diff --git a/Model/Player/PlayerModel.swift b/Model/Player/PlayerModel.swift
index 374cef1c..557ca41d 100644
--- a/Model/Player/PlayerModel.swift
+++ b/Model/Player/PlayerModel.swift
@@ -150,6 +150,8 @@ final class PlayerModel: ObservableObject {
         }
     }}
 
+    @Default(.saveLastPlayed) var saveLastPlayed
+    @Default(.lastPlayed) var lastPlayed
     @Default(.qualityProfiles) var qualityProfiles
     @Default(.forceAVPlayerForLiveStreams) var forceAVPlayerForLiveStreams
     @Default(.pauseOnHidingPlayer) private var pauseOnHidingPlayer
@@ -643,7 +645,9 @@ final class PlayerModel: ObservableObject {
 
         DispatchQueue.main.async(qos: .background) { [weak self] in
             guard let self = self else { return }
-            Defaults[.lastPlayed] = self.currentItem
+            if self.saveLastPlayed {
+                self.lastPlayed = self.currentItem
+            }
 
             if self.playbackMode == .related,
                let video = self.currentVideo,
diff --git a/Model/Player/PlayerQueue.swift b/Model/Player/PlayerQueue.swift
index 4dd29825..66099f00 100644
--- a/Model/Player/PlayerQueue.swift
+++ b/Model/Player/PlayerQueue.swift
@@ -239,11 +239,11 @@ extension PlayerModel {
     func restoreQueue() {
         var restoredQueue = [PlayerQueueItem?]()
 
-        if let lastPlayed = Defaults[.lastPlayed],
+        if let lastPlayed = lastPlayed,
            !Defaults[.queue].contains(where: { $0.videoID == lastPlayed.videoID })
         {
             restoredQueue.append(lastPlayed)
-            Defaults[.lastPlayed] = nil
+            self.lastPlayed = nil
         }
 
         restoredQueue.append(contentsOf: Defaults[.queue])
diff --git a/Shared/Defaults.swift b/Shared/Defaults.swift
index eea86c1a..bb5b8e4a 100644
--- a/Shared/Defaults.swift
+++ b/Shared/Defaults.swift
@@ -154,6 +154,7 @@ extension Defaults.Keys {
     static let recentlyOpened = Key<[RecentItem]>("recentlyOpened", default: [])
 
     static let queue = Key<[PlayerQueueItem]>("queue", default: [])
+    static let saveLastPlayed = Key<Bool>("saveLastPlayed", default: false)
     static let lastPlayed = Key<PlayerQueueItem?>("lastPlayed")
     static let playbackMode = Key<PlayerModel.PlaybackMode>("playbackMode", default: .queue)
 
diff --git a/Shared/Settings/HistorySettings.swift b/Shared/Settings/HistorySettings.swift
index 059ed1d3..f69e19de 100644
--- a/Shared/Settings/HistorySettings.swift
+++ b/Shared/Settings/HistorySettings.swift
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ struct HistorySettings: View {
     @EnvironmentObject<PlayerModel> private var player
 
     @Default(.saveRecents) private var saveRecents
+    @Default(.saveLastPlayed) private var saveLastPlayed
     @Default(.saveHistory) private var saveHistory
     @Default(.showWatchingProgress) private var showWatchingProgress
     @Default(.watchedThreshold) private var watchedThreshold
@@ -57,6 +58,7 @@ struct HistorySettings: View {
                     Toggle("Save history of played videos", isOn: $saveHistory)
                     Toggle("Show progress of watching on thumbnails", isOn: $showWatchingProgress)
                         .disabled(!saveHistory)
+                    Toggle("Keep last played video in the queue after restart", isOn: $saveLastPlayed)
                 }
 
                 Section(header: SettingsHeader(text: "Watched")) {