Try having saves for both non-fatal and fatal settings, that was what mine had.
Wow! That was a tricky one and actually something I consider a critical bug! I found the issue. It was actually caused by the gallery System. It actually catapulted you right back into the non-fatal part of the game.
New version is up that should not break anymore if you replay the game in fatal mode.
Many thanks and cheers,
Jack!