diff --git a/packages/app/src/Pages/Root.tsx b/packages/app/src/Pages/Root.tsx
index 9764c3f0..af41fa00 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/Pages/Root.tsx
+++ b/packages/app/src/Pages/Root.tsx
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import { debounce } from "Util";
 
 export default function RootPage() {
   const { formatMessage } = useIntl();
-  const { loggedOut, publicKey: pubKey, follows, tags, relays } = useSelector((s: RootState) => s.login);
+  const { loggedOut, publicKey: pubKey, follows, tags, relays, preferences } = useSelector((s: RootState) => s.login);
   const RootTab: Record<string, Tab> = {
     Posts: {
       text: formatMessage(messages.Posts),
@@ -30,7 +30,16 @@ export default function RootPage() {
       value: 2,
     },
   };
-  const [tab, setTab] = useState<Tab>(RootTab.Posts);
+  const [tab, setTab] = useState<Tab>(() => {
+    switch (preferences.defaultRootTab) {
+      case "conversations":
+        return RootTab.PostsAndReplies;
+      case "global":
+        return RootTab.Global;
+      default:
+        return RootTab.Posts;
+    }
+  });
   const [relay, setRelay] = useState<string>();
   const [globalRelays, setGlobalRelays] = useState<string[]>([]);
   const tagTabs = tags.map((t, idx) => {
diff --git a/packages/app/src/Pages/settings/Preferences.tsx b/packages/app/src/Pages/settings/Preferences.tsx
index ac9ab0f4..ba757709 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/Pages/settings/Preferences.tsx
+++ b/packages/app/src/Pages/settings/Preferences.tsx
@@ -50,6 +50,35 @@ const PreferencesPage = () => {
           </select>
         </div>
       </div>
+      <div className="card flex">
+        <div className="flex f-col f-grow">
+          <div>
+            <FormattedMessage {...messages.DefaultRootTab} />
+          </div>
+        </div>
+        <div>
+          <select
+            value={perf.defaultRootTab}
+            onChange={e =>
+              dispatch(
+                setPreferences({
+                  ...perf,
+                  defaultRootTab: e.target.value,
+                } as UserPreferences)
+              )
+            }>
+            <option value="posts">
+              <FormattedMessage {...messages.Posts} />
+            </option>
+            <option value="conversations">
+              <FormattedMessage {...messages.Conversations} />
+            </option>
+            <option value="global">
+              <FormattedMessage {...messages.Global} />
+            </option>
+          </select>
+        </div>
+      </div>
       <div className="card flex">
         <div className="flex f-col f-grow">
           <div>
diff --git a/packages/app/src/Pages/settings/messages.ts b/packages/app/src/Pages/settings/messages.ts
index 11cdf501..d3aed864 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/Pages/settings/messages.ts
+++ b/packages/app/src/Pages/settings/messages.ts
@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@ export default defineMessages({
   System: { defaultMessage: "System (Default)" },
   Light: { defaultMessage: "Light" },
   Dark: { defaultMessage: "Dark" },
+  DefaultRootTab: { defaultMessage: "Default Page" },
+  Posts: { defaultMessage: "Posts" },
+  Conversations: { defaultMessage: "Conversations" },
+  Global: { defaultMessage: "Global" },
   AutoloadMedia: { defaultMessage: "Automatically load media" },
   AutoloadMediaHelp: {
     defaultMessage: "Media in posts will automatically be shown for selected people, otherwise only the link will show",
diff --git a/packages/app/src/State/Login.ts b/packages/app/src/State/Login.ts
index ef8929aa..6cc76e0a 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/State/Login.ts
+++ b/packages/app/src/State/Login.ts
@@ -65,6 +65,11 @@ export interface UserPreferences {
    * Use imgproxy to optimize images
    */
   imgProxyConfig: ImgProxySettings | null;
+
+  /**
+   * Default page to select on load
+   */
+  defaultRootTab: "posts" | "conversations" | "global";
 }
 
 export type DbType = "indexdDb" | "redux";
@@ -225,6 +230,7 @@ export const InitState = {
     autoShowLatest: false,
     fileUploader: "void.cat",
     imgProxyConfig: DefaultImgProxy,
+    defaultRootTab: "posts",
   },
 } as LoginStore;