diff --git a/src/components/buttons/Toggle.tsx b/src/components/buttons/Toggle.tsx
index 8cedc245..70c76553 100644
--- a/src/components/buttons/Toggle.tsx
+++ b/src/components/buttons/Toggle.tsx
@@ -1,13 +1,19 @@
 import classNames from "classnames";
 
-export function Toggle(props: { onClick?: () => void; enabled?: boolean }) {
+export function Toggle(props: {
+  onClick?: () => void;
+  enabled?: boolean;
+  disabled?: boolean;
+}) {
   return (
     <button
       type="button"
-      onClick={props.onClick}
+      onClick={props.disabled ? undefined : props.onClick}
+      disabled={props.disabled}
       className={classNames(
         "w-11 h-6 p-1 rounded-full grid transition-colors duration-100 group/toggle tabbable",
         props.enabled ? "bg-buttons-toggle" : "bg-buttons-toggleDisabled",
+        props.disabled ? "opacity-50 cursor-not-allowed" : null,
       )}
     >
       <div className="relative w-full h-full">
diff --git a/src/components/player/atoms/settings/PlaybackSettingsView.tsx b/src/components/player/atoms/settings/PlaybackSettingsView.tsx
index 4735b5fd..0d38840b 100644
--- a/src/components/player/atoms/settings/PlaybackSettingsView.tsx
+++ b/src/components/player/atoms/settings/PlaybackSettingsView.tsx
@@ -2,10 +2,13 @@ import classNames from "classnames";
 import { useCallback, useEffect, useMemo, useState } from "react";
 import { useTranslation } from "react-i18next";
 
+import { updateSettings } from "@/backend/accounts/settings";
 import { Toggle } from "@/components/buttons/Toggle";
 import { Icon, Icons } from "@/components/Icon";
 import { Menu } from "@/components/player/internals/ContextMenu";
+import { useBackendUrl } from "@/hooks/auth/useBackendUrl";
 import { useOverlayRouter } from "@/hooks/useOverlayRouter";
+import { useAuthStore } from "@/stores/auth";
 import { usePlayerStore } from "@/stores/player/store";
 import { usePreferencesStore } from "@/stores/preferences";
 import { useWatchPartyStore } from "@/stores/watchParty";
@@ -188,10 +191,43 @@ export function PlaybackSettingsView({ id }: { id: string }) {
   );
   const isInWatchParty = useWatchPartyStore((s) => s.enabled);
 
+  const account = useAuthStore((s) => s.account);
+  const backendUrl = useBackendUrl();
   const allowAutoplay = useMemo(() => isAutoplayAllowed(), []);
   const canShowAutoplay =
     !isInWatchParty && allowAutoplay && !enableLowPerformanceMode;
 
+  // Save settings to backend
+  const saveThumbnailSetting = useCallback(
+    async (value: boolean) => {
+      if (!account || !backendUrl) return;
+
+      try {
+        await updateSettings(backendUrl, account, {
+          enableThumbnails: value,
+        });
+      } catch (error) {
+        console.error("Failed to save thumbnail setting:", error);
+      }
+    },
+    [account, backendUrl],
+  );
+
+  const saveAutoplaySetting = useCallback(
+    async (value: boolean) => {
+      if (!account || !backendUrl) return;
+
+      try {
+        await updateSettings(backendUrl, account, {
+          enableAutoplay: value,
+        });
+      } catch (error) {
+        console.error("Failed to save autoplay setting:", error);
+      }
+    },
+    [account, backendUrl],
+  );
+
   const setPlaybackRate = useCallback(
     (v: number) => {
       if (isInWatchParty) return; // Don't allow changes in watch party
@@ -200,6 +236,20 @@ export function PlaybackSettingsView({ id }: { id: string }) {
     [display, isInWatchParty],
   );
 
+  // Handle thumbnail toggle with backend save
+  const handleThumbnailToggle = useCallback(() => {
+    const newValue = !enableThumbnails;
+    setEnableThumbnails(newValue);
+    saveThumbnailSetting(newValue);
+  }, [enableThumbnails, setEnableThumbnails, saveThumbnailSetting]);
+
+  // Handle autoplay toggle with backend save
+  const handleAutoplayToggle = useCallback(() => {
+    const newValue = !enableAutoplay;
+    setEnableAutoplay(newValue);
+    saveAutoplaySetting(newValue);
+  }, [enableAutoplay, setEnableAutoplay, saveAutoplaySetting]);
+
   // Force 1x speed in watch party
   useEffect(() => {
     if (isInWatchParty && display && playbackRate !== 1) {
@@ -239,23 +289,25 @@ export function PlaybackSettingsView({ id }: { id: string }) {
               rightSide={
                 <Toggle
                   enabled={enableAutoplay}
-                  onClick={() => setEnableAutoplay(!enableAutoplay)}
+                  onClick={handleAutoplayToggle}
                 />
               }
             >
               {t("settings.preferences.autoplayLabel")}
             </Menu.Link>
           )}
-          <Menu.Link
-            rightSide={
-              <Toggle
-                enabled={enableThumbnails}
-                onClick={() => setEnableThumbnails(!enableThumbnails)}
-              />
-            }
-          >
-            {t("settings.preferences.thumbnailLabel")}
-          </Menu.Link>
+          {!enableLowPerformanceMode && (
+            <Menu.Link
+              rightSide={
+                <Toggle
+                  enabled={enableThumbnails}
+                  onClick={handleThumbnailToggle}
+                />
+              }
+            >
+              {t("settings.preferences.thumbnailLabel")}
+            </Menu.Link>
+          )}
         </div>
       </Menu.Section>
     </>
diff --git a/src/components/player/internals/ThumbnailScraper.tsx b/src/components/player/internals/ThumbnailScraper.tsx
index cede84c8..1766d69f 100644
--- a/src/components/player/internals/ThumbnailScraper.tsx
+++ b/src/components/player/internals/ThumbnailScraper.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import Hls from "hls.js";
 import { useCallback, useEffect, useRef } from "react";
 
-import { playerStatus } from "@/stores/player/slices/source";
 import { ThumbnailImage } from "@/stores/player/slices/thumbnails";
 import { usePlayerStore } from "@/stores/player/store";
 import { LoadableSource, selectQuality } from "@/stores/player/utils/qualities";
@@ -125,10 +124,11 @@ class ThumnbnailWorker {
 
 export function ThumbnailScraper() {
   const addImage = usePlayerStore((s) => s.thumbnails.addImage);
-  const status = usePlayerStore((s) => s.status);
   const resetImages = usePlayerStore((s) => s.thumbnails.resetImages);
   const meta = usePlayerStore((s) => s.meta);
   const source = usePlayerStore((s) => s.source);
+  const hasPlayedOnce = usePlayerStore((s) => s.mediaPlaying.hasPlayedOnce);
+  const duration = usePlayerStore((s) => s.progress.duration);
   const enableThumbnails = usePreferencesStore((s) => s.enableThumbnails);
   const workerRef = useRef<ThumnbnailWorker | null>(null);
 
@@ -144,7 +144,8 @@ export function ThumbnailScraper() {
       });
     // dont interrupt existing working
     if (workerRef.current) return;
-    if (status !== playerStatus.PLAYING) return;
+    // Allow thumbnail generation when video is loaded and has duration
+    if (!hasPlayedOnce || duration <= 0) return;
     if (!inputStream) return;
     resetImages();
     const ins = new ThumnbnailWorker({
@@ -152,17 +153,17 @@ export function ThumbnailScraper() {
     });
     workerRef.current = ins;
     ins.start(inputStream.stream);
-  }, [source, addImage, resetImages, status]);
+  }, [source, addImage, resetImages, hasPlayedOnce, duration]);
 
   const startRef = useRef(start);
   useEffect(() => {
     startRef.current = start;
-  }, [start, status]);
+  }, [start]);
 
   // start worker with the stream
   useEffect(() => {
     if (enableThumbnails) startRef.current();
-  }, [sourceSeralized, enableThumbnails]);
+  }, [sourceSeralized, enableThumbnails, hasPlayedOnce, duration]);
 
   // destroy worker on unmount
   useEffect(() => {
@@ -186,7 +187,13 @@ export function ThumbnailScraper() {
       workerRef.current = null;
     }
     if (enableThumbnails) startRef.current();
-  }, [serializedMeta, sourceSeralized, status, enableThumbnails]);
+  }, [
+    serializedMeta,
+    sourceSeralized,
+    enableThumbnails,
+    hasPlayedOnce,
+    duration,
+  ]);
 
   return null;
 }
diff --git a/src/pages/parts/settings/PreferencesPart.tsx b/src/pages/parts/settings/PreferencesPart.tsx
index 194ee86a..98e009fc 100644
--- a/src/pages/parts/settings/PreferencesPart.tsx
+++ b/src/pages/parts/settings/PreferencesPart.tsx
@@ -70,14 +70,7 @@ export function PreferencesPart(props: {
   const navigate = useNavigate();
 
   const handleLowPerformanceModeToggle = () => {
-    const newMode = !props.enableLowPerformanceMode;
-    props.setEnableLowPerformanceMode(newMode);
-
-    // When enabling low performance mode, disable bandwidth-heavy features
-    if (newMode) {
-      props.setEnableThumbnails(false);
-      props.setEnableAutoplay(false);
-    }
+    props.setEnableLowPerformanceMode(!props.enableLowPerformanceMode);
   };
 
   const handleSourceToggle = (sourceId: string) => {
diff --git a/src/stores/preferences/index.tsx b/src/stores/preferences/index.tsx
index 1d8a4207..256227ed 100644
--- a/src/stores/preferences/index.tsx
+++ b/src/stores/preferences/index.tsx
@@ -174,6 +174,11 @@ export const usePreferencesStore = create(
       setEnableLowPerformanceMode(v) {
         set((s) => {
           s.enableLowPerformanceMode = v;
+          // When enabling performance mode, disable bandwidth-heavy features
+          if (v) {
+            s.enableThumbnails = false;
+            s.enableAutoplay = false;
+          }
         });
       },
       setEnableNativeSubtitles(v) {