diff --git a/components/inbox-tab.tsx b/components/inbox-tab.tsx
index b7edeb17..6ea8bdc3 100644
--- a/components/inbox-tab.tsx
+++ b/components/inbox-tab.tsx
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import { Inbox, Conversation, inboxStats, observeInbox } from '../xmpp/xmpp';
 import { compareArrays } from '../util/util';
 import { TopNavBarButton } from './top-nav-bar-button';
 import { listen, unlisten } from '../events/events';
+import { inboxOrder, inboxSection } from '../kv-storage/inbox';
 
 const Stack = createNativeStackNavigator();
 
@@ -94,8 +95,14 @@ const InboxTab_ = ({navigation}) => {
     }).start();
   }, []);
 
-  const setSectionIndex_ = useCallback((value) => setSectionIndex(value), []);
-  const setSortByIndex_  = useCallback((value) => setSortByIndex(value), []);
+  const setSectionIndex_ = useCallback((value: number) => {
+    setSectionIndex(value);
+    inboxSection(value);
+  }, []);
+  const setSortByIndex_  = useCallback((value: number) => {
+    setSortByIndex(value);
+    inboxOrder(value);
+  }, []);
 
   const onPressTooMany = useCallback(() => {
     navigation.navigate(
@@ -115,7 +122,17 @@ const InboxTab_ = ({navigation}) => {
     listRef.current?.refresh && listRef.current.refresh()
   }, [listRef]);
 
-  useEffect(() => observeInbox(setInbox), []);
+  useEffect(() => {
+    (async () => {
+      const _inboxOrder = await inboxOrder();
+      const _inboxSection = await inboxSection();
+
+      setSectionIndex(_inboxSection);
+      setSortByIndex(_inboxOrder);
+
+      observeInbox(setInbox);
+    })();
+  }, []);
 
   useEffect(maybeRefresh, [maybeRefresh, sectionIndex]);
   useEffect(maybeRefresh, [maybeRefresh, sortByIndex]);
diff --git a/kv-storage/inbox.tsx b/kv-storage/inbox.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3493d9c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kv-storage/inbox.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+import { storeKv } from './kv-storage';
+
+const inboxNumber = async (key: string, value?: number) => {
+  const loaded = await storeKv(
+    key,
+    value === undefined ? undefined : String(value));
+
+  if (loaded === undefined || loaded === null) {
+    return 0;
+  }
+
+  const loadedInt = parseInt(loaded);
+
+  if (isNaN(loadedInt)) {
+    return 0;
+  }
+
+  return loadedInt;
+};
+
+const inboxOrder = async (value?: number) => {
+  return await inboxNumber('inbox_order', value);
+};
+
+const inboxSection = async (value?: number) => {
+  return await inboxNumber('inbox_section', value);
+};
+
+export {
+  inboxOrder,
+  inboxSection,
+}