diff --git a/packages/nc-gui-v2/components/smartsheet-toolbar/ColumnFilterMenu.vue b/packages/nc-gui-v2/components/smartsheet-toolbar/ColumnFilterMenu.vue
index 2f5483407a..4264c42ddc 100644
--- a/packages/nc-gui-v2/components/smartsheet-toolbar/ColumnFilterMenu.vue
+++ b/packages/nc-gui-v2/components/smartsheet-toolbar/ColumnFilterMenu.vue
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 <script setup lang="ts">
-// todo: move to persisted state
 import type ColumnFilter from './ColumnFilter.vue'
 import { useState } from '#app'
 import { IsLockedInj } from '~/context'
@@ -9,10 +8,10 @@ import MdiMenuDownIcon from '~icons/mdi/menu-down'
 const autoApplyFilter = useState('autoApplyFilter', () => false)
 const isLocked = inject(IsLockedInj)
 
+const { filterAutoSave } = useGlobal()
+
 // todo: emit from child
 const filtersLength = ref(0)
-// todo: sync with store
-const autosave = ref(true)
 
 const filterComp = ref<typeof ColumnFilter>()
 
@@ -38,11 +37,11 @@ const applyChanges = async () => {
       <SmartsheetToolbarColumnFilter
         ref="filterComp"
         class="nc-table-toolbar-menu"
-        :auto-save="autosave"
+        :auto-save="filterAutoSave"
         @update:filters-length="filtersLength = $event"
       >
         <div class="d-flex align-end mt-2 min-h-[30px]" @click.stop>
-          <a-checkbox id="col-filter-checkbox" v-model:checked="autosave" class="col-filter-checkbox" hide-details dense>
+          <a-checkbox id="col-filter-checkbox" v-model:checked="filterAutoSave" class="col-filter-checkbox" hide-details dense>
             <span class="text-grey text-xs">
               {{ $t('msg.info.filterAutoApply') }}
               <!-- Auto apply -->
@@ -50,7 +49,7 @@ const applyChanges = async () => {
           </a-checkbox>
 
           <div class="flex-1" />
-          <a-button v-show="!autosave" size="small" class="text-xs ml-2" @click="applyChanges"> Apply changes </a-button>
+          <a-button v-show="!filterAutoSave" size="small" class="text-xs ml-2" @click="applyChanges"> Apply changes </a-button>
         </div>
       </SmartsheetToolbarColumnFilter>
     </template>
diff --git a/packages/nc-gui-v2/composables/useGlobal/state.ts b/packages/nc-gui-v2/composables/useGlobal/state.ts
index 344bcce2ab..83f493fb0f 100644
--- a/packages/nc-gui-v2/composables/useGlobal/state.ts
+++ b/packages/nc-gui-v2/composables/useGlobal/state.ts
@@ -56,10 +56,11 @@ export function useGlobalState(storageKey = 'nocodb-gui-v2'): State {
       createdAt: new Date('2020-01-01T00:00:00.000Z').toISOString(),
       isHidden: false,
     },
+    filterAutoSave: true,
   }
 
   /** saves a reactive state, any change to these values will write/delete to localStorage */
-  const storage = useStorage<StoredState>(storageKey, initialState)
+  const storage = useStorage<StoredState>(storageKey, initialState, localStorage, { mergeDefaults: true })
 
   /** force turn off of dark mode, regardless of previously stored settings */
   storage.value.darkMode = false
diff --git a/packages/nc-gui-v2/composables/useGlobal/types.ts b/packages/nc-gui-v2/composables/useGlobal/types.ts
index 5a615a9179..e35310ad0d 100644
--- a/packages/nc-gui-v2/composables/useGlobal/types.ts
+++ b/packages/nc-gui-v2/composables/useGlobal/types.ts
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ export interface StoredState {
   lang: string
   darkMode: boolean
   feedbackForm: FeedbackForm
+  filterAutoSave: boolean
 }
 
 export type State = ToRefs<Omit<StoredState, 'token'>> & {