diff --git a/frontend/app/src/store/ui.ts b/frontend/app/src/store/ui.ts
index 9a3e16f62..7b9b4ee2d 100644
--- a/frontend/app/src/store/ui.ts
+++ b/frontend/app/src/store/ui.ts
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ class UiStore {
     this.tags = t;
   }
 
+  @persist
   searchText = '';
   setSearchText(s: string) {
     this.searchText = s.toLowerCase();