diff --git a/src/components/player/atoms/settings/QualityView.tsx b/src/components/player/atoms/settings/QualityView.tsx
index 4808dde2..139eb802 100644
--- a/src/components/player/atoms/settings/QualityView.tsx
+++ b/src/components/player/atoms/settings/QualityView.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { useCallback } from "react";
 
+import { Toggle } from "@/components/buttons/Toggle";
 import { Icon, Icons } from "@/components/Icon";
 import { Context } from "@/components/player/internals/ContextUtils";
 import { useOverlayRouter } from "@/hooks/useOverlayRouter";
@@ -9,6 +10,7 @@ import {
   allQualities,
   qualityToString,
 } from "@/stores/player/utils/qualities";
+import { useQualityStore } from "@/stores/quality";
 
 export function QualityOption(props: {
   children: React.ReactNode;
@@ -41,13 +43,18 @@ export function QualityView({ id }: { id: string }) {
   const availableQualities = usePlayerStore((s) => s.qualities);
   const currentQuality = usePlayerStore((s) => s.currentQuality);
   const switchQuality = usePlayerStore((s) => s.switchQuality);
+  const setAutomaticQuality = useQualityStore((s) => s.setAutomaticQuality);
+  const setLastChosenQuality = useQualityStore((s) => s.setLastChosenQuality);
+  const autoQuality = useQualityStore((s) => s.quality.automaticQuality);
 
   const change = useCallback(
     (q: SourceQuality) => {
       switchQuality(q);
+      setLastChosenQuality(q);
+      setAutomaticQuality(false);
       router.close();
     },
-    [router, switchQuality]
+    [router, switchQuality, setLastChosenQuality, setAutomaticQuality]
   );
 
   const allVisibleQualities = allQualities.filter((t) => t !== "unknown");
@@ -73,7 +80,10 @@ export function QualityView({ id }: { id: string }) {
         <Context.Divider />
         <Context.Link>
           <Context.LinkTitle>Automatic quality</Context.LinkTitle>
-          <span>Toggle</span>
+          <Toggle
+            onClick={() => setAutomaticQuality(!autoQuality)}
+            enabled={autoQuality}
+          />
         </Context.Link>
         <Context.SmallText>
           You can try{" "}
diff --git a/src/stores/player/slices/source.ts b/src/stores/player/slices/source.ts
index b221cdb5..ea7b89d9 100644
--- a/src/stores/player/slices/source.ts
+++ b/src/stores/player/slices/source.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import {
   SourceSliceSource,
   selectQuality,
 } from "@/stores/player/utils/qualities";
+import { useQualityStore } from "@/stores/quality";
 import { ValuesOf } from "@/utils/typeguard";
 
 export const playerStatus = {
@@ -118,7 +119,8 @@ export const createSourceSlice: MakeSlice<SourceSlice> = (set, get) => ({
     let qualities: string[] = [];
     if (stream.type === "file") qualities = Object.keys(stream.qualities);
     const store = get();
-    const loadableStream = selectQuality(stream);
+    const qualityPreferences = useQualityStore.getState();
+    const loadableStream = selectQuality(stream, qualityPreferences.quality);
 
     set((s) => {
       s.source = stream;
diff --git a/src/stores/player/utils/qualities.ts b/src/stores/player/utils/qualities.ts
index b83ef303..4082a9a2 100644
--- a/src/stores/player/utils/qualities.ts
+++ b/src/stores/player/utils/qualities.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import { QualityStore } from "@/stores/quality";
+
 export type SourceQuality = "unknown" | "360" | "480" | "720" | "1080";
 
 export type StreamType = "hls" | "mp4";
@@ -23,17 +25,56 @@ export type SourceSliceSource =
     };
 
 const qualitySorting: Record<SourceQuality, number> = {
-  "1080": 40,
+  unknown: 0,
   "360": 10,
   "480": 20,
   "720": 30,
-  unknown: 0,
+  "1080": 40,
 };
 const sortedQualities: SourceQuality[] = Object.entries(qualitySorting)
   .sort((a, b) => b[1] - a[1])
   .map<SourceQuality>((v) => v[0] as SourceQuality);
 
-export function selectQuality(source: SourceSliceSource): {
+function getPreferredQuality(
+  availableQualites: SourceQuality[],
+  qualityPreferences: QualityStore["quality"]
+) {
+  if (
+    qualityPreferences.automaticQuality ||
+    qualityPreferences.lastChosenQuality === null ||
+    qualityPreferences.lastChosenQuality === "unknown"
+  )
+    return sortedQualities.find((v) => availableQualites.includes(v));
+
+  // get preferred quality - not automatic or unknown
+  const chosenQualityIndex = sortedQualities.indexOf(
+    qualityPreferences.lastChosenQuality
+  );
+  let nearestChoseQuality: undefined | SourceQuality;
+
+  // check chosen quality or lower
+  for (let i = chosenQualityIndex; i < sortedQualities.length; i += 1) {
+    if (availableQualites.includes(sortedQualities[i])) {
+      nearestChoseQuality = sortedQualities[i];
+      break;
+    }
+  }
+  if (nearestChoseQuality) return nearestChoseQuality;
+
+  // chosen quality or lower doesn't exist, try higher
+  for (let i = chosenQualityIndex; i >= 0; i -= 1) {
+    if (availableQualites.includes(sortedQualities[i])) {
+      nearestChoseQuality = sortedQualities[i];
+      break;
+    }
+  }
+  return nearestChoseQuality;
+}
+
+export function selectQuality(
+  source: SourceSliceSource,
+  qualityPreferences: QualityStore["quality"]
+): {
   stream: LoadableSource;
   quality: null | SourceQuality;
 } {
@@ -43,13 +84,14 @@ export function selectQuality(source: SourceSliceSource): {
       quality: null,
     };
   if (source.type === "file") {
-    const bestQuality = sortedQualities.find(
-      (v) => source.qualities[v] && (source.qualities[v]?.url.length ?? 0) > 0
-    );
-    if (bestQuality) {
-      const stream = source.qualities[bestQuality];
+    const availableQualities = Object.entries(source.qualities)
+      .filter((entry) => (entry[1].url.length ?? 0) > 0)
+      .map((entry) => entry[0]) as SourceQuality[];
+    const quality = getPreferredQuality(availableQualities, qualityPreferences);
+    if (quality) {
+      const stream = source.qualities[quality];
       if (stream) {
-        return { stream, quality: bestQuality };
+        return { stream, quality };
       }
     }
   }
diff --git a/src/stores/quality/index.ts b/src/stores/quality/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e5c8e48d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/stores/quality/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+import { create } from "zustand";
+import { persist } from "zustand/middleware";
+import { immer } from "zustand/middleware/immer";
+
+import { SourceQuality } from "@/stores/player/utils/qualities";
+
+export interface QualityStore {
+  quality: {
+    lastChosenQuality: SourceQuality | null;
+    automaticQuality: boolean;
+  };
+  setLastChosenQuality(v: SourceQuality | null): void;
+  setAutomaticQuality(v: boolean): void;
+}
+
+export const useQualityStore = create(
+  persist(
+    immer<QualityStore>((set) => ({
+      quality: {
+        automaticQuality: true,
+        lastChosenQuality: null,
+      },
+      setLastChosenQuality(v) {
+        set((s) => {
+          s.quality.lastChosenQuality = v;
+        });
+      },
+      setAutomaticQuality(v) {
+        set((s) => {
+          s.quality.automaticQuality = v;
+        });
+      },
+    })),
+    {
+      name: "__MW::quality",
+    }
+  )
+);