diff --git a/shaders/lang/en_us.lang b/shaders/lang/en_us.lang
index c459a1e..987f66f 100644
--- a/shaders/lang/en_us.lang
+++ b/shaders/lang/en_us.lang
@@ -120,6 +120,11 @@ screen.Clouds = Cloud Settings
 screen.Climate = Climate Settings
     option.Seasons = Seasonal Colors
     option.Season_Length = Season Length (In Days)
+	option.Start_Season = Starting Season
+		value.Start_Season.0 = Summer (Default)
+		value.Start_Season.1 = Fall
+		value.Start_Season.2 = Winter
+		value.Start_Season.3 = Spring
     option.Snowy_Winter = Snow During Winter
     screen.Summer_colors = Summer Colors
         option.Summer_R = Red Amount
diff --git a/shaders/lib/climate_settings.glsl b/shaders/lib/climate_settings.glsl
index 7d8788f..72fbdbf 100644
--- a/shaders/lib/climate_settings.glsl
+++ b/shaders/lib/climate_settings.glsl
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
 	    	int SeasonLength = Season_Length; 
 
 			// loop the year. multiply the season length by the 4 seasons to create a years time.
-	    	float YearLoop = mod(worldDay, SeasonLength * 4); 
+	    	float YearLoop = mod(worldDay + Start_Season * SeasonLength, SeasonLength * 4);
 
 	    	// the time schedule for each season
 	    	float SummerTime = clamp(YearLoop                  ,0, SeasonLength) / SeasonLength;
diff --git a/shaders/lib/settings.glsl b/shaders/lib/settings.glsl
index 1589861..88151e7 100644
--- a/shaders/lib/settings.glsl
+++ b/shaders/lib/settings.glsl
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
 
 #define Seasons
 #define Season_Length 24 //  [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 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91]
+#define Start_Season 0 // [0 1 2 3]
 #define Snowy_Winter
 
 #define Summer_R 1.0 // [0.0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 2.0]
diff --git a/shaders/shaders.properties b/shaders/shaders.properties
index 4be6ee0..4338820 100644
--- a/shaders/shaders.properties
+++ b/shaders/shaders.properties
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ PhysicsMod_support [LabPBR]
 
         ## SEASONS
             screen.Seasons.columns=1
-            screen.Seasons = Seasons Season_Length Snowy_Winter <empty> [Summer_colors] [Fall_colors] [Winter_colors] [Spring_colors] 
+            screen.Seasons = Seasons Season_Length Start_Season Snowy_Winter <empty> [Summer_colors] [Fall_colors] [Winter_colors] [Spring_colors] 
 
                 screen.Summer_colors.columns=1
                 screen.Summer_colors = Summer_R Summer_G Summer_B <empty> Summer_Leaf_R Summer_Leaf_G Summer_Leaf_B