diff --git a/.reuse/dep5 b/.reuse/dep5
index f40f818..882bb4c 100644
--- a/.reuse/dep5
+++ b/.reuse/dep5
@@ -27,3 +27,7 @@ License: MIT
 Files: protocol/wlr-screencopy-unstable-v1.xml
 Copyright: 2018 Simon Ser
 License: MIT
+
+Files: resources/wdisplays.gschema.xml
+Copyright: 2026 Lauren Lagarde <lauren@lagarde.dev>
+License: MIT
diff --git a/resources/meson.build b/resources/meson.build
index 0cc2f81..40e79ea 100644
--- a/resources/meson.build
+++ b/resources/meson.build
@@ -48,3 +48,11 @@ install_data(
       output: '@0@.desktop'.format(meson.project_name()),
       configuration: conf),
     install_dir: get_option('datadir') / 'applications')
+
+install_data('wdisplays.gschema.xml',
+  rename: '@0@.gschema.xml'.format(meson.project_name()),
+  install_dir: get_option('datadir') / 'glib-2.0' / 'schemas')
+
+gnome.post_install(
+  glib_compile_schemas: true
+)
diff --git a/resources/wdisplays.gschema.xml b/resources/wdisplays.gschema.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..176072c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/resources/wdisplays.gschema.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<schemalist>
+  <schema id="network.cycles.wdisplays" path="/network/cycles/wdisplays/">
+    <key name="auto-apply" type="b">
+      <default>false</default>
+    </key>
+    <key name="capture-screens" type="b">
+      <default>true</default>
+    </key>
+    <key name="show-overlay" type="b">
+      <default>true</default>
+    </key>
+  </schema>
+</schemalist>
diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c
index 6e03c55..eaba8da 100644
--- a/src/main.c
+++ b/src/main.c
@@ -486,6 +486,7 @@ static void cleanup(GtkWidget *window, gpointer data) {
   g_object_unref(state->grab_cursor);
   g_object_unref(state->grabbing_cursor);
   g_object_unref(state->move_cursor);
+  g_clear_object(&state->settings);
   wd_state_destroy(state);
 }
 
@@ -915,6 +916,9 @@ static void info_bar_animation_done(GObject *object, GParamSpec *pspec, gpointer
 
 static void auto_apply_selected(GSimpleAction *action, GVariant *param, gpointer data) {
   struct wd_state *state = data;
+  if (state->settings != NULL) {
+    g_settings_set_boolean(state->settings, "auto-apply", g_variant_get_boolean(param));
+  }
   state->autoapply = g_variant_get_boolean(param);
   g_simple_action_set_state(action, param);
 }
@@ -928,6 +932,9 @@ static gboolean redraw_canvas(GtkWidget *widget, GdkFrameClock *frame_clock, gpo
 
 static void capture_selected(GSimpleAction *action, GVariant *param, gpointer data) {
   struct wd_state *state = data;
+  if (state->settings != NULL) {
+    g_settings_set_boolean(state->settings, "capture-screens", g_variant_get_boolean(param));
+  }
   state->capture = g_variant_get_boolean(param);
   g_simple_action_set_state(action, param);
   update_tick_callback(state);
@@ -935,6 +942,9 @@ static void capture_selected(GSimpleAction *action, GVariant *param, gpointer da
 
 static void overlay_selected(GSimpleAction *action, GVariant *param, gpointer data) {
   struct wd_state *state = data;
+  if (state->settings != NULL) {
+    g_settings_set_boolean(state->settings, "show-overlay", g_variant_get_boolean(param));
+  }
   state->show_overlay = g_variant_get_boolean(param);
   g_simple_action_set_state(action, param);
 
@@ -1075,6 +1085,16 @@ static void activate(GtkApplication* app, gpointer user_data) {
   g_signal_connect(action, "activate", G_CALLBACK(zoom_in), state);
   g_action_map_add_action(G_ACTION_MAP(main_actions), G_ACTION(action));
 
+  GSettingsSchemaSource *schemas = g_settings_schema_source_get_default();
+  g_autoptr(GSettingsSchema) schema = schemas == NULL ? NULL :
+      g_settings_schema_source_lookup(schemas, WDISPLAYS_APP_ID, TRUE);
+  if (schema != NULL) {
+    state->settings = g_settings_new(WDISPLAYS_APP_ID);
+    state->autoapply = g_settings_get_boolean(state->settings, "auto-apply");
+    state->capture = g_settings_get_boolean(state->settings, "capture-screens");
+    state->show_overlay = g_settings_get_boolean(state->settings, "show-overlay");
+  }
+
   action = g_simple_action_new_stateful("auto-apply", NULL,
       g_variant_new_boolean(state->autoapply));
   g_signal_connect(action, "change-state", G_CALLBACK(auto_apply_selected), state);
diff --git a/src/wdisplays.h b/src/wdisplays.h
index 2860a9c..84a31f4 100644
--- a/src/wdisplays.h
+++ b/src/wdisplays.h
@@ -221,6 +221,8 @@ struct wd_state {
   GtkWidget *info_label;
   GtkWidget *menu_button;
 
+  GSettings *settings;
+
   GdkCursor *grab_cursor;
   GdkCursor *grabbing_cursor;
   GdkCursor *move_cursor;