diff --git a/frontend/src/shared-file-view-text.js b/frontend/src/shared-file-view-text.js
index 6692ffd9e7..8ff27624a0 100644
--- a/frontend/src/shared-file-view-text.js
+++ b/frontend/src/shared-file-view-text.js
@@ -20,10 +20,11 @@ const FileContent = ({ lineWrapping }) => {
 };
 
 const SharedFileViewText = () => {
-  let [lineWrapping, setLineWrapping] = useState(localStorage.getItem('sf_txt_file_line_wrapping') === 'true' || true);
+  let [lineWrapping, setLineWrapping] = useState(localStorage.getItem('sf_txt_file_line_wrapping') !== 'false');
 
   const updateLineWrapping = (newLineWrapping) => {
     setLineWrapping(newLineWrapping);
+    localStorage.setItem('sf_txt_file_line_wrapping', newLineWrapping);
   };
 
   return (
diff --git a/frontend/src/view-file-text.js b/frontend/src/view-file-text.js
index c71049f963..5e7ca2eaac 100644
--- a/frontend/src/view-file-text.js
+++ b/frontend/src/view-file-text.js
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ class ViewFileText extends React.Component {
       needSave: false,
       isSaving: false,
       participants: [],
-      lineWrapping: localStorage.getItem('sf_txt_file_line_wrapping') === 'true' || true,
+      lineWrapping: localStorage.getItem('sf_txt_file_line_wrapping') !== 'false',
     };
     this.onSave = this.onSave.bind(this);
     this.isParticipant = false;