diff --git a/packages/trpc-panel/src/react-app/Root.tsx b/packages/trpc-panel/src/react-app/Root.tsx
index a2823f2..946e8fe 100644
--- a/packages/trpc-panel/src/react-app/Root.tsx
+++ b/packages/trpc-panel/src/react-app/Root.tsx
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import {
   HeadersContextProvider,
   useHeaders,
 } from "@src/react-app/components/contexts/HeadersContext";
+import { useLocalStorage } from "@src/react-app/components/hooks/useLocalStorage";
 import { HeadersPopup } from "@src/react-app/components/HeadersPopup";
 import { Toaster } from "react-hot-toast";
 import { SiteNavigationContextProvider } from "@src/react-app/components/contexts/SiteNavigationContext";
@@ -80,7 +81,10 @@ function ClientProviders({
 }
 
 function AppInnards({ rootRouter }: { rootRouter: ParsedRouter }) {
-  const [sidebarOpen, setSidebarOpen] = useState(true);
+  const [sidebarOpen, setSidebarOpen] = useLocalStorage(
+    "trpc-panel.show-minimap",
+    true
+  );
 
   return (
     <div className="flex flex-col flex-1 relative">
diff --git a/packages/trpc-panel/src/react-app/components/hooks/useLocalStorage.tsx b/packages/trpc-panel/src/react-app/components/hooks/useLocalStorage.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d84b4c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/trpc-panel/src/react-app/components/hooks/useLocalStorage.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+// a stripped down version of https://usehooks-ts.com/react-hook/use-local-storage
+import {
+  useCallback,
+  useEffect,
+  useState,
+  type Dispatch,
+  type SetStateAction,
+} from "react";
+
+type SetValue<T> = Dispatch<SetStateAction<T>>;
+
+export function useLocalStorage<T>(
+  key: string,
+  initialValue: T
+): [T, SetValue<T>] {
+  // Get from local storage then
+  // parse stored json or return initialValue
+  const readValue = useCallback((): T => {
+    // Prevent build error "window is undefined" but keeps working
+    if (typeof window === "undefined") {
+      return initialValue;
+    }
+
+    try {
+      const item = window.localStorage.getItem(key);
+      return item ? (parseJSON(item) as T) : initialValue;
+    } catch (error) {
+      console.warn(
+        `tRPC-Panel.useLocalStorage: Error reading localStorage key “${key}”:`,
+        error
+      );
+      return initialValue;
+    }
+  }, [initialValue, key]);
+
+  // State to store our value
+  // Pass initial state function to useState so logic is only executed once
+  const [storedValue, setStoredValue] = useState<T>(readValue);
+
+  // Return a wrapped version of useState's setter function that ...
+  // ... persists the new value to localStorage.
+  const setValue: SetValue<T> = useCallback(
+    (value) => {
+      // Prevent build error "window is undefined" but keeps working
+      if (typeof window === "undefined") {
+        console.warn(
+          `tRPC-Panel.useLocalStorage: Tried setting localStorage key “${key}” even though environment is not a client`
+        );
+      }
+
+      try {
+        // Allow value to be a function so we have the same API as useState
+        const newValue = value instanceof Function ? value(storedValue) : value;
+
+        // Save to local storage
+        window.localStorage.setItem(key, JSON.stringify(newValue));
+
+        // Save state
+        setStoredValue(newValue);
+      } catch (error) {
+        console.warn(
+          `tRPC-Panel.useLocalStorage: Error setting localStorage key “${key}”:`,
+          error
+        );
+      }
+    },
+    [storedValue]
+  );
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    setStoredValue(readValue());
+    // eslint-disable-next-line react-hooks/exhaustive-deps
+  }, []);
+
+  return [storedValue, setValue];
+}
+
+// A wrapper for "JSON.parse()"" to support "undefined" value
+function parseJSON<T>(value: string | null): T | undefined {
+  try {
+    return value === "undefined" ? undefined : JSON.parse(value ?? "");
+  } catch {
+    console.log("tRPC-Panel.useLocalStorage.parseJSON: parsing error on", {
+      value,
+    });
+    return undefined;
+  }
+}