diff --git a/lib/main.dart b/lib/main.dart
index af8cbabb..a0c480c4 100644
--- a/lib/main.dart
+++ b/lib/main.dart
@@ -1,10 +1,16 @@
 import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
+import 'package:preferences/preferences.dart';
 
 import 'settings.dart';
 import 'api.dart';
 import 'preferences.dart';
 
-void main() => runApp(MyApp());
+void main() async {
+
+  await PrefService.init(prefix: "inventree_");
+
+  runApp(MyApp());
+}
 
 class MyApp extends StatelessWidget {
   // This widget is the root of your application.
diff --git a/pubspec.lock b/pubspec.lock
index 27775ead..170d22ce 100644
--- a/pubspec.lock
+++ b/pubspec.lock
@@ -137,6 +137,13 @@ packages:
       url: "https://pub.dartlang.org"
     source: hosted
     version: "2.2.1"
+  preferences:
+    dependency: "direct main"
+    description:
+      name: preferences
+      url: "https://pub.dartlang.org"
+    source: hosted
+    version: "5.1.0"
   quiver:
     dependency: transitive
     description:
diff --git a/pubspec.yaml b/pubspec.yaml
index d2861c89..8ae45d63 100644
--- a/pubspec.yaml
+++ b/pubspec.yaml
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ dependencies:
   http: ^0.12.0+2
   shared_preferences: ^0.5.3+1
 
+  preferences: ^5.1.0
+
 dev_dependencies:
   flutter_test:
     sdk: flutter