diff --git a/components/stashes/heart.vue b/components/stashes/heart.vue
index a3c8f3f..e845a8c 100644
--- a/components/stashes/heart.vue
+++ b/components/stashes/heart.vue
@@ -124,10 +124,8 @@ async function alertItem() {
 			...(props.domain === 'entities' && { entities: [props.item.id] }),
 			...(props.domain === 'scenes' && { scenes: [props.item.id] }),
 			notify: true,
-			email: false,
-			// probably too confusing and annoying to have quick alerts inherit email preference from dialog
-			// notify: JSON.parse(localStorage.getItem('alert_notify')) ?? true,
-			// email: JSON.parse(localStorage.getItem('alert_email')) ?? false,
+			// explicit user preference rather than the dialog's remembered checkbox, which would be too confusing to inherit
+			email: !!(user.settings?.quickAlertEmails && user.email),
 			preset: true,
 		}, {
 			successFeedback: `Alert set for '${alertLabel}'`,
diff --git a/components/user/preferences.vue b/components/user/preferences.vue
index fa69a0e..b48dab4 100644
--- a/components/user/preferences.vue
+++ b/components/user/preferences.vue
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ const settings = reactive({
 	alertNotificationsEnabled: true,
 	alertEmailsEnabled: true,
 	alertEmailsFrequency: null,
+	quickAlertEmails: false,
 	...user.settings,
 });
 
@@ -53,6 +54,20 @@ async function updateSettings() {
 			</span>
 		</div>
 
+		<div class="setting noflip">
+			<span class="setting-label">
+				<strong class="setting-title">E-mail quick alerts</strong>
+				<span class="setting-description">Enable e-mail on alerts set with the bell button</span>
+			</span>
+
+			<span class="setting-value">
+				<Checkbox
+					:checked="settings.quickAlertEmails"
+					@change="(checked) => { settings.quickAlertEmails = checked; updateSettings(); }"
+				/>
+			</span>
+		</div>
+
 		<div class="setting">
 			<span class="setting-label">
 				<strong class="setting-title">Alert e-mail frequency</strong>
diff --git a/src/auth.js b/src/auth.js
index 8fa06ca..8da09c4 100755
--- a/src/auth.js
+++ b/src/auth.js
@@ -580,6 +580,7 @@ const validSettingKeys = [
 	'alertNotificationsEnabled',
 	'alertEmailsEnabled',
 	'alertEmailsFrequency',
+	'quickAlertEmails',
 ];
 
 export async function updateSettings(settings, reqUser) {
@@ -593,6 +594,10 @@ export async function updateSettings(settings, reqUser) {
 		throw new HttpError(`Invalid settings: ${invalidKeys.join()}`, 400);
 	}
 
+	if (Object.hasOwn(settings, 'quickAlertEmails') && typeof settings.quickAlertEmails !== 'boolean') {
+		throw new HttpError('Invalid quick alert e-mