diff --git a/Semesterprojekt/src/main/java/thb/jeanluc/adventure/io/ConsoleIO.java b/Semesterprojekt/src/main/java/thb/jeanluc/adventure/io/ConsoleIO.java
index 8be6545..aaf7c26 100644
--- a/Semesterprojekt/src/main/java/thb/jeanluc/adventure/io/ConsoleIO.java
+++ b/Semesterprojekt/src/main/java/thb/jeanluc/adventure/io/ConsoleIO.java
@@ -32,8 +32,8 @@ public class ConsoleIO implements GameIO {
 
     private final BufferedReader in;
     private final PrintStream out;
-    private final boolean useColor;
-    private final GlyphMode glyphs;
+    private boolean useColor;
+    private GlyphMode glyphs;
 
     public ConsoleIO() {
         this(new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in, StandardCharsets.UTF_8)),
@@ -49,13 +49,23 @@ public class ConsoleIO implements GameIO {
         this.in = in;
         this.out = out;
         this.glyphs = glyphs;
-        this.useColor = switch (colorMode) {
+        setColorMode(colorMode);
+    }
+
+    /** Re-resolves colour emission from the given mode (AUTO checks the console). */
+    public void setColorMode(ColorMode mode) {
+        this.useColor = switch (mode) {
             case ON -> true;
             case OFF -> false;
             case AUTO -> System.console() != null;
         };
     }
 
+    /** Switches the frame/glyph fidelity tier live. */
+    public void setGlyphMode(GlyphMode mode) {
+        this.glyphs = mode;
+    }
+
     @Override
     public String readLine() {
         out.print("> ");
diff --git a/Semesterprojekt/src/main/java/thb/jeanluc/adventure/save/Settings.java b/Semesterprojekt/src/main/java/thb/jeanluc/adventure/save/Settings.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cebac84
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Semesterprojekt/src/main/java/thb/jeanluc/adventure/save/Settings.java
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+package thb.jeanluc.adventure.save;
+
+import thb.jeanluc.adventure.io.ConsoleIO;
+
+/** Persisted user preferences (minimal: colour + glyph fidelity). */
+public record Settings(ConsoleIO.ColorMode colorMode, ConsoleIO.GlyphMode glyphMode) {
+
+    public static Settings defaults() {
+        return new Settings(ConsoleIO.ColorMode.AUTO, ConsoleIO.GlyphMode.UNICODE);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Semesterprojekt/src/main/java/thb/jeanluc/adventure/save/SettingsStore.java b/Semesterprojekt/src/main/java/thb/jeanluc/adventure/save/SettingsStore.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c912041
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Semesterprojekt/src/main/java/thb/jeanluc/adventure/save/SettingsStore.java
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+package thb.jeanluc.adventure.save;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
+import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.nio.file.Files;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
+
+/** Loads/saves {@link Settings} as JSON (default {@code saves/settings.json}). */
+@Slf4j
+public class SettingsStore {
+
+    private final Path file;
+    private final ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
+
+    public SettingsStore() {
+        this(Path.of("saves", "settings.json"));
+    }
+
+    public SettingsStore(Path file) {
+        this.file = file;
+    }
+
+    /** Returns persisted settings, or {@link Settings#defaults()} on any problem. */
+    public Settings load() {
+        if (!Files.isRegularFile(file)) {
+            return Settings.defaults();
+        }
+        try {
+            return mapper.readValue(file.toFile(), Settings.class);
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            log.warn("Could not read settings {}, using defaults", file, e);
+            return Settings.defaults();
+        }
+    }
+
+    /** Persists settings; logs and swallows failures (non-fatal). */
+    public void save(Settings settings) {
+        try {
+            if (file.getParent() != null) {
+                Files.createDirectories(file.getParent());
+            }
+            mapper.writerWithDefaultPrettyPrinter().writeValue(file.toFile(), settings);
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            log.warn("Could not write settings {}", file, e);
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Semesterprojekt/src/test/java/thb/jeanluc/adventure/io/ConsoleIOSettingsTest.java b/Semesterprojekt/src/test/java/thb/jeanluc/adventure/io/ConsoleIOSettingsTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..927ddbb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Semesterprojekt/src/test/java/thb/jeanluc/adventure/io/ConsoleIOSettingsTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+package thb.jeanluc.adventure.io;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+import java.io.BufferedReader;
+import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
+import java.io.PrintStream;
+import java.io.StringReader;
+
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
+
+class ConsoleIOSettingsTest {
+
+    @Test
+    void colorSetterTogglesAnsiEmission() {
+        ByteArrayOutputStream out = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
+        ConsoleIO io = new ConsoleIO(new BufferedReader(new StringReader("")),
+                new PrintStream(out), ConsoleIO.ColorMode.OFF, ConsoleIO.GlyphMode.UNICODE);
+        io.setColorMode(ConsoleIO.ColorMode.ON);
+        io.print(thb.jeanluc.adventure.io.text.StyledText.builder().heading("Hi").build());
+        assertThat(out.toString()).contains("["); // ANSI escape present
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Semesterprojekt/src/test/java/thb/jeanluc/adventure/save/SettingsStoreTest.java b/Semesterprojekt/src/test/java/thb/jeanluc/adventure/save/SettingsStoreTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8b959d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Semesterprojekt/src/test/java/thb/jeanluc/adventure/save/SettingsStoreTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+package thb.jeanluc.adventure.save;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.io.TempDir;
+import thb.jeanluc.adventure.io.ConsoleIO;
+
+import java.nio.file.Path;
+
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
+
+class SettingsStoreTest {
+
+    @Test
+    void savesAndLoads(@TempDir Path dir) {
+        SettingsStore store = new SettingsStore(dir.resolve("settings.json"));
+        store.save(new Settings(ConsoleIO.ColorMode.ON, ConsoleIO.GlyphMode.ASCII));
+        Settings loaded = store.load();
+        assertThat(loaded.colorMode()).isEqualTo(ConsoleIO.ColorMode.ON);
+        assertThat(loaded.glyphMode()).isEqualTo(ConsoleIO.GlyphMode.ASCII);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void missingFileReturnsDefaults(@TempDir Path dir) {
+        Settings loaded = new SettingsStore(dir.resolve("nope.json")).load();
+        assertThat(loaded).isEqualTo(Settings.defaults());
+    }
+}