diff --git a/ui/src/App.js b/ui/src/App.js
index b746372b2..263a8b134 100644
--- a/ui/src/App.js
+++ b/ui/src/App.js
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import PropTypes from "prop-types";
 import { Provider } from "mobx-react";
 
 import { AlertStore, DecodeLocationSearch } from "Stores/AlertStore";
+import { Settings } from "Stores/Settings";
 import { NavBar } from "Components/NavBar";
 import { Grid } from "Components/Grid";
 import { Fetcher } from "Components/Fetcher";
@@ -20,6 +21,8 @@ class App extends Component {
 
     const { defaultFilters } = this.props;
 
+    this.settingsStore = new Settings();
+
     let filters;
 
     // parse and decode request query args
@@ -27,8 +30,12 @@ class App extends Component {
 
     // p.defaultsUsed means that unsee URI didn't have ?q=foo query args
     if (p.defaultsUsed) {
-      // no ?q=foo set, use defaults from backend config
-      filters = defaultFilters;
+      // no ?q=foo set, use defaults saved by the user or from backend config
+      if (this.settingsStore.savedFilters.present) {
+        filters = this.settingsStore.savedFilters.filters;
+      } else {
+        filters = defaultFilters;
+      }
     } else {
       // user passed ?q=foo, use it as initial filters
       filters = p.params.q;
@@ -40,7 +47,10 @@ class App extends Component {
   render() {
     return (
       <React.Fragment>
-        <NavBar alertStore={this.alertStore} />
+        <NavBar
+          alertStore={this.alertStore}
+          settingsStore={this.settingsStore}
+        />
         <Provider alertStore={this.alertStore}>
           <Grid alertStore={this.alertStore} />
         </Provider>
diff --git a/ui/src/Components/NavBar/FilterInput/History.js b/ui/src/Components/NavBar/FilterInput/History.js
index 8676cc5ad..4e66dc437 100644
--- a/ui/src/Components/NavBar/FilterInput/History.js
+++ b/ui/src/Components/NavBar/FilterInput/History.js
@@ -10,8 +10,12 @@ import onClickOutside from "react-onclickoutside";
 
 import { FontAwesomeIcon } from "@fortawesome/react-fontawesome";
 import { faCaretDown } from "@fortawesome/free-solid-svg-icons/faCaretDown";
+import { faSave } from "@fortawesome/free-regular-svg-icons/faSave";
+import { faUndoAlt } from "@fortawesome/free-solid-svg-icons/faUndoAlt";
+import { faTrash } from "@fortawesome/free-solid-svg-icons/faTrash";
 
 import { AlertStore } from "Stores/AlertStore";
+import { Settings } from "Stores/Settings";
 import { HistoryLabel } from "Components/Labels/HistoryLabel";
 
 const defaultHistory = {
@@ -36,7 +40,9 @@ const HistoryMenu = onClickOutside(
     popperStyle,
     filters,
     alertStore,
-    afterClick
+    settingsStore,
+    afterClick,
+    onClear
   }) => {
     return (
       <div
@@ -70,6 +76,38 @@ const HistoryMenu = onClickOutside(
             </button>
           ))
         )}
+        <div className="dropdown-divider" />
+        <div className="container text-center">
+          <button className="btn btn-sm btn-success mr-4">
+            <FontAwesomeIcon
+              icon={faSave}
+              onClick={() => {
+                settingsStore.saveFilters(
+                  alertStore.filters.values.map(f => f.raw)
+                );
+                afterClick();
+              }}
+            />
+          </button>
+          <button
+            className="btn btn-sm btn-danger mr-4"
+            onClick={() => {
+              settingsStore.clearSavedFilters();
+              afterClick();
+            }}
+          >
+            <FontAwesomeIcon icon={faUndoAlt} />
+          </button>
+          <button
+            className="btn btn-sm btn-dark"
+            onClick={() => {
+              onClear();
+              afterClick();
+            }}
+          >
+            <FontAwesomeIcon icon={faTrash} />
+          </button>
+        </div>
       </div>
     );
   }
@@ -80,13 +118,16 @@ HistoryMenu.propTypes = {
   popperStyle: PropTypes.object,
   filters: PropTypes.array.isRequired,
   alertStore: PropTypes.instanceOf(AlertStore).isRequired,
-  afterClick: PropTypes.func.isRequired
+  settingsStore: PropTypes.instanceOf(Settings).isRequired,
+  afterClick: PropTypes.func.isRequired,
+  onClear: PropTypes.func.isRequired
 };
 
 const History = observer(
   class History extends Component {
     static propTypes = {
-      alertStore: PropTypes.instanceOf(AlertStore).isRequired
+      alertStore: PropTypes.instanceOf(AlertStore).isRequired,
+      settingsStore: PropTypes.instanceOf(Settings).isRequired
     };
 
     // how many filter sets do we store in local storage and render in the
@@ -137,6 +178,10 @@ const History = observer(
       this.history.filters = newHistory;
     });
 
