diff --git a/src/assets/ba_data/python/bauiv1lib/coop/browser.py b/src/assets/ba_data/python/bauiv1lib/coop/browser.py
index 28281160..df606c8e 100644
--- a/src/assets/ba_data/python/bauiv1lib/coop/browser.py
+++ b/src/assets/ba_data/python/bauiv1lib/coop/browser.py
@@ -104,6 +104,19 @@ class CoopBrowserWindow(bui.Window):
             'campaignDifficulty', 'easy'
         )
 
+        if (
+            self._campaign_difficulty == 'hard'
+            and not app.classic.accounts.have_pro_options()
+        ):
+            plus.add_v1_account_transaction(
+                {
+                    'type': 'SET_MISC_VAL',
+                    'name': 'campaignDifficulty',
+                    'value': 'easy',
+                }
+            )
+            self._campaign_difficulty = 'easy'
+
         super().__init__(
             root_widget=bui.containerwidget(
                 size=(self._width, self._height + top_extra),
@@ -290,7 +303,6 @@ class CoopBrowserWindow(bui.Window):
 
         self._refresh()
         self._restore_state()
-        self._set_campaign_difficulty(self._campaign_difficulty, False)
 
         # Even though we might display cached tournament data immediately, we
         # don't consider it valid until we've pinged.
@@ -498,11 +510,7 @@ class CoopBrowserWindow(bui.Window):
         self._doing_tournament_query = False
         self._update_for_data(tournament_data)
 
-    def _set_campaign_difficulty(
-        self,
-        difficulty: str,
-        check: bool
-    ) -> None:
+    def _set_campaign_difficulty(self, difficulty: str) -> None:
         # pylint: disable=cyclic-import
         from bauiv1lib.purchase import PurchaseWindow
 
@@ -510,16 +518,13 @@ class CoopBrowserWindow(bui.Window):
         assert plus is not None
 
         assert bui.app.classic is not None
-        #if difficulty != self._campaign_difficulty
-        if True:
+        if difficulty != self._campaign_difficulty:
             if (
                 difficulty == 'hard'
                 and not bui.app.classic.accounts.have_pro_options()
             ):
-                if check:
-                    PurchaseWindow(items=['pro'])
-                    return
-                difficulty = 'easy'
+                PurchaseWindow(items=['pro'])
+                return
             bui.getsound('gunCocking').play()
             if difficulty not in ('easy', 'hard'):
                 print('ERROR: invalid campaign difficulty:', difficulty)
@@ -565,9 +570,7 @@ class CoopBrowserWindow(bui.Window):
             button_type='square',
             autoselect=True,
             enable_sound=False,
-            on_activate_call=bui.Call(
-                self._set_campaign_difficulty, 'easy', True
-            ),
+            on_activate_call=bui.Call(self._set_campaign_difficulty, 'easy'),
             on_select_call=bui.Call(self.sel_change, 'campaign', 'easyButton'),
             color=sel_color
             if self._campaign_difficulty == 'easy'
@@ -593,9 +596,7 @@ class CoopBrowserWindow(bui.Window):
             button_type='square',
             autoselect=True,
             enable_sound=False,
-            on_activate_call=bui.Call(
-                self._set_campaign_difficulty, 'hard', True
-            ),
+            on_activate_call=bui.Call(self._set_campaign_difficulty, 'hard'),
             on_select_call=bui.Call(self.sel_change, 'campaign', 'hardButton'),
             color=sel_color_hard
             if self._campaign_difficulty == 'hard'