diff --git a/src/ScreenEdit.cpp b/src/ScreenEdit.cpp
index 801f4aa467..fafb17af9a 100644
--- a/src/ScreenEdit.cpp
+++ b/src/ScreenEdit.cpp
@@ -510,8 +510,7 @@ static MenuDef g_AreaMenu(
 static MenuDef g_StepsInformation(
 	"ScreenMiniMenuStepsInformation",
 	MenuRowDef( ScreenEdit::difficulty,	"Difficulty",		true, EditMode_Practice, true, true, 0, NULL ),
-	// xxx: this giant list of numbers SUUUUUUUUUUCKS -aj
-	MenuRowDef( ScreenEdit::meter,		"Meter",		true, EditMode_Practice, true, false, 0, "1","2","3","4","5","6","7","8","9","10","11","12","13","14","15","16","17","18","19","20","21","22","23","24","25" ),
+	MenuRowDef( ScreenEdit::meter,		"Meter",		true, EditMode_Practice, true, false, 0, MIN_METER, MAX_METER ),
 	MenuRowDef( ScreenEdit::description,	"Description",		true, EditMode_Practice, true, true, 0, NULL ),
 	MenuRowDef( ScreenEdit::chartstyle,	"Chart Style",		true, EditMode_Practice, true, true, 0, NULL ),
 	MenuRowDef( ScreenEdit::step_credit,	"Step Author",		true, EditMode_Practice, true, true, 0, NULL ),
diff --git a/src/ScreenMiniMenu.h b/src/ScreenMiniMenu.h
index 5bdd85ee2b..365ac90a24 100644
--- a/src/ScreenMiniMenu.h
+++ b/src/ScreenMiniMenu.h
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 #define SCREEN_MINI_MENU_H
 
 #include "ScreenOptions.h"
+#include <sstream>
 #include "GameConstantsAndTypes.h"
 
 typedef bool (*MenuRowUpdateEnabled)();
@@ -76,6 +77,20 @@ struct MenuRowDef
 		PUSH(c23);PUSH(c23);PUSH(c24);PUSH(c25);
 #undef PUSH
 	}
+	
+	MenuRowDef( int r, RString n, bool e, EditMode s, bool bTT, bool bTI,
+		   int d, int low, int high ):
+		iRowCode(r), sName(n), bEnabled(e), pfnEnabled(NULL),
+		emShowIn(s), iDefaultChoice(d), choices(),
+		bThemeTitle(bTT), bThemeItems(bTI)
+	{
+		for ( int i = low; i <= high; i++ )
+		{
+			std::stringstream ss;
+			ss << i;
+			choices.push_back(ss.str().c_str());
+		}
+	}
 
 	void SetOneUnthemedChoice( const RString &sChoice )
 	{