diff --git a/Shared/Models/WriteFreelyModel.swift b/Shared/Models/WriteFreelyModel.swift
index e5361cb..bd8869b 100644
--- a/Shared/Models/WriteFreelyModel.swift
+++ b/Shared/Models/WriteFreelyModel.swift
@@ -1,97 +1,99 @@
 import Foundation
 import WriteFreely
 
 // MARK: - WriteFreelyModel
 
 class WriteFreelyModel: ObservableObject {
     @Published var account = AccountModel()
     @Published var preferences = PreferencesModel()
     @Published var store = PostStore()
     @Published var post: Post?
     @Published var isLoggingIn: Bool = false
 
     private var client: WFClient?
+    private let defaults = UserDefaults.standard
 
     init() {
+        // Set the color scheme based on what's been saved in UserDefaults.
+        DispatchQueue.main.async {
+            self.preferences.appearance = self.defaults.integer(forKey: self.preferences.colorSchemeIntegerKey)
+        }
+
         #if DEBUG
         for post in testPostData { store.add(post) }
         #endif
     }
 }
 
 // MARK: - WriteFreelyModel API
 
 extension WriteFreelyModel {
-    func login(
-        to server: URL,
-        as username: String,
-        password: String
-    ) {
+    func login(to server: URL, as username: String, password: String) {
         isLoggingIn = true
         account.server = server.absoluteString
         client = WFClient(for: server)
         client?.login(username: username, password: password, completion: loginHandler)
     }
 
-    func logout () {
+    func logout() {
         guard let loggedInClient = client else { return }
         loggedInClient.logout(completion: logoutHandler)
     }
 }
 
 private extension WriteFreelyModel {
     func loginHandler(result: Result<WFUser, Error>) {
         DispatchQueue.main.async {
             self.isLoggingIn = false
         }
         do {
             let user = try result.get()
             DispatchQueue.main.async {
                 self.account.login(user)
             }
         } catch WFError.notFound {
             DispatchQueue.main.async {
                 self.account.currentError = AccountError.usernameNotFound
             }
         } catch WFError.unauthorized {
             DispatchQueue.main.async {
                 self.account.currentError = AccountError.invalidPassword
             }
         } catch {
             if let error = error as? NSError, error.domain == NSURLErrorDomain, error.code == -1003 {
                 DispatchQueue.main.async {
                     self.account.currentError = AccountError.serverNotFound
                 }
             }
         }
     }
 
     func logoutHandler(result: Result<Bool, Error>) {
         do {
             _ = try result.get()
             client = nil
             DispatchQueue.main.async {
                 self.account.logout()
             }
         } catch WFError.notFound {
             // The user token is invalid or doesn't exist, so it's been invalidated by the server. Proceed with
             // destroying the client object and setting the AccountModel to its logged-out state.
             client = nil
             DispatchQueue.main.async {
                 self.account.logout()
             }
         } catch {
             // We get a 'cannot parse response' (similar to what we were seeing in the Swift package) NSURLError here,
             // so we're using a hacky workaround — if we get the NSURLError, but the AccountModel still thinks we're
             // logged in, try calling the logout function again and see what we get.
             // Conditional cast from 'Error' to 'NSError' always succeeds but is the only way to check error properties.
             if let error = error as? NSError,
                error.domain == NSURLErrorDomain,
                error.code == NSURLErrorCannotParseResponse {
                 if account.isLoggedIn {
                     self.logout()
                 }
             }
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/Shared/Preferences/PreferencesModel.swift b/Shared/Preferences/PreferencesModel.swift
index 39e9c24..c4ac721 100644
--- a/Shared/Preferences/PreferencesModel.swift
+++ b/Shared/Preferences/PreferencesModel.swift
@@ -1,54 +1,59 @@
 import SwiftUI
 
 class PreferencesModel: ObservableObject {
+    private let defaults = UserDefaults.standard
+    let colorSchemeIntegerKey = "colorSchemeIntegerKey"
+
     /* We're stuck dropping into AppKit/UIKit to set light/dark schemes for now,
      * because setting the .preferredColorScheme modifier on views in SwiftUI is
      * currently unreliable.
      *
      * Feedback submitted to Apple:
      *
      * FB8382883: "On macOS 11β4, preferredColorScheme modifier does not respect .light ColorScheme"
      * FB8383053: "On iOS 14β4/macOS 11β4, it is not possible to unset preferredColorScheme after setting
      *              it to either .light or .dark"
      */
 
     #if os(iOS)
     var window: UIWindow? {
         guard let scene = UIApplication.shared.connectedScenes.first,
               let windowSceneDelegate = scene.delegate as? UIWindowSceneDelegate,
               let window = windowSceneDelegate.window else {
             return nil
         }
         return window
     }
     #endif
 
     @Published var selectedColorScheme: ColorScheme?
     @Published var appearance: Int = 0 {
         didSet {
             switch appearance {
             case 1:
 //                selectedColorScheme = .light
                 #if os(macOS)
                 NSApp.appearance = NSAppearance(named: .aqua)
                 #else
                 window?.overrideUserInterfaceStyle = .light
                 #endif
             case 2:
 //                selectedColorScheme = .dark
                 #if os(macOS)
                 NSApp.appearance = NSAppearance(named: .darkAqua)
                 #else
                 window?.overrideUserInterfaceStyle = .dark
                 #endif
             default:
 //                selectedColorScheme = .none
                 #if os(macOS)
                 NSApp.appearance = nil
                 #else
                 window?.overrideUserInterfaceStyle = .unspecified
                 #endif
             }
+
+            defaults.set(appearance, forKey: colorSchemeIntegerKey)
         }
     }
 }