diff --git a/lib/screens/debug_screen.dart b/lib/screens/debug_screen.dart
index ac1829de..1acc6b61 100644
--- a/lib/screens/debug_screen.dart
+++ b/lib/screens/debug_screen.dart
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
 import 'package:easy_localization/easy_localization.dart';
+import 'package:gitjournal/settings.dart';
 import 'package:gitjournal/utils/logger.dart';
 
 class DebugScreen extends StatefulWidget {
@@ -9,7 +10,7 @@ class DebugScreen extends StatefulWidget {
 
 class _DebugScreenState extends State<DebugScreen> {
   ScrollController _controller = ScrollController();
-  String filterLevel = 'v';
+  String filterLevel = Settings.instance.debugLogLevel;
 
   @override
   void initState() {
@@ -206,6 +207,9 @@ class _DebugScreenState extends State<DebugScreen> {
     var l = await showDialog(context: context, builder: (context) => dialog);
     if (l != null) {
       setState(() {
+        Settings.instance.debugLogLevel = l;
+        Settings.instance.save();
+
         filterLevel = l;
       });
     }
diff --git a/lib/settings.dart b/lib/settings.dart
index 2d0d9c02..21a0fad4 100644
--- a/lib/settings.dart
+++ b/lib/settings.dart
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ class Settings {
       SettingsMarkdownDefaultView.Default;
 
   String imageLocationSpec = "."; // . means the same folder
+  String debugLogLevel = 'v';
 
   void load(SharedPreferences pref) {
     gitAuthor = pref.getString("gitAuthor") ?? gitAuthor;
@@ -99,6 +100,8 @@ class Settings {
 
     imageLocationSpec =
         pref.getString("imageLocationSpec") ?? imageLocationSpec;
+
+    debugLogLevel = pref.getString("debugLogLevel") ?? debugLogLevel;
   }
 
   Future save() async {
@@ -155,6 +158,7 @@ class Settings {
         defaultSet.homeScreen.toInternalString());
     _setString(pref, "imageLocationSpec", imageLocationSpec,
         defaultSet.imageLocationSpec);
+    _setString(pref, "debugLogLevel", debugLogLevel, defaultSet.debugLogLevel);
 
     pref.setInt("settingsVersion", version);
 
@@ -214,6 +218,7 @@ class Settings {
       'markdownDefaultView': markdownDefaultView.toInternalString(),
       'homeScreen': homeScreen.toInternalString(),
       'imageLocationSpec': imageLocationSpec,
+      'debugLogLevel': debugLogLevel,
     };
   }