diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 78e6b2bb8..edabef149 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -76,7 +76,6 @@
     "@types/react-redux": "^7.1.5",
     "@types/react-virtualized-auto-sizer": "^1.0.0",
     "@types/react-window": "^1.8.1",
-    "@types/redux-persist": "^4.3.1",
     "@types/rsocket-core": "^0.0.3",
     "@types/testing-library__react": "^9.1.2",
     "@types/tmp": "^0.1.0",
@@ -110,6 +109,7 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "@emotion/core": "^10.0.22",
     "@emotion/styled": "^10.0.23",
+    "@iarna/toml": "^2.2.3",
     "@types/promise-retry": "^1.1.3",
     "@types/react-color": "^3.0.1",
     "@types/react-test-renderer": "^16.9.1",
diff --git a/src/chrome/SettingsSheet.tsx b/src/chrome/SettingsSheet.tsx
index 4903c3f9a..b8130aef7 100644
--- a/src/chrome/SettingsSheet.tsx
+++ b/src/chrome/SettingsSheet.tsx
@@ -10,6 +10,11 @@
 import {FlexColumn, Button, styled, Text, FlexRow, Spacer} from 'flipper';
 import React, {Component} from 'react';
 import {updateSettings, Action} from '../reducers/settings';
+import {
+  Action as LauncherAction,
+  LauncherSettings,
+  updateLauncherSettings,
+} from '../reducers/launcherSettings';
 import {connect} from 'react-redux';
 import {State as Store} from '../reducers';
 import {Settings} from '../reducers/settings';
@@ -38,25 +43,30 @@ type OwnProps = {
 
 type StateFromProps = {
   settings: Settings;
+  launcherSettings: LauncherSettings;
   isXcodeDetected: boolean;
 };
 
 type DispatchFromProps = {
   updateSettings: (settings: Settings) => Action;
+  updateLauncherSettings: (settings: LauncherSettings) => LauncherAction;
 };
 
 type State = {
   updatedSettings: Settings;
+  updatedLauncherSettings: LauncherSettings;
 };
 
 type Props = OwnProps & StateFromProps & DispatchFromProps;
 class SettingsSheet extends Component<Props, State> {
   state: State = {
     updatedSettings: {...this.props.settings},
+    updatedLauncherSettings: {...this.props.launcherSettings},
   };
 
   applyChanges = async () => {
     this.props.updateSettings(this.state.updatedSettings);
+    this.props.updateLauncherSettings(this.state.updatedLauncherSettings);
     this.props.onHide();
     flush().then(() => {
       restartFlipper();
@@ -104,8 +114,8 @@ class SettingsSheet extends Component<Props, State> {
           />
         </ToggledSection>
         <LauncherSettingsPanel
-          enabledInConfig={this.state.updatedSettings.enablePrefetching}
-          onChange={v => {
+          isPrefetchingEnabled={this.state.updatedSettings.enablePrefetching}
+          onEnablePrefetchingChange={v => {
             this.setState({
               updatedSettings: {
                 ...this.state.updatedSettings,
@@ -113,6 +123,15 @@ class SettingsSheet extends Component<Props, State> {
               },
             });
           }}
+          isLocalPinIgnored={this.state.updatedLauncherSettings.ignoreLocalPin}
+          onIgnoreLocalPinChange={v => {
+            this.setState({
+              updatedLauncherSettings: {
+                ...this.state.updatedLauncherSettings,
+                ignoreLocalPin: v,
+              },
+            });
+          }}
         />
         <br />
         <FlexRow>
@@ -121,7 +140,13 @@ class SettingsSheet extends Component<Props, State> {
             Cancel
           </Button>
           <Button
-            disabled={isEqual(this.props.settings, this.state.updatedSettings)}
+            disabled={
+              isEqual(this.props.settings, this.state.updatedSettings) &&
+              isEqual(
+                this.props.launcherSettings,
+                this.state.updatedLauncherSettings,
+              )
+            }
             type="primary"
             compact
             padded
@@ -135,9 +160,10 @@ class SettingsSheet extends Component<Props, State> {
 }
 
 export default connect<StateFromProps, DispatchFromProps, OwnProps, Store>(
-  ({settingsState, application}) => ({
+  ({settingsState, launcherSettingsState, application}) => ({
     settings: settingsState,
+    launcherSettings: launcherSettingsState,
     isXcodeDetected: application.xcodeCommandLineToolsDetected,
   }),
-  {updateSettings},
+  {updateSettings, updateLauncherSettings},
 )(SettingsSheet);
diff --git a/src/fb-stubs/LauncherSettingsPanel.tsx b/src/fb-stubs/LauncherSettingsPanel.tsx
index 06fce1136..d9f20ed1d 100644
--- a/src/fb-stubs/LauncherSettingsPanel.tsx
+++ b/src/fb-stubs/LauncherSettingsPanel.tsx
@@ -10,8 +10,10 @@
 import {Tristate} from 'src/reducers/settings';
 
