diff --git a/src/ViewModels/Launcher.cs b/src/ViewModels/Launcher.cs
index 6761eccf..06479394 100644
--- a/src/ViewModels/Launcher.cs
+++ b/src/ViewModels/Launcher.cs
@@ -525,6 +525,7 @@ namespace SourceGit.ViewModels
             }
 
             _ignoreIndexChange = false;
+            Preferences.Instance.Save();
             GC.Collect();
         }
 
diff --git a/src/Views/Preferences.axaml.cs b/src/Views/Preferences.axaml.cs
index 4696b4a7..8f9917be 100644
--- a/src/Views/Preferences.axaml.cs
+++ b/src/Views/Preferences.axaml.cs
@@ -189,6 +189,7 @@ namespace SourceGit.Views
                     new Commands.Config(null).Set($"gpg.{GPGFormat.Value}.program", GPGExecutableFile);
             }
 
+            ViewModels.Preferences.Instance.Save();
             base.OnClosing(e);
         }