diff --git a/ElementX/Sources/Other/Extensions/ClientBuilder.swift b/ElementX/Sources/Other/Extensions/ClientBuilder.swift
index 61c6de349..ebe21193b 100644
--- a/ElementX/Sources/Other/Extensions/ClientBuilder.swift
+++ b/ElementX/Sources/Other/Extensions/ClientBuilder.swift
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ extension ClientBuilder {
             .setSessionDelegate(sessionDelegate: sessionDelegate)
             .userAgent(userAgent: UserAgentBuilder.makeASCIIUserAgent())
             .requestConfig(config: .init(retryLimit: 0, timeout: 30000, maxConcurrentRequests: nil, retryTimeout: nil))
+            .useEventCachePersistentStorage(value: true)
         
         builder = switch slidingSync {
         case .restored: builder