 export default function(_props: {
-  enabledInConfig: Tristate;
-  onChange: (v: Tristate) => void;
+  isPrefetchingEnabled: Tristate;
+  onEnablePrefetchingChange: (v: Tristate) => void;
+  isLocalPinIgnored: boolean;
+  onIgnoreLocalPinChange: (v: boolean) => void;
 }) {
   return null;
 }
diff --git a/src/reducers/index.tsx b/src/reducers/index.tsx
index 09e3a0728..619c47106 100644
--- a/src/reducers/index.tsx
+++ b/src/reducers/index.tsx
@@ -36,6 +36,10 @@ import settings, {
   Settings as SettingsState,
   Action as SettingsAction,
 } from './settings';
+import launcherSettings, {
+  LauncherSettings as LauncherSettingsState,
+  Action as LauncherSettingsAction,
+} from './launcherSettings';
 import pluginManager, {
   State as PluginManagerState,
   Action as PluginManagerAction,
@@ -46,6 +50,8 @@ import healthchecks, {
 } from './healthchecks';
 import user, {State as UserState, Action as UserAction} from './user';
 import JsonFileStorage from '../utils/jsonFileReduxPersistStorage';
+import LauncherSettingsStorage from '../utils/launcherSettingsStorage';
+import {launcherConfigDir} from '../utils/launcher';
 import os from 'os';
 import {resolve} from 'path';
 import xdg from 'xdg-basedir';
@@ -63,6 +69,7 @@ export type Actions =
   | PluginsAction
   | UserAction
   | SettingsAction
+  | LauncherSettingsAction
   | SupportFormAction
   | PluginManagerAction
   | HealthcheckAction
@@ -76,6 +83,7 @@ export type State = {
   plugins: PluginsState;
   user: UserState & PersistPartial;
   settingsState: SettingsState & PersistPartial;
+  launcherSettingsState: LauncherSettingsState & PersistPartial;
   supportForm: SupportFormState;
   pluginManager: PluginManagerState;
   healthchecks: HealthcheckState;
@@ -92,6 +100,10 @@ const settingsStorage = new JsonFileStorage(
   ),
 );
 
+const launcherSettingsStorage = new LauncherSettingsStorage(
+  resolve(launcherConfigDir(), 'flipper-launcher.toml'),
+);
+
 export default combineReducers<State, Actions>({
   application,
   connections: persistReducer<DevicesState, Actions>(
@@ -130,5 +142,15 @@ export default combineReducers<State, Actions>({
     {key: 'settings', storage: settingsStorage},
     settings,
   ),
+  launcherSettingsState: persistReducer(
+    {
+      key: 'launcherSettings',
+      storage: launcherSettingsStorage,
+      serialize: false,
+      // @ts-ignore: property is erroneously missing in redux-persist type definitions
+      deserialize: false,
+    },
+    launcherSettings,
+  ),
   healthchecks,
 });
diff --git a/src/reducers/launcherSettings.tsx b/src/reducers/launcherSettings.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cc41c32bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/reducers/launcherSettings.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) Facebook, Inc. and its affiliates.
+ *
+ * This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
+ * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
+ *
+ * @format
+ */
+
+import {Actions} from './index';
+
+export type LauncherSettings = {
+  ignoreLocalPin: boolean;
+};
+
+export type Action = {
+  type: 'UPDATE_LAUNCHER_SETTINGS';
+  payload: LauncherSettings;
+};
+
+export const defaultLauncherSettings: LauncherSettings = {
+  ignoreLocalPin: false,
+};
+
+export default function reducer(
+  state: LauncherSettings = defaultLauncherSettings,
+  action: Actions,
+): LauncherSettings {
+  if (action.type === 'UPDATE_LAUNCHER_SETTINGS') {
+    return action.payload;
+  }
+  return state;
+}
+
+export function updateLauncherSettings(settings: LauncherSettings): Action {
+  return {
+    type: 'UPDATE_LAUNCHER_SETTINGS',
+    payload: settings,
+  };
+}
diff --git a/src/utils/launcher.tsx b/src/utils/launcher.tsx
index c2dd477f8..61972c482 100644
--- a/src/utils/launcher.tsx
+++ b/src/utils/launcher.tsx
@@ -7,9 +7,28 @@
  * @format
  */
 
+import path from 'path';
+import os from 'os';
+import xdg from 'xdg-basedir';
 import {ProcessConfig} from './processConfig';
 import {Store} from '../reducers/index';
 
