diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/player/MainVideoPlayer.java b/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/player/MainVideoPlayer.java
index 4e8398ff2..8ce18fa56 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/player/MainVideoPlayer.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/player/MainVideoPlayer.java
@@ -175,6 +175,10 @@ public final class MainVideoPlayer extends AppCompatActivity
             setLandscape(lastOrientationWasLandscape);
         }
 
+        final int lastResizeMode = defaultPreferences.getInt(
+                getString(R.string.last_resize_mode), AspectRatioFrameLayout.RESIZE_MODE_FIT);
+        playerImpl.setResizeMode(lastResizeMode);
+
         // Upon going in or out of multiwindow mode, isInMultiWindow will always be false,
         // since the first onResume needs to restore the player.
         // Subsequent onResume calls while multiwindow mode remains the same and the player is
@@ -705,14 +709,27 @@ public final class MainVideoPlayer extends AppCompatActivity
 
         @Override
         protected int nextResizeMode(int currentResizeMode) {
+            final int newResizeMode;
             switch (currentResizeMode) {
                 case AspectRatioFrameLayout.RESIZE_MODE_FIT:
-                    return AspectRatioFrameLayout.RESIZE_MODE_FILL;
+                    newResizeMode = AspectRatioFrameLayout.RESIZE_MODE_FILL;
+                    break;
                 case AspectRatioFrameLayout.RESIZE_MODE_FILL:
-                    return AspectRatioFrameLayout.RESIZE_MODE_ZOOM;
+                    newResizeMode = AspectRatioFrameLayout.RESIZE_MODE_ZOOM;
+                    break;
                 default:
-                    return AspectRatioFrameLayout.RESIZE_MODE_FIT;
+                    newResizeMode = AspectRatioFrameLayout.RESIZE_MODE_FIT;
+                    break;
             }
+
+            storeResizeMode(newResizeMode);
+            return newResizeMode;
+        }
+
+        private void storeResizeMode(@AspectRatioFrameLayout.ResizeMode int resizeMode) {
+            defaultPreferences.edit()
+                    .putInt(getString(R.string.last_resize_mode), resizeMode)
+                    .apply();
         }
 
         @Override
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/player/VideoPlayer.java b/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/player/VideoPlayer.java
index 8e7db0dae..d30d9b8be 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/player/VideoPlayer.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/player/VideoPlayer.java
@@ -683,12 +683,17 @@ public abstract class VideoPlayer extends BasePlayer
         if (getAspectRatioFrameLayout() != null) {
             final int currentResizeMode = getAspectRatioFrameLayout().getResizeMode();
             final int newResizeMode = nextResizeMode(currentResizeMode);
-            getAspectRatioFrameLayout().setResizeMode(newResizeMode);
-            getResizeView().setText(PlayerHelper.resizeTypeOf(context, newResizeMode));
+            setResizeMode(newResizeMode);
         }
     }
 
+    protected void setResizeMode(@AspectRatioFrameLayout.ResizeMode final int resizeMode) {
+        getAspectRatioFrameLayout().setResizeMode(resizeMode);
+        getResizeView().setText(PlayerHelper.resizeTypeOf(context, resizeMode));
+    }
+
     protected abstract int nextResizeMode(@AspectRatioFrameLayout.ResizeMode final int resizeMode);
+
     /*//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
     // SeekBar Listener
     //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////*/
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/values/settings_keys.xml b/app/src/main/res/values/settings_keys.xml
index 9b39fec26..f01bdb366 100644
--- a/app/src/main/res/values/settings_keys.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/res/values/settings_keys.xml
@@ -105,6 +105,8 @@
 
     <string name="last_orientation_landscape_key" translatable="false">last_orientation_landscape_key</string>
 
+    <string name="last_resize_mode" translatable="false">last_resize_mode</string>
+
     <!-- DEBUG ONLY -->
     <string name="debug_pref_screen_key" translatable="false">debug_pref_screen_key</string>
     <string name="allow_heap_dumping_key" translatable="false">allow_heap_dumping_key</string>