Although the “Skill” choice for a given language on a given machine is remembered from one Clozemaster session to another, the “Mode” choice is not. No matter how many times I set it to “Transcribe”, it goes back to “Multiple Choice” when I close and then reopen Clozemaster.
I think this is the same kind of problem reported in June 2018, with the description “Multiple Choice Not Working”. I believe @gareth was seeing the “Mode” choice stuck on “Text Input” instead of “Multiple Choice”.