diff --git a/lib/screens/settings_screen.dart b/lib/screens/settings_screen.dart
index 0c668c76..f636252f 100644
--- a/lib/screens/settings_screen.dart
+++ b/lib/screens/settings_screen.dart
@@ -320,6 +320,10 @@ class SettingsListState extends State<SettingsList> {
               var extDir = await getExternalStorageDirectory();
               Log.i("Ext Dir: $extDir");
 
+              if (await _isDirWritable(path) == false) {
+                path = extDir.path;
+              }
+
               if (path == null || path.isEmpty) {
                 settings.storeInternally = true;
                 settings.storageLocation = "";
@@ -519,3 +523,17 @@ class VersionNumberTileState extends State<VersionNumberTile> {
     );
   }
 }
+
+Future<bool> _isDirWritable(String path) async {
+  var fileName = DateTime.now().millisecondsSinceEpoch.toString();
+  var file = File(p.join(path, fileName));
+
+  try {
+    await file.writeAsString("test");
+    await file.delete();
+  } catch (_) {
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  return true;
+}