6 files changed, 21 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/src/bridge/bridge.cpp b/src/bridge/bridge.cpp
index 02ba565..8587264 100644
--- a/src/bridge/bridge.cpp
+++ b/src/bridge/bridge.cpp
@@ -435,7 +435,7 @@ void Bridge::leave_irc_channel(Iid&& iid, const std::string& status_message, con
       bool persistent = false;
 #ifdef USE_DATABASE
       const auto goptions = Database::get_global_options(this->user_jid);
-      if (goptions.col<Database::Persistent>())
+      if (goptions.col<Database::GlobalPersistent>())
         persistent = true;
       else
         {
diff --git a/src/config/config.cpp b/src/config/config.cpp
index 0f3d639..412b170 100644
--- a/src/config/config.cpp
+++ b/src/config/config.cpp
@@ -23,6 +23,14 @@ std::string Config::get(const std::string& option, const std::string& def)
   return it->second;
 }
 
+bool Config::get_bool(const std::string& option, const bool def)
+{
+  auto res = Config::get(option, "");
+  if (res.empty())
+    return def;
+  return res == "true";
+}
+
 int Config::get_int(const std::string& option, const int& def)
 {
   std::string res = Config::get(option, "");
diff --git a/src/config/config.hpp b/src/config/config.hpp
index 2ba38cc..c5ef15d 100644
--- a/src/config/config.hpp
+++ b/src/config/config.hpp
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ public:
    * the second argument as the default.
    */
   static int get_int(const std::string&, const int&);
+  static bool get_bool(const std::string&, const bool);
   /**
    * Set a value for the given option. And write all the config
    * in the file from which it was read if save is true.
diff --git a/src/database/database.cpp b/src/database/database.cpp
index f706528..a2b88e2 100644
--- a/src/database/database.cpp
+++ b/src/database/database.cpp
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
 #include <utils/get_first_non_empty.hpp>
 #include <utils/time.hpp>
 
+#include <config/config.hpp>
+
 #include <database/index.hpp>
 
 #include <sqlite3.h>
@@ -18,6 +20,9 @@ Database::IrcChannelOptionsTable Database::irc_channel_options("IrcChannelOption
 Database::RosterTable Database::roster("roster");
 std::map<Database::CacheKey, Database::EncodingIn::real_type> Database::encoding_in_cache{};
 
+Database::GlobalPersistent::GlobalPersistent():
+    Column<bool>{Config::get_bool("persistent_by_default", false)}
+{}
 
 void Database::open(const std::string& filename)
 {
diff --git a/src/database/database.hpp b/src/database/database.hpp
index f4b2ecd..f9695d3 100644
--- a/src/database/database.hpp
+++ b/src/database/database.hpp
@@ -73,6 +73,9 @@ class Database
   struct Persistent: Column<bool> { static constexpr auto name = "persistent_";
     Persistent(): Column<bool>(false) {} };
 
+  struct GlobalPersistent: Column<bool> { static constexpr auto name = "persistent_";
+    GlobalPersistent(); };
+
   struct LocalJid: Column<std::string> { static constexpr auto name = "local"; };
 
   struct RemoteJid: Column<std::string> { static constexpr auto name = "remote"; };
@@ -81,7 +84,7 @@ class Database
   using MucLogLineTable = Table<Id, Uuid, Owner, IrcChanName, IrcServerName, Date, Body, Nick>;
   using MucLogLine = MucLogLineTable::RowType;
 
-  using GlobalOptionsTable = Table<Id, Owner, MaxHistoryLength, RecordHistory, Persistent>;
+  using GlobalOptionsTable = Table<Id, Owner, MaxHistoryLength, RecordHistory, GlobalPersistent>;
   using GlobalOptions = GlobalOptionsTable::RowType;
 
   using IrcServerOptionsTable = Table<Id, Owner, Server, Pass, AfterConnectionCommand, TlsPorts, Ports, Username, Realname, VerifyCert, TrustedFingerprint, EncodingOut, EncodingIn, MaxHistoryLength>;
diff --git a/src/xmpp/biboumi_adhoc_commands.cpp b/src/xmpp/biboumi_adhoc_commands.cpp
index d78dc98..bcdac39 100644
--- a/src/xmpp/biboumi_adhoc_commands.cpp
+++ b/src/xmpp/biboumi_adhoc_commands.cpp
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ void ConfigureGlobalStep1(XmppComponent&, AdhocSession& session, XmlNode& comman
     {
       XmlSubNode value(persistent, "value");
       value.set_name("value");
-      if (options.col<Database::Persistent>())
+      if (options.col<Database::GlobalPersistent>())
         value.set_inner("true");
       else
         value.set_inner("false");
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ void ConfigureGlobalStep2(XmppComponent& xmpp_component, AdhocSession& session,
             }
           else if (field->get_tag("var") == "persistent" &&
                    value)
-            options.col<Database::Persistent>() = to_bool(value->get_inner());
+            options.col<Database::GlobalPersistent>() = to_bool(value->get_inner());
         }
 
       options.save(Database::db);