diff --git a/src/app/components/create-status/create-status.component.ts b/src/app/components/create-status/create-status.component.ts
index f6d9588f..b9450795 100644
--- a/src/app/components/create-status/create-status.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/components/create-status/create-status.component.ts
@@ -106,7 +106,13 @@ export class CreateStatusComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
     private accountChanged(accounts: AccountInfo[]): void {
         if (accounts && accounts.length > 0) {
             const selectedAccount = accounts.filter(x => x.isSelected)[0];
-            this.instancesInfoService.getMaxStatusChars(selectedAccount.instance)
+
+            const settings = this.toolsService.getAccountSettings(selectedAccount);
+            if(settings.customStatusCharLengthEnabled){
+                this.maxCharLength = settings.customStatusCharLength;
+                this.countStatusChar(this.status);
+            } else {
+                this.instancesInfoService.getMaxStatusChars(selectedAccount.instance)
                 .then((maxChars: number) => {
                     this.maxCharLength = maxChars;
                     this.countStatusChar(this.status);
@@ -114,6 +120,7 @@ export class CreateStatusComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
                 .catch((err: HttpErrorResponse) => {
                     this.notificationService.notifyHttpError(err);
                 });
+            }         
 
             if (!this.statusReplyingToWrapper) {
                 this.instancesInfoService.getDefaultPrivacy(selectedAccount)
diff --git a/src/app/components/floating-column/manage-account/my-account/my-account.component.html b/src/app/components/floating-column/manage-account/my-account/my-account.component.html
index 1e098168..a8ef56e8 100644
--- a/src/app/components/floating-column/manage-account/my-account/my-account.component.html
+++ b/src/app/components/floating-column/manage-account/my-account/my-account.component.html
@@ -43,11 +43,11 @@
 
     <h4 class="my-account__label my-account__margin-top">advanced settings:</h4>
     <div class="advanced-settings">
-        <input class="advanced-settings__checkbox" [value]="customStatusLengthEnabled" (change)="onCustomLengthChange()"
+        <input class="advanced-settings__checkbox" [(ngModel)]="customStatusLengthEnabled" (change)="onCustomLengthEnabledChanged()"
             type="checkbox" name="customCharLength" value="customCharLength" id="customCharLength"> <label class="noselect advanced-settings__label" for="customCharLength">status'
             custom length</label><br>
         <p *ngIf="customStatusLengthEnabled" class="advanced-settings__text">use this only if your instance doesn't support custom length detection (i.e. not a Pleroma or glitch-soc instance)</p>
-        <input *ngIf="customStatusLengthEnabled" [value]="customStatusLength" class="themed-form advanced-settings__input" type="number" />
+        <input *ngIf="customStatusLengthEnabled" [(ngModel)]="customStatusLength" class="themed-form advanced-settings__input" type="number" (keyup)="customStatusLengthChanged($event)" />
     </div>
 
     <h4 class="my-account__label my-account__margin-top">remove account from sengi:</h4>
diff --git a/src/app/components/floating-column/manage-account/my-account/my-account.component.ts b/src/app/components/floating-column/manage-account/my-account/my-account.component.ts
index 183bf612..64a729f2 100644
--- a/src/app/components/floating-column/manage-account/my-account/my-account.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/components/floating-column/manage-account/my-account/my-account.component.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ import { AccountWrapper } from '../../../../models/account.models';
 import { RemoveAccount } from '../../../../states/accounts.state';
 import { NavigationService } from '../../../../services/navigation.service';
 import { MastodonService } from '../../../../services/mastodon.service';
+import { ToolsService } from '../../../../services/tools.service';
+import { AccountSettings } from '../../../../states/settings.state';
 
 @Component({
     selector: 'app-my-account',
@@ -26,6 +28,7 @@ export class MyAccountComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
 
     customStatusLengthEnabled: boolean;
     customStatusLength: number;
+    private accountSettings: AccountSettings;
     
     availableStreams: StreamWrapper[] = [];
     availableLists: StreamWrapper[] = [];
@@ -35,6 +38,7 @@ export class MyAccountComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
     set account(acc: AccountWrapper) {
         this._account = acc;
         this.loadStreams(acc);
+        this.loadAccountSettings();
     }
     get account(): AccountWrapper {
         return this._account;
@@ -45,6 +49,7 @@ export class MyAccountComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
 
     constructor(
         private readonly store: Store,
+        private readonly toolsService: ToolsService,
         private readonly navigationService: NavigationService,
         private readonly mastodonService: MastodonService,
         private readonly notificationService: NotificationService) { }
@@ -52,7 +57,7 @@ export class MyAccountComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
     ngOnInit() {
         this.streamChangedSub = this.streamElements$.subscribe((streams: StreamElement[]) => {
             this.loadStreams(this.account);
-        });
+        });           
     }
 
     ngOnDestroy(): void {
@@ -61,8 +66,21 @@ export class MyAccountComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
         }
     }
 
-    onCustomLengthChange(): boolean {
-        this.customStatusLengthEnabled = !this.customStatusLengthEnabled;
+    private loadAccountSettings(){
+        this.accountSettings = this.toolsService.getAccountSettings(this.account.info);
+
+        this.customStatusLengthEnabled = this.accountSettings.customStatusCharLengthEnabled;          this.customStatusLength = this.accountSettings.customStatusCharLength;
+    }
+
+    onCustomLengthEnabledChanged(): boolean {
+        this.accountSettings.customStatusCharLengthEnabled = this.customStatusLengthEnabled;
+        this.toolsService.saveAccountSettings(this.accountSettings);
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    customStatusLengthChanged(event): boolean{
+        this.accountSettings.customStatusCharLength = this.customStatusLength;
+        this.toolsService.saveAccountSettings(this.accountSettings);
         return false;
     }
 
diff --git a/src/app/services/tools.service.ts b/src/app/services/tools.service.ts
index f1a1ecb0..5f0f4721 100644
--- a/src/app/services/tools.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/services/tools.service.ts
@@ -30,6 +30,10 @@ export class ToolsService {
             accountSettings.accountId = account.id;
             this.saveAccountSettings(accountSettings);           
         }
+        if(!accountSettings.customStatusCharLength){
+            accountSettings.customStatusCharLength = 500;
+            this.saveAccountSettings(accountSettings);
+        }
         return accountSettings;
     }