diff --git a/src/app.jsx b/src/app.jsx
index 58c297b7..b4185f8f 100644
--- a/src/app.jsx
+++ b/src/app.jsx
@@ -42,7 +42,13 @@ import Public from './pages/public';
 import Settings from './pages/settings';
 import Status from './pages/status';
 import Welcome from './pages/welcome';
-import { api, initAccount, initClient, initInstance } from './utils/api';
+import {
+  api,
+  initAccount,
+  initClient,
+  initInstance,
+  initPreferences,
+} from './utils/api';
 import { getAccessToken } from './utils/auth';
 import states, { getStatus, saveStatus } from './utils/states';
 import store from './utils/store';
@@ -92,6 +98,7 @@ function App() {
           initInstance(masto),
           initAccount(masto, instanceURL, accessToken),
         ]);
+        initPreferences(masto);
 
         setIsLoggedIn(true);
         setUIState('default');
@@ -101,6 +108,7 @@ function App() {
       if (account) {
         store.session.set('currentAccount', account.info.id);
         const { masto } = api({ account });
+        initPreferences(masto);
         (async () => {
           await initInstance(masto);
           setIsLoggedIn(true);
diff --git a/src/components/compose.jsx b/src/components/compose.jsx
index 2055b9ad..8960784d 100644
--- a/src/components/compose.jsx
+++ b/src/components/compose.jsx
@@ -148,6 +148,8 @@ function Compose({
   const [mediaAttachments, setMediaAttachments] = useState([]);
   const [poll, setPoll] = useState(null);
 
+  const prefs = store.account.get('preferences') || {};
+
   const customEmojis = useRef();
   useEffect(() => {
     (async () => {
@@ -194,7 +196,7 @@ function Compose({
       }
       focusTextarea();
       setVisibility(visibility);
-      setLanguage(language || DEFAULT_LANG);
+      setLanguage(language || prefs.postingDefaultLanguage || DEFAULT_LANG);
       setSensitive(sensitive);
     }
     if (draftStatus) {
@@ -217,7 +219,7 @@ function Compose({
       focusTextarea();
       spoilerTextRef.current.value = spoilerText;
       setVisibility(visibility);
-      setLanguage(language || DEFAULT_LANG);
+      setLanguage(language || prefs.postingDefaultLanguage || DEFAULT_LANG);
       setSensitive(sensitive);
       setPoll(composablePoll);
       setMediaAttachments(mediaAttachments);
@@ -243,7 +245,7 @@ function Compose({
           focusTextarea();
           spoilerTextRef.current.value = spoilerText;
           setVisibility(visibility);
-          setLanguage(language || DEFAULT_LANG);
+          setLanguage(language || presf.postingDefaultLanguage || DEFAULT_LANG);
           setSensitive(sensitive);
           setPoll(composablePoll);
           setMediaAttachments(mediaAttachments);
@@ -256,6 +258,16 @@ function Compose({
       })();
     } else {
       focusTextarea();
+      console.log('Apply prefs', prefs);
+      if (prefs.postingDefaultVisibility) {
+        setVisibility(prefs.postingDefaultVisibility);
+      }
+      if (prefs.postingDefaultLanguage) {
+        setLanguage(prefs.postingDefaultLanguage);
+      }
+      if (prefs.postingDefaultSensitive) {
+        setSensitive(prefs.postingDefaultSensitive);
+      }
     }
   }, [draftStatus, editStatus, replyToStatus]);
 
diff --git a/src/utils/api.js b/src/utils/api.js
index 7cca00fd..e98836f0 100644
--- a/src/utils/api.js
+++ b/src/utils/api.js
@@ -100,6 +100,18 @@ export async function initAccount(client, instance, accessToken) {
   });
 }
 
+// Get preferences
+export async function initPreferences(client) {
+  try {
+    const masto = client;
+    const preferences = await masto.v1.preferences.fetch();
+    store.account.set('preferences', preferences);
+  } catch (e) {
+    // silently fail
+    console.error(e);
+  }
+}
+
 // Get the masto instance
 // If accountID is provided, get the masto instance for that account
 export function api({ instance, accessToken, accountID, account } = {}) {