items.reduceWords = false
-                                }
-                                normalMode.checked = !easyMode.checked
-                            }                            
+                            }
                         }
 
                         GCDialogCheckBox {
@@ -137,16 +137,11 @@
                             width: column.width - 50
                             text: qsTr("Get All Available Words")
                             checked: (items.mode == "normal") ? true : false
+                            exclusiveGroup: configOptions
                             onCheckedChanged: {
-                                if(normalMode.checked) {
+                                if (normalMode.checked){
                                     items.mode = "normal"
-                                    items.reduceWords = false
                                 }
-                                else{
-                                    items.mode = "easy"
-                                    items.reduceWords = true
-                                }
-                                easyMode.checked = !normalMode.checked
                             }
                         }
 
@@ -168,8 +163,8 @@
             onLoadData: {
                 if(dataToSave && dataToSave["mode"]){
                     items.mode = dataToSave["mode"]
-                    console.log(items.mode + " mode loaded")
-                    //Activity.initLevel()
+                    items.reduceWords = items.mode == "easy" ? true : false
+                    console.log("Mode: " + items.mode);
                 }
 
                 if(dataToSave && dataToSave["locale"]) {
@@ -185,8 +180,11 @@
                     newLocale = newLocale.substring(0, newLocale.indexOf('.'))
                 }
                 dataToSave = {"locale": newLocale}
+                items.reduceWords = items.mode == "easy" ? true : false
                 dataToSave["mode"] = items.mode
-                console.log(items.mode + " mode saved")
+
+                console.log("Mode: " + items.mode)
+                Activity.initLevel()
 
                 background.locale = newLocale;
 
diff --git a/src/activities/letter-in-word/letter-in-word.js b/src/activities/letter-in-word/letter-in-word.js
--- a/src/activities/letter-in-word/letter-in-word.js
+++ b/src/activities/letter-in-word/letter-in-word.js
@@ -88,8 +88,9 @@
     if (currentSubLevel == 0 && !incorrectFlag) {
         var level = levels[currentLevel];
         words = Lang.getLessonWords(dataset, level);
-        Core.shuffle(words);       
+        Core.shuffle(words);
         var limit = items.reduceWords ? Math.min(5, words.length) : Math.min(11, words.length);
+        console.log("limit:" + limit + " changed");
         words = words.slice(0, limit);
         frequency = calculateFrequency();
         var tempQuestions = generateQuestions();