+// There is some disagreement among the XDG Base Directory implementations
+// whether to use ~/Library/Preferences or ~/.config on MacOS. The Launcher
+// expects the former, whereas `xdg-basedir` implements the latter.
+const xdgConfigDir = () =>
+  os.platform() === 'darwin'
+    ? path.join(os.homedir(), 'Library', 'Preferences')
+    : xdg.config || path.join(os.homedir(), '.config');
+
+export const launcherConfigDir = () =>
+  path.join(
+    xdgConfigDir(),
+    os.platform() == 'darwin'
+      ? 'rs.flipper-launcher.flipper-launcher'
+      : 'flipper-launcher',
+  );
+
 export function initLauncherHooks(config: ProcessConfig, store: Store) {
   if (config.launcherMsg) {
     store.dispatch({
diff --git a/src/utils/launcherSettingsStorage.tsx b/src/utils/launcherSettingsStorage.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f0b193edf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/utils/launcherSettingsStorage.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) Facebook, Inc. and its affiliates.
+ *
+ * This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
+ * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
+ *
+ * @format
+ */
+
+import fs from 'fs';
+import path from 'path';
+import TOML from '@iarna/toml';
+import {Storage} from 'redux-persist/es/types';
+import {
+  defaultLauncherSettings,
+  LauncherSettings,
+} from '../reducers/launcherSettings';
+
+export default class LauncherSettingsStorage implements Storage {
+  constructor(readonly filepath: string) {}
+
+  async getItem(_key: string): Promise<any> {
+    return await this.parseFile();
+  }
+
+  async setItem(_key: string, value: LauncherSettings): Promise<any> {
+    const originalValue = await this.parseFile();
+    await this.writeFile(value);
+    return originalValue;
+  }
+
+  removeItem(_key: string): Promise<void> {
+    return this.writeFile(defaultLauncherSettings);
+  }
+
+  private async parseFile(): Promise<LauncherSettings> {
+    try {
+      const content = fs.readFileSync(this.filepath).toString();
+      return deserialize(content);
+    } catch (e) {
+      console.warn(
+        `Failed to read settings file: "${this.filepath}". ${e}. Replacing file with default settings.`,
+      );
+      await this.writeFile(defaultLauncherSettings);
+      return defaultLauncherSettings;
+    }
+  }
+
+  private async writeFile(value: LauncherSettings): Promise<void> {
+    this.ensureDirExists();
+    const content = serialize(value);
+    fs.writeFileSync(this.filepath, content);
+  }
+
+  private ensureDirExists(): void {
+    const dir = path.dirname(this.filepath);
+    fs.existsSync(dir) || fs.mkdirSync(dir, {recursive: true});
+  }
+}
+
+interface FormattedSettings {
+  ignore_local_pin?: boolean;
+}
+
+function serialize(value: LauncherSettings): string {
+  const {ignoreLocalPin, ...rest} = value;
+  return TOML.stringify({
+    ...rest,
+    ignore_local_pin: ignoreLocalPin,
+  });
+}
+
+function deserialize(content: string): LauncherSettings {
+  const {ignore_local_pin, ...rest} = TOML.parse(content) as FormattedSettings;
+  return {
+    ...rest,
+    ignoreLocalPin: !!ignore_local_pin,
+  };
+}
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 263bf40b3..f322b961e 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -859,6 +859,11 @@
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@emotion/weak-memoize/-/weak-memoize-0.2.4.tgz#622a72bebd1e3f48d921563b4b60a762295a81fc"
   integrity sha512-6PYY5DVdAY1ifaQW6XYTnOMihmBVT27elqSjEoodchsGjzYlEsTQMcEhSud99kVawatyTZRTiVkJ/c6lwbQ7nA==
 
+"@iarna/toml@^2.2.3":
+  version "2.2.3"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@iarna/toml/-/toml-2.2.3.tgz#f060bf6eaafae4d56a7dac618980838b0696e2ab"
+  integrity sha512-FmuxfCuolpLl0AnQ2NHSzoUKWEJDFl63qXjzdoWBVyFCXzMGm1spBzk7LeHNoVCiWCF7mRVms9e6jEV9+MoPbg==
+
 "@icons/material@^0.2.4":
   version "0.2.4"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@icons/material/-/material-0.2.4.tgz#e90c9f71768b3736e76d7dd6783fc6c2afa88bc8"
@@ -1397,13 +1402,6 @@
   dependencies:
     redux "^4.0.0"
 
-"@types/redux-persist@^4.3.1":
-  version "4.3.1"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/redux-persist/-/redux-persist-4.3.1.tgz#aa4c876859e0bea5155e5f7980e5b8c4699dc2e6"
-  integrity sha1-qkyHaFngvqUVXl95gOW4xGmdwuY=
-  dependencies:
-    redux-persist "*"
-
 "@types/retry@*":
   version "0.12.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/retry/-/retry-0.12.0.tgz#2b35eccfcee7d38cd72ad99232fbd58bffb3c84d"
@@ -7685,7 +7683,7 @@ redux-mock-store@^1.5.3:
   dependencies:
     lodash.isplainobject "^4.0.6"
 
-redux-persist@*, redux-persist@^6.0.0:
+redux-persist@^6.0.0:
   version "6.0.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/redux-persist/-/redux-persist-6.0.0.tgz#b4d2972f9859597c130d40d4b146fecdab51b3a8"
   integrity sha512-71LLMbUq2r02ng2We9S215LtPu3fY0KgaGE0k8WRgl6RkqxtGfl7HUozz1Dftwsb0D/5mZ8dwAaPbtnzfvbEwQ==