diff --git a/Assets/Src/LapService.cs b/Assets/Src/LapService.cs
index c3afee8..af005e6 100644
--- a/Assets/Src/LapService.cs
+++ b/Assets/Src/LapService.cs
@@ -12,12 +12,7 @@ using UnityEngine.UIElements;
 
 using SpaceRace.Shared;
 
-public class PlayerData {
-    public Guid Id;
-}
-
 public class LapService {
-    static string playerDataPath = Path.Combine(Application.persistentDataPath, "playerData.json");
     string _mapName;
     PlayerData _player;
     PbDTO _pb;
@@ -38,7 +33,7 @@ public class LapService {
 
     public LapService(string mapName) {
         _mapName = mapName;
-        LoadPlayerData();
+        _player = PlayerDataService.Load();
     }
 
     public IEnumerator GetLapTimes() {
@@ -107,22 +102,4 @@ public class LapService {
             }
         }
     }
-
-    void LoadPlayerData() {
-        try {
-            string json = File.ReadAllText(playerDataPath);
-            _player = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<PlayerData>(json);
-            Debug.Log($"Loaded player data {json}");
-        } catch {
-            Debug.Log("No existing playerData.json");
-            CreatePlayerData();
-        }
-    }
-
-    PlayerData CreatePlayerData() {
-        _player = new PlayerData { Id = Guid.NewGuid() };
-        Debug.Log(JsonConvert.SerializeObject(_player));
-        File.WriteAllText(playerDataPath, JsonConvert.SerializeObject(_player));
-        return _player;
-    }
 }
diff --git a/Assets/Src/PlayerData.cs b/Assets/Src/PlayerData.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c128c1e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Assets/Src/PlayerData.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+using System;
+using System.IO;
+
+using UnityEngine;
+
+using Newtonsoft.Json;
+
+public class PlayerData {
+    public PlayerSettings   Settings = new();
+    public Guid             Id = Guid.NewGuid();
+}
+
+public class PlayerSettings {
+    public float    ViewSens = 1.0f;
+    public bool     InvertY = false;
+}
+
+public static class PlayerDataService {
+    static string storagePath = Path.Combine(Application.persistentDataPath, "playerData.json");
+
+    static PlayerDataService() {
+        Load();
+    }
+
+    public static PlayerData Persist(PlayerData data) {
+        Debug.Log(JsonConvert.SerializeObject(data));
+        File.WriteAllText(storagePath, JsonConvert.SerializeObject(data));
+        return data;
+    }
+
+    public static PlayerData Create() {
+        PlayerData data = new PlayerData { Id = Guid.NewGuid() };
+        return Persist(data);
+    }
+
+    public static PlayerData Load() {
+        try {
+            string json = File.ReadAllText(storagePath);
+            PlayerData data = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<PlayerData>(json);
+            Debug.Log($"Loaded player data {json}");
+
+            if (data.Settings == null) data.Settings = new();
+
+            return Persist(data);
+        } catch {
+            Debug.Log("No existing playerData.json");
+            return Create();
+        }
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Assets/Src/PlayerData.cs.meta b/Assets/Src/PlayerData.cs.meta
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..edb6199
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Assets/Src/PlayerData.cs.meta
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+fileFormatVersion: 2
+guid: b4d8c1d0642edd2b18f5c5ff237f80c1
+MonoImporter:
+  externalObjects: {}
+  serializedVersion: 2
+  defaultReferences: []
+  executionOrder: 0
+  icon: {instanceID: 0}
+  userData: 
+  assetBundleName: 
+  assetBundleVariant: 
diff --git a/Assets/Src/UI/MenuControls.cs b/Assets/Src/UI/MenuControls.cs
index 7bc7785..b20c174 100644
--- a/Assets/Src/UI/MenuControls.cs
+++ b/Assets/Src/UI/MenuControls.cs
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ public class MenuControls : MonoBehaviour {
 
     SpaceRaceInput input;
 
+    PlayerData _player;
+
     Toggle invertYToggle;
     Slider viewSensSlider;
     Label viewSensLabel;
@@ -45,6 +47,8 @@ public class MenuControls : MonoBehaviour {
             return;
         }
 
+        _player = PlayerDataService.Load();
+
         SetupActions();
         Hide();
     }
@@ -118,12 +122,24 @@ public class MenuControls : MonoBehaviour {
         viewSensSlider = menuDoc.rootVisualElement.Q<Slider>("viewSens");
         viewSensLabel = menuDoc.rootVisualElement.Q<Label>("viewSensLabel");
 
+        viewSensSlider.value = _player.Settings.ViewSens;
+        invertYToggle.value = _player.Settings.InvertY;
+
         viewSensLabel.text = $"{viewSensSlider.value:0.00}";
 
-        invertYToggle.RegisterValueChangedCallback(evt => shipControls.InvertY = evt.newValue);
+        invertYToggle.RegisterValueChangedCallback(evt => {
+            _player.Settings.InvertY = evt.newValue;
+            shipControls.InvertY = evt.newValue;
+
+            PlayerDataService.Persist(_player);
+        });
+
         viewSensSlider.RegisterValueChangedCallback(evt => {
             shipControls.ViewSens = evt.newValue;
+            _player.Settings.ViewSens = evt.newValue;
             viewSensLabel.text = $"{evt.newValue:0.00}";
+
+            PlayerDataService.Persist(_player);
         });
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/TODO.md b/TODO.md
index d646e7a..cdffdb6 100644
--- a/TODO.md
+++ b/TODO.md
@@ -3,9 +3,6 @@
 - post times to server
     - backup store to json on disk in case server down
 
-- controls
-    - store to user data with userid
-
 - git lfs
 
 - models