diff --git a/src/DebugBar/Resources/debugbar.js b/src/DebugBar/Resources/debugbar.js
index 47aa66a..eb64271 100644
--- a/src/DebugBar/Resources/debugbar.js
+++ b/src/DebugBar/Resources/debugbar.js
@@ -1058,7 +1058,11 @@ if (typeof(PhpDebugBar) == 'undefined') {
     var AjaxHandler = PhpDebugBar.AjaxHandler = function(debugbar, headerName, autoShow) {
         this.debugbar = debugbar;
         this.headerName = headerName || 'phpdebugbar';
-        this.autoShow = typeof(autoShow) == 'undefined' ? true : autoShow;
+        if (sessionStorage.getItem('phpdebugbar-ajaxhandler-autoshow') !== null) {
+            this.autoShow = JSON.parse(sessionStorage.getItem('phpdebugbar-ajaxhandler-autoshow'));
+        } else {
+            this.autoShow = typeof(autoShow) == 'undefined' ? true : autoShow;
+        }
     };
 
     $.extend(AjaxHandler.prototype, {
@@ -1099,6 +1103,11 @@ if (typeof(PhpDebugBar) == 'undefined') {
             return Object.prototype.toString.call(response) == '[object XMLHttpRequest]'
         },
 
+        setAutoShow: function(autoshow) {
+            this.autoShow = autoshow;
+            sessionStorage.setItem('phpdebugbar-ajaxhandler-autoshow', JSON.stringify(autoshow));
+        },
+
         /**
          * Checks if the HEADER-id exists and loads the dataset using the open handler
          *
diff --git a/src/DebugBar/Resources/widgets.js b/src/DebugBar/Resources/widgets.js
index bead570..c9eba3e 100644
--- a/src/DebugBar/Resources/widgets.js
+++ b/src/DebugBar/Resources/widgets.js
@@ -670,7 +670,7 @@ if (typeof(PhpDebugBar) == 'undefined') {
             this.$autoshow = $('<input type=checkbox>')
                 .on('click', function() {
                     if (window.phpdebugbar.ajaxHandler) {
-                        window.phpdebugbar.ajaxHandler.autoShow = $(this).is(':checked');
+                        window.phpdebugbar.ajaxHandler.setAutoShow($(this).is(':checked'));
                     }
                 });