diff --git a/src/lib/components/audio-loader.svelte b/src/lib/components/audio-loader.svelte
index 0f34a3e..2ca17a3 100644
--- a/src/lib/components/audio-loader.svelte
+++ b/src/lib/components/audio-loader.svelte
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 		audio_volume,
 	} from '$lib/context/audio-internals';
 	import { episode_progress } from '$lib/context/episode-progress';
+	import { user_preferences } from '$lib/context/user-preferences';
 	import type { PlayerElement } from '$lib/types/types';
 	import { onMount } from 'svelte';
 
@@ -44,6 +45,7 @@
 
 	onMount(() => {
 		episode_progress.load_all();
+		user_preferences.load();
 	});
 </script>
 
diff --git a/src/lib/context/user-preferences.ts b/src/lib/context/user-preferences.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8481387
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/context/user-preferences.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+import { browser } from '$app/environment';
+import { info, warn } from '$lib/utility/package/log';
+import { writable } from 'svelte/store';
+
+export type UserPreferences = {
+	playback_rate: number;
+	volume: number;
+};
+
+const default_user_preferences = {
+	playback_rate: 1,
+	volume: 1,
+} satisfies UserPreferences;
+
+const user_preference_store = writable<UserPreferences>(default_user_preferences);
+
+function set_preference(prefs: Partial<UserPreferences>) {
+	user_preference_store.update((prev) => ({ ...prev, ...prefs }));
+	save();
+}
+const USER_PREFERENCE_KEY = 'USER_PREFERENCE' as const;
+
+function save() {
+	if (!browser || !localStorage) {
+		warn('localStorage not available, skipping save');
+		return;
+	}
+	return user_preference_store.subscribe((prefs) => {
+		info(`Saving user preferences to localStorage`, prefs);
+		localStorage.setItem(USER_PREFERENCE_KEY, JSON.stringify(prefs));
+	})();
+}
+
+function load() {
+	if (!browser || !localStorage) {
+		warn('localStorage not available, skipping load');
+		return;
+	}
+	const data = localStorage.getItem(USER_PREFERENCE_KEY);
+
+	if (!data || typeof data !== 'object') {
+		info('No saved user preferences found');
+		return;
+	}
+
+	const preferences = JSON.parse(data) as UserPreferences;
+	user_preference_store.update((prev) => ({ ...prev, ...preferences }));
+	info(`Loaded user preferences from localStorage`, data);
+}
+
+function clear() {
+	user_preference_store.set(default_user_preferences);
+	save();
+}
+
+export const user_preferences = {
+	subscribe: user_preference_store.subscribe,
+	set: set_preference,
+	save,
+	load,
+	clear,
+};