diff --git a/app/src/main/java/ani/dantotsu/connections/anilist/Anilist.kt b/app/src/main/java/ani/dantotsu/connections/anilist/Anilist.kt
index 77325d0b76..b0f2ba81d4 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/ani/dantotsu/connections/anilist/Anilist.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/ani/dantotsu/connections/anilist/Anilist.kt
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ import ani.dantotsu.R
 import ani.dantotsu.client
 import ani.dantotsu.currContext
 import ani.dantotsu.openLinkInBrowser
+import ani.dantotsu.settings.saving.PrefManager
+import ani.dantotsu.settings.saving.PrefName
 import ani.dantotsu.tryWithSuspend
 import java.io.File
 import java.util.Calendar
@@ -94,15 +96,12 @@ object Anilist {
         }
     }
 
-    fun getSavedToken(context: Context): Boolean {
-        if ("anilistToken" in context.fileList()) {
-            token = File(context.filesDir, "anilistToken").readText()
-            return true
-        }
-        return false
+    fun getSavedToken(): Boolean {
+        token = PrefManager.getVal(PrefName.AnilistToken, null as String?)
+        return !token.isNullOrEmpty()
     }
 
-    fun removeSavedToken(context: Context) {
+    fun removeSavedToken() {
         token = null
         username = null
         adult = false
@@ -111,9 +110,7 @@ object Anilist {
         bg = null
         episodesWatched = null
         chapterRead = null
-        if ("anilistToken" in context.fileList()) {
-            File(context.filesDir, "anilistToken").delete()
-        }
+        PrefManager.removeVal(PrefName.AnilistToken)
     }
 
     suspend inline fun <reified T : Any> executeQuery(
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/ani/dantotsu/connections/anilist/Login.kt b/app/src/main/java/ani/dantotsu/connections/anilist/Login.kt
index 497ca01fbc..caf61f258a 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/ani/dantotsu/connections/anilist/Login.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/ani/dantotsu/connections/anilist/Login.kt
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ import android.os.Bundle
 import androidx.appcompat.app.AppCompatActivity
 import ani.dantotsu.logError
 import ani.dantotsu.logger
+import ani.dantotsu.settings.saving.PrefManager
+import ani.dantotsu.settings.saving.PrefName
 import ani.dantotsu.startMainActivity
 import ani.dantotsu.themes.ThemeManager
 
@@ -19,10 +21,7 @@ class Login : AppCompatActivity() {
         try {
             Anilist.token =
                 Regex("""(?<=access_token=).+(?=&token_type)""").find(data.toString())!!.value
-            val filename = "anilistToken"
-            this.openFileOutput(filename, Context.MODE_PRIVATE).use {
-                it.write(Anilist.token!!.toByteArray())
-            }
+            PrefManager.setVal(PrefName.AnilistToken, Anilist.token?:"")
         } catch (e: Exception) {
             logError(e)
         }
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/ani/dantotsu/settings/saving/Preferences.kt b/app/src/main/java/ani/dantotsu/settings/saving/Preferences.kt
index 2e7b3ff18f..802aaab0d8 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/ani/dantotsu/settings/saving/Preferences.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/ani/dantotsu/settings/saving/Preferences.kt
@@ -147,6 +147,7 @@ enum class PrefName(val data: Pref) {  //TODO: Split this into multiple files
     DiscordId(Pref(Location.Protected, String::class, "")),
     DiscordUserName(Pref(Location.Protected, String::class, "")),
     DiscordAvatar(Pref(Location.Protected, String::class, "")),
+    AnilistToken(Pref(Location.Protected, String::class, "")),
     AnilistUserName(Pref(Location.Protected, String::class, "")),
     MALCodeChallenge(Pref(Location.Protected, String::class, "")),
     MALToken(Pref(Location.Protected, MAL.ResponseToken::class, "")),
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/ani/dantotsu/settings/saving/internal/PreferenceInternal.kt b/app/src/main/java/ani/dantotsu/settings/saving/internal/PreferenceInternal.kt
index 6e9fcbb3fd..1f1d2052ce 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/ani/dantotsu/settings/saving/internal/PreferenceInternal.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/ani/dantotsu/settings/saving/internal/PreferenceInternal.kt
@@ -18,5 +18,5 @@ enum class Location(val location: String, val exportable: Boolean) {
     NovelReader("ani.dantotsu.novelReader", true),
     Irrelevant("ani.dantotsu.irrelevant", false),
     AnimeDownloads("animeDownloads", false),  //different for legacy reasons
-    Protected("ani.dantotsu.protected", false),
+    Protected("ani.dantotsu.protected", true),
 }