diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/player/VideoPlayer.java b/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/player/VideoPlayer.java
index 360475ba2..0734139e1 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/player/VideoPlayer.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/player/VideoPlayer.java
@@ -26,14 +26,13 @@ import android.animation.PropertyValuesHolder;
 import android.animation.ValueAnimator;
 import android.content.Context;
 import android.content.Intent;
+import android.content.SharedPreferences;
 import android.graphics.Bitmap;
 import android.graphics.Color;
 import android.graphics.PorterDuff;
 import android.os.Build;
 import android.os.Handler;
-import androidx.annotation.NonNull;
-import androidx.annotation.Nullable;
-import androidx.core.content.ContextCompat;
+import android.preference.PreferenceManager;
 import android.util.Log;
 import android.view.Menu;
 import android.view.MenuItem;
@@ -45,6 +44,10 @@ import android.widget.ProgressBar;
 import android.widget.SeekBar;
 import android.widget.TextView;
 
+import androidx.annotation.NonNull;
+import androidx.annotation.Nullable;
+import androidx.core.content.ContextCompat;
+
 import com.google.android.exoplayer2.C;
 import com.google.android.exoplayer2.PlaybackParameters;
 import com.google.android.exoplayer2.Player;
@@ -285,6 +288,17 @@ public abstract class VideoPlayer extends BasePlayer
         if (captionPopupMenu == null) return;
         captionPopupMenu.getMenu().removeGroup(captionPopupMenuGroupId);
 
+        String userPreferredLanguage = PreferenceManager.getDefaultSharedPreferences(context)
+                .getString(context.getString(R.string.caption_user_set_key), null);
+        /*
+         * only search for autogenerated cc as fallback
+         * if "(auto-generated)" was not already selected
+         * we are only looking for "(" instead of "(auto-generated)" to hopefully get all
+         * internationalized variants such as "(automatisch-erzeugt)" and so on
+         */
+        boolean searchForAutogenerated = userPreferredLanguage != null &&
+                !userPreferredLanguage.contains("(");
+
         // Add option for turning off caption
         MenuItem captionOffItem = captionPopupMenu.getMenu().add(captionPopupMenuGroupId,
                 0, Menu.NONE, R.string.caption_none);
@@ -294,6 +308,8 @@ public abstract class VideoPlayer extends BasePlayer
                 trackSelector.setParameters(trackSelector.buildUponParameters()
                         .setRendererDisabled(textRendererIndex, true));
             }
+            final SharedPreferences prefs = PreferenceManager.getDefaultSharedPreferences(context);
+            prefs.edit().remove(context.getString(R.string.caption_user_set_key)).commit();
             return true;
         });
 
@@ -308,9 +324,26 @@ public abstract class VideoPlayer extends BasePlayer
                     trackSelector.setPreferredTextLanguage(captionLanguage);
                     trackSelector.setParameters(trackSelector.buildUponParameters()
                             .setRendererDisabled(textRendererIndex, false));
+                    final SharedPreferences prefs = PreferenceManager.getDefaultSharedPreferences(context);
+                    prefs.edit().putString(context.getString(R.string.caption_user_set_key),
+                            captionLanguage).commit();
                 }
                 return true;
             });
+            // apply caption language from previous user preference
+            if (userPreferredLanguage != null && (captionLanguage.equals(userPreferredLanguage) ||
+                    searchForAutogenerated && captionLanguage.startsWith(userPreferredLanguage) ||
+                    userPreferredLanguage.contains("(") &&
+                            captionLanguage.startsWith(userPreferredLanguage.substring(0,
+                                    userPreferredLanguage.indexOf('('))))) {
+                final int textRendererIndex = getRendererIndex(C.TRACK_TYPE_TEXT);
+                if (textRendererIndex != RENDERER_UNAVAILABLE) {
+                    trackSelector.setPreferredTextLanguage(captionLanguage);
+                    trackSelector.setParameters(trackSelector.buildUponParameters()
+                            .setRendererDisabled(textRendererIndex, false));
+                }
+                searchForAutogenerated = false;
+            }
         }
         captionPopupMenu.setOnDismissListener(this);
     }
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/values/settings_keys.xml b/app/src/main/res/values/settings_keys.xml
index 80f2bb1f4..783ab7b5e 100644
--- a/app/src/main/res/values/settings_keys.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/res/values/settings_keys.xml
@@ -133,6 +133,7 @@
 
     <!-- Caption Size -->
     <string name="caption_settings_key" translatable="false">caption_settings_key</string>
+    <string name="caption_user_set_key" translatable="false">caption_user_set_key</string>
 
     <!-- Content & History -->
     <string name="show_search_suggestions_key" translatable="false">show_search_suggestions</string>