diff --git a/scripts/editor.checks.test.ts b/scripts/editor.checks.test.ts
index 66c833d5..5734c0bb 100644
--- a/scripts/editor.checks.test.ts
+++ b/scripts/editor.checks.test.ts
@@ -225,6 +225,7 @@ describe('editor option wiring', () => {
 	/** A settled settings store, so each test names only the field it is about. */
 	const SETTINGS = {
 		minimap: false,
+		stickyScroll: true,
 		wordWrap: 'on',
 		editorMaxWidth: 80,
 		lineNumbers: 'on',
@@ -303,6 +304,7 @@ describe('editor option wiring', () => {
 				'renderWhitespace',
 				'selectionHighlight',
 				'smoothScrolling',
+				'stickyScroll',
 				'wordWrap',
 				'wordWrapColumn',
 				'wrappingStrategy',
diff --git a/scripts/editor.test.ts b/scripts/editor.test.ts
index f8ca71e6..74390bbb 100644
--- a/scripts/editor.test.ts
+++ b/scripts/editor.test.ts
@@ -125,6 +125,7 @@ describe('editor options', () => {
 	/** A settled settings store, so each test names only the field it is about. */
 	const SETTINGS = {
 		minimap: false,
+		stickyScroll: true,
 		wordWrap: 'on',
 		editorMaxWidth: 80,
 		lineNumbers: 'on',
@@ -138,6 +139,13 @@ describe('editor options', () => {
 		typewriterMode: false,
 	};
 
+	test('Sticky Headings reaches the editor that is already open', () => {
+		// It was set in the creation literal only, so turning the setting on or off
+		// changed nothing until the next editor was created.
+		assert.deepEqual(editorOptionsFromSettings(SETTINGS, 100).stickyScroll, { enabled: true });
+		assert.deepEqual(editorOptionsFromSettings({ ...SETTINGS, stickyScroll: false }, 100).stickyScroll, { enabled: false });
+	});
+
 	test('the caret glide is a setting and not a hard-coded on', () => {
 		// It was `cursorSmoothCaretAnimation: 'on'` in the creation literal (#710),
 		// which is why the assertion below is about `editorOptionsFromSettings` and
diff --git a/src/lib/components/Editor.svelte b/src/lib/components/Editor.svelte
index 3f03b824..464b8467 100644
--- a/src/lib/components/Editor.svelte
+++ b/src/lib/components/Editor.svelte
@@ -363,7 +363,6 @@
 			...editorOptionsFromSettings(settings, zoomLevel),
 			readOnly,
 			scrollBeyondLastLine: true,
-			stickyScroll: { enabled: settings.stickyScroll },
 			wordBasedSuggestions: "off",
 			quickSuggestions: false,
 			// Monaco's Unicode highlighter is built for source code, where a
diff --git a/src/lib/utils/editorOptions.ts b/src/lib/utils/editorOptions.ts
index 632c20f0..d947a687 100644
--- a/src/lib/utils/editorOptions.ts
+++ b/src/lib/utils/editorOptions.ts
@@ -98,12 +98,14 @@ export function editorOptionsFromSettings(
 		// cursor line. 'all' applies it to clicks too, not only to keyboard moves.
 		cursorSurroundingLines: settings.typewriterMode ? TYPEWRITER_SURROUNDING_LINES : 0,
 		cursorSurroundingLinesStyle: settings.typewriterMode ? "all" : "default",
+		stickyScroll: { enabled: settings.stickyScroll },
 	};
 }
 
 /** The slice of the settings store the options above are derived from. */
 export type EditorOptionSettings = {
 	minimap: boolean;
+	stickyScroll: boolean;
 	wordWrap: string;
 	editorMaxWidth: number;
 	lineNumbers: string;