diff --git a/example/lib/main.dart b/example/lib/main.dart
index c5c618b..f135605 100644
--- a/example/lib/main.dart
+++ b/example/lib/main.dart
@@ -187,6 +187,27 @@ List<AnimatedTextExample> animatedTextExamples({VoidCallback? onTap}) =>
           ),
         ),
       ),
+
+      AnimatedTextExample(
+        label: 'Fade With Index',
+        color: Colors.brown[600],
+        
+        child: DefaultTextStyle(
+          style: const TextStyle(
+            fontSize: 32.0,
+            fontWeight: FontWeight.bold,
+          ),
+          child: AnimatedTextKit(
+            startIndex: 1,
+            animatedTexts: [
+              FadeAnimatedText('do IT!'),
+              FadeAnimatedText('do it RIGHT!!'),
+              FadeAnimatedText('do it RIGHT NOW!!!'),
+            ],
+            onTap: onTap,
+          ),
+        ),
+      ),
       AnimatedTextExample(
         label: 'Typer',
         color: Colors.lightGreen[800],
diff --git a/lib/src/animated_text.dart b/lib/src/animated_text.dart
index db3f851..b6c2f4b 100644
--- a/lib/src/animated_text.dart
+++ b/lib/src/animated_text.dart
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ class AnimatedTextKit extends StatefulWidget {
   ///
   /// By default it is set to 3
   final int totalRepeatCount;
-
+  final int startIndex;
   const AnimatedTextKit({
     Key? key,
     required this.animatedTexts,
@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@ class AnimatedTextKit extends StatefulWidget {
     this.displayFullTextOnTap = false,
     this.stopPauseOnTap = false,
     this.onTap,
+    this.startIndex = 0,
     this.onNext,
     this.onNextBeforePause,
     this.onFinished,
@@ -150,6 +151,7 @@ class _AnimatedTextKitState extends State<AnimatedTextKit>
 
   @override
   void initState() {
+    _index = widget.startIndex< widget.animatedTexts.length?widget.startIndex:0;
     super.initState();
     _initAnimation();
   }
@@ -212,8 +214,9 @@ class _AnimatedTextKitState extends State<AnimatedTextKit>
   }
 
   void _initAnimation() {
+    
     _currentAnimatedText = widget.animatedTexts[_index];
-
+    
     _controller = AnimationController(
       duration: _currentAnimatedText.duration,
       vsync: this,