+    clearHistory = action(() => {
+      this.history.filters = [];
+    });
+
     componentDidUpdate() {
       // every time this component updates we will rewrite history
       // (if there are changes)
@@ -148,7 +193,7 @@ const History = observer(
     });
 
     render() {
-      const { alertStore } = this.props;
+      const { alertStore, settingsStore } = this.props;
 
       return (
         // data-filters is there to register filters for observation in mobx
@@ -189,7 +234,9 @@ const History = observer(
                     popperRef={ref}
                     popperStyle={style}
                     filters={this.history.filters}
+                    onClear={this.clearHistory}
                     alertStore={alertStore}
+                    settingsStore={settingsStore}
                     afterClick={this.collapse.hide}
                     handleClickOutside={this.collapse.hide}
                     outsideClickIgnoreClass="components-navbar-history"
diff --git a/ui/src/Components/NavBar/FilterInput/index.js b/ui/src/Components/NavBar/FilterInput/index.js
index 1034915b4..8e7199e99 100644
--- a/ui/src/Components/NavBar/FilterInput/index.js
+++ b/ui/src/Components/NavBar/FilterInput/index.js
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import { FontAwesomeIcon } from "@fortawesome/react-fontawesome";
 import { faSearch } from "@fortawesome/free-solid-svg-icons/faSearch";
 
 import { AlertStore, FormatUnseeBackendURI } from "Stores/AlertStore";
+import { Settings } from "Stores/Settings";
 import { FilterInputLabel } from "Components/Labels/FilterInputLabel";
 import { AutosuggestTheme } from "./Constants";
 import { History } from "./History";
@@ -23,7 +24,8 @@ import "./index.css";
 const FilterInput = observer(
   class FilterInput extends Component {
     static propTypes = {
-      alertStore: PropTypes.instanceOf(AlertStore).isRequired
+      alertStore: PropTypes.instanceOf(AlertStore).isRequired,
+      settingsStore: PropTypes.instanceOf(Settings).isRequired
     };
 
     inputStore = observable(
@@ -103,7 +105,12 @@ const FilterInput = observer(
     };
 
     renderInputComponent = inputProps => {
-      var { inputReference, alertStore, ...otherProps } = inputProps;
+      var {
+        inputReference,
+        alertStore,
+        settingsStore,
+        ...otherProps
+      } = inputProps;
 
       return (
         <div className="input-group input-group-sm mr-2">
@@ -132,14 +139,14 @@ const FilterInput = observer(
             />
           </div>
           <div className="input-group-append">
-            <History alertStore={alertStore} />
+            <History alertStore={alertStore} settingsStore={settingsStore} />
           </div>
         </div>
       );
     };
 
     render() {
-      const { alertStore } = this.props;
+      const { alertStore, settingsStore } = this.props;
 
       return (
         // data-filters is there to register filters for observation in mobx
@@ -163,7 +170,8 @@ const FilterInput = observer(
               value: this.inputStore.value,
               onChange: this.onChange,
               inputReference: this.inputStore.ref,
-              alertStore: alertStore
+              alertStore: alertStore,
+              settingsStore: settingsStore
             }}
             theme={AutosuggestTheme}
           />
diff --git a/ui/src/Components/NavBar/index.js b/ui/src/Components/NavBar/index.js
index dfb26d14f..66575cc4e 100644
--- a/ui/src/Components/NavBar/index.js
+++ b/ui/src/Components/NavBar/index.js
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import { observer } from "mobx-react";
 import ReactResizeDetector from "react-resize-detector";
 
 import { AlertStore } from "Stores/AlertStore";
+import { Settings } from "Stores/Settings";
 import { FetchIndicator } from "./FetchIndicator";
 import { FilterInput } from "./FilterInput";
 import { MainModal } from "Components/MainModal";
@@ -19,11 +20,12 @@ const navbarResize = function(width, height) {
 const NavBar = observer(
   class NavBar extends Component {
     static propTypes = {
-      alertStore: PropTypes.instanceOf(AlertStore).isRequired
+      alertStore: PropTypes.instanceOf(AlertStore).isRequired,
+      settingsStore: PropTypes.instanceOf(Settings).isRequired
     };
 
     render() {
-      const { alertStore } = this.props;
+      const { alertStore, settingsStore } = this.props;
       return (
         <div className="container">
           <nav className="navbar fixed-top navbar-expand navbar-dark p-1 bg-primary-transparent">
@@ -32,7 +34,10 @@ const NavBar = observer(
               {alertStore.info.totalAlerts}
               <FetchIndicator status={alertStore.status.value.toString()} />
             </span>
-            <FilterInput alertStore={alertStore} />
+            <FilterInput
+              alertStore={alertStore}
+              settingsStore={settingsStore}
+            />
             <MainModal />
           </nav>
         </div>
diff --git a/ui/src/Stores/Settings.js b/ui/src/Stores/Settings.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f36c00a13
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ui/src/Stores/Settings.js
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+import { localStored } from "mobx-stored";
+
+import { action } from "mobx";
+
+const defaultSavedFilters = {
+  filters: [],
+  present: false
+};
+
+class Settings {
+  savedFilters = localStored("savedFilters", defaultSavedFilters, {
+    delay: 100
+  });
+
+  saveFilters = action(newFilters => {
+    this.savedFilters.filters = newFilters;
+    this.savedFilters.present = true;
+  });
+
+  clearSavedFilters = action(() => {
+    this.savedFilters.filters = [];
+    this.savedFilters.present = false;
+  });
+}
+
+export { Settings };