diff --git a/src/cli.ts b/src/cli.ts
index 74c4269..e689cec 100755
--- a/src/cli.ts
+++ b/src/cli.ts
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ program
       }
     } else {
       spin.succeed("Session ready")
-      await vm.claude(session.worktree, { prompt, print: opts.print })
+      await vm.claude(session.worktree, { prompt, print: opts.print, continue: true })
     }
 
     if (opts.save !== false) await saveChanges(session.worktree, branch)
diff --git a/src/vm.ts b/src/vm.ts
index c749e96..08ca30d 100644
--- a/src/vm.ts
+++ b/src/vm.ts
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ export async function status(): Promise<"running" | "stopped" | "missing"> {
 }
 
 /** Launch claude in the container at the given workdir. */
-export async function claude(workdir: string, opts?: { prompt?: string; print?: string }): Promise<string | void> {
+export async function claude(workdir: string, opts?: { prompt?: string; print?: string; continue?: boolean }): Promise<string | void> {
   const cwd = containerPath(workdir)
   const systemPromptLines = [
     "You are running inside a sandlot container (Apple Container, ubuntu:24.04).",
@@ -188,6 +188,7 @@ export async function claude(workdir: string, opts?: { prompt?: string; print?:
 
   const term = process.env.TERM || "xterm-256color"
   const args = ["container", "exec", "-it", "--user", USER, "--workdir", cwd, CONTAINER_NAME, "env", `TERM=${term}`, `PATH=/home/${USER}/.local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin`, CLAUDE_BIN, "--dangerously-skip-permissions", "--model", "claude-opus-4-6", "--append-system-prompt", systemPrompt]
+  if (opts?.continue) args.push("--continue")
   if (opts?.print) args.push("-p", opts.print)
   else if (opts?.prompt) args.push(opts.prompt)