diff --git a/docker/rstudio/Dockerfile b/docker/rstudio/Dockerfile
index 23e9f3c47b8..73abd776180 100644
--- a/docker/rstudio/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/rstudio/Dockerfile
@@ -26,4 +26,10 @@ ENV RSTUDIO_HOME /etc/rstudio
 
 ADD rserver.conf $RSTUDIO_HOME/rserver.conf
 
+ENV RSTUDIO_USERSETTING /home/rstudio/.rstudio/monitored/user-settings/user-settings
+
+RUN sed -i 's/alwaysSaveHistory="0"/alwaysSaveHistory="1"/g'  $RSTUDIO_USERSETTING \
+&& sed -i 's/loadRData="0"/loadRData="1"/g' $RSTUDIO_USERSETTING \
+&& sed -i 's/saveAction="0"/saveAction="1"/g' $RSTUDIO_USERSETTING
+
 EXPOSE $RSTUDIO_PORT