diff --git a/src/plugins/silentMessageToggle.tsx b/src/plugins/silentMessageToggle.tsx
index df52f41..f90ba8a 100644
--- a/src/plugins/silentMessageToggle.tsx
+++ b/src/plugins/silentMessageToggle.tsx
@@ -17,22 +17,41 @@
 */
 
 import { addPreSendListener, removePreSendListener, SendListener } from "@api/MessageEvents";
+import { definePluginSettings } from "@api/settings";
 import ErrorBoundary from "@components/ErrorBoundary";
 import { Devs } from "@utils/constants";
-import definePlugin from "@utils/types";
+import definePlugin, { OptionType } from "@utils/types";
 import { Button, ButtonLooks, ButtonWrapperClasses, React, Tooltip } from "@webpack/common";
 
+let lastState = false;
+
+const settings = definePluginSettings({
+    persistState: {
+        type: OptionType.BOOLEAN,
+        description: "Whether to persist the state of the silent message toggle when changing channels",
+        default: false,
+        onChange(newValue: boolean) {
+            if (newValue === false) lastState = false;
+        }
+    }
+});
+
 function SilentMessageToggle(chatBoxProps: {
     type: {
         analyticsName: string;
     };
 }) {
-    const [enabled, setEnabled] = React.useState(false);
+    const [enabled, setEnabled] = React.useState(lastState);
+
+    function setEnabledValue(value: boolean) {
+        if (settings.store.persistState) lastState = value;
+        setEnabled(value);
+    }
 
     React.useEffect(() => {
         const listener: SendListener = (_, message) => {
             if (enabled) {
-                setEnabled(false);
+                setEnabledValue(false);
                 if (!message.content.startsWith("@silent ")) message.content = "@silent " + message.content;
             }
         };
@@ -49,7 +68,7 @@ function SilentMessageToggle(chatBoxProps: {
                 <div style={{ display: "flex" }}>
                     <Button
                         {...tooltipProps}
-                        onClick={() => setEnabled(prev => !prev)}
+                        onClick={() => setEnabledValue(!enabled)}
                         size=""
                         look={ButtonLooks.BLANK}
                         innerClassName={ButtonWrapperClasses.button}
@@ -79,6 +98,7 @@ export default definePlugin({
     name: "SilentMessageToggle",
     authors: [Devs.Nuckyz],
     description: "Adds a button to the chat bar to toggle sending a silent message.",
+    settings,
     patches: [
         {
             find: ".activeCommandOption",