diff --git a/src/frontend/src/features/rooms/livekit/hooks/usePersistentUserChoices.ts b/src/frontend/src/features/rooms/livekit/hooks/usePersistentUserChoices.ts
index b9a90153..445b38ee 100644
--- a/src/frontend/src/features/rooms/livekit/hooks/usePersistentUserChoices.ts
+++ b/src/frontend/src/features/rooms/livekit/hooks/usePersistentUserChoices.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { useSnapshot } from 'valtio'
 import { userChoicesStore } from '@/stores/userChoices'
 import type { VideoResolution } from '@/stores/userChoices'
 import { ProcessorSerialized } from '@/features/rooms/livekit/components/blur'
+import type { VideoQuality } from 'livekit-client'
 
 export function usePersistentUserChoices() {
   const userChoicesSnap = useSnapshot(userChoicesStore)
@@ -26,6 +27,9 @@ export function usePersistentUserChoices() {
     saveVideoPublishResolution: (resolution: VideoResolution) => {
       userChoicesStore.videoPublishResolution = resolution
     },
+    saveVideoSubscribeQuality: (quality: VideoQuality) => {
+      userChoicesStore.videoSubscribeQuality = quality
+    },
     saveUsername: (username: string) => {
       userChoicesStore.username = username
     },
diff --git a/src/frontend/src/stores/userChoices.ts b/src/frontend/src/stores/userChoices.ts
index 56105662..345838cb 100644
--- a/src/frontend/src/stores/userChoices.ts
+++ b/src/frontend/src/stores/userChoices.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import {
   saveUserChoices,
   LocalUserChoices as LocalUserChoicesLK,
 } from '@livekit/components-core'
+import { VideoQuality } from 'livekit-client'
 
 export type VideoResolution = 'h720' | 'h360' | 'h180'
 
@@ -13,6 +14,7 @@ export type LocalUserChoices = LocalUserChoicesLK & {
   noiseReductionEnabled?: boolean
   audioOutputDeviceId?: string
   videoPublishResolution?: VideoResolution
+  videoSubscribeQuality?: VideoQuality
 }
 
 function getUserChoicesState(): LocalUserChoices {
@@ -20,6 +22,7 @@ function getUserChoicesState(): LocalUserChoices {
     noiseReductionEnabled: false,
     audioOutputDeviceId: 'default', // Use 'default' to match LiveKit's standard device selection behavior
     videoPublishResolution: 'h720',
+    videoSubscribeQuality: VideoQuality.HIGH,
     ...loadUserChoices(),
   }
 }