diff --git a/machines/gerd/services/authelia/authelia.nix b/machines/gerd/services/authelia/authelia.nix
index 084e178..a786401 100644
--- a/machines/gerd/services/authelia/authelia.nix
+++ b/machines/gerd/services/authelia/authelia.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ config, ... }:
+{ pkgs, config, ... }:
 
 let
   svc_domain = "auth.${config.mine.shared.settings.domain}";
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@ let
 in {
   services.authelia.instances.main = {
     enable = true;
+    package = pkgs.authelia.overrideAttrs {
+        patches = [ ./remember_me_by_default.patch ];
+    };
 
     environmentVariables.AUTHELIA_AUTHENTICATION_BACKEND_LDAP_PASSWORD_FILE = config.age.secrets.lldap-bind-user-pass.path;
     environmentVariables.AUTHELIA_NOTIFIER_SMTP_PASSWORD_FILE = config.age.secrets.authelia-smtp-password.path;
diff --git a/machines/gerd/services/authelia/remember_me_by_default.patch b/machines/gerd/services/authelia/remember_me_by_default.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..756e23c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/machines/gerd/services/authelia/remember_me_by_default.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+diff --git a/web/src/views/LoginPortal/FirstFactor/FirstFactorForm.tsx b/web/src/views/LoginPortal/FirstFactor/FirstFactorForm.tsx
+index 6bbeda992..d08ade4c3 100644
+--- a/web/src/views/LoginPortal/FirstFactor/FirstFactorForm.tsx
++++ b/web/src/views/LoginPortal/FirstFactor/FirstFactorForm.tsx
+@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ const FirstFactorForm = function (props: Props) {
+ 
+     const loginChannel = useMemo(() => new BroadcastChannel<boolean>("login"), []);
+ 
+-    const [rememberMe, setRememberMe] = useState(false);
++    const [rememberMe, setRememberMe] = useState(true);
+     const [username, setUsername] = useState("");
+     const [usernameError, setUsernameError] = useState(false);
+     const [password, setPassword] = useState("");