diff --git a/src/pages/_app.tsx b/src/pages/_app.tsx
index 43dc219d..bdfc41d9 100644
--- a/src/pages/_app.tsx
+++ b/src/pages/_app.tsx
@@ -8,9 +8,11 @@ import "primeicons/primeicons.css";
 import {useRouter} from "next/router";
 import {useEffect} from "react";
 import useExamStore from "@/stores/examStore";
+import usePreferencesStore from "@/stores/preferencesStore";
 
 export default function App({Component, pageProps}: AppProps) {
 	const reset = useExamStore((state) => state.reset);
+	const setIsSidebarMinimized = usePreferencesStore((state) => state.setSidebarMinimized);
 
 	const router = useRouter();
 
@@ -18,5 +20,15 @@ export default function App({Component, pageProps}: AppProps) {
 		if (router.pathname !== "/exercises") reset();
 	}, [router.pathname, reset]);
 
+	useEffect(() => {
+		if (localStorage.getItem("isSidebarMinimized")) {
+			if (localStorage.getItem("isSidebarMinimized") === "true") {
+				setIsSidebarMinimized(true);
+			} else {
+				setIsSidebarMinimized(false);
+			}
+		}
+	}, [setIsSidebarMinimized]);
+
 	return <Component {...pageProps} />;
 }
diff --git a/src/stores/preferencesStore.ts b/src/stores/preferencesStore.ts
index 9150be0b..077a1b1e 100644
--- a/src/stores/preferencesStore.ts
+++ b/src/stores/preferencesStore.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import {create} from "zustand";
 export interface PreferencesState {
 	isSidebarMinimized: boolean;
 	toggleSidebarMinimized: () => void;
+	setSidebarMinimized: (isMinimized: boolean) => void;
 }
 
 export const initialState = {
@@ -13,7 +14,18 @@ export const initialState = {
 
 const usePreferencesStore = create<PreferencesState>((set) => ({
 	...initialState,
-	toggleSidebarMinimized: () => set((state) => ({isSidebarMinimized: !state.isSidebarMinimized})),
+	setSidebarMinimized: (isMinimized: boolean) =>
+		set(() => {
+			localStorage.setItem("isSidebarMinimized", isMinimized.toString());
+
+			return {isSidebarMinimized: isMinimized};
+		}),
+	toggleSidebarMinimized: () =>
+		set((state) => {
+			localStorage.setItem("isSidebarMinimized", (!state.isSidebarMinimized).toString());
+
+			return {isSidebarMinimized: !state.isSidebarMinimized};
+		}),
 	reset: () => set(() => initialState),
 }));