diff --git a/routes/preferences.js b/routes/preferences.js
index e36c28b..6300a79 100644
--- a/routes/preferences.js
+++ b/routes/preferences.js
@@ -18,12 +18,14 @@ function resetPreferences(res) {
   res.clearCookie('videos_muted');
   res.clearCookie('prefer_frontpage');
   res.clearCookie('show_large_gallery_images');
+  res.clearCookie('default_comment_sort');
 }
 
 preferenceRoutes.get('/preferences', (req, res, next) => {
   return res.render('preferences', {
     user_preferences: req.cookies,
     instance_config: config,
+    comment_sort_values: ['best', 'top', 'new', 'controversial', 'old', 'qa'],
   });
 });
 
@@ -93,6 +95,7 @@ preferenceRoutes.post('/saveprefs', (req, res, next) => {
   let videos_muted = req.body.videos_muted;
   let prefer_frontpage = req.body.prefer_frontpage;
   let show_large_gallery_images = req.body.show_large_gallery_images;
+  let default_comment_sort = req.body.default_comment_sort;
 
   res.cookie('theme', theme, {
     maxAge: 365 * 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000,
@@ -182,6 +185,11 @@ preferenceRoutes.post('/saveprefs', (req, res, next) => {
     httpOnly: true,
   });
 
+  res.cookie('default_comment_sort', default_comment_sort, {
+    maxAge: 365 * 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000,
+    httpOnly: true,
+  });
+
   return res.redirect('/preferences');
 });
 
diff --git a/routes/subreddit.js b/routes/subreddit.js
index c259829..9d009e1 100644
--- a/routes/subreddit.js
+++ b/routes/subreddit.js
@@ -600,7 +600,7 @@ subredditRoutes.get(
     let subreddit = req.params.subreddit;
     let id = req.params.id;
     let snippet = encodeURIComponent(req.params.snippet);
-    let sortby = req.query.sort;
+    let sortby = req.query.sort || req.cookies.default_comment_sort;
     let comment_id = '';
     let viewing_comment = false;
     let comment_ids = req.query.comment_ids;
diff --git a/views/preferences.pug b/views/preferences.pug
index 08c935b..1c0deca 100644
--- a/views/preferences.pug
+++ b/views/preferences.pug
@@ -111,6 +111,17 @@ html
                 input(type="checkbox", name="prefer_frontpage", id="prefer_frontpage", checked="checked")
               else
                 input(type="checkbox", name="prefer_frontpage", id="prefer_frontpage")
+          .setting
+            label(for="default_comment_sort") Default comment sorting: 
+              select(id="default_comment_sort", name="default_comment_sort")
+                -
+                  let default_comment_sort_html = ''
+                  let user_default_sort = user_preferences.default_comment_sort || 'best'
+                  
+                  for(let key of comment_sort_values) {
+                    default_comment_sort_html += `<option value="${key}" ${(user_default_sort == key ? "selected" : "")}>${key == 'qa' ? 'Q&A' : key}</option>`
+                  }
+                != default_comment_sort_html
           legend Media
           .setting
             label(for="videos_muted") Mute videos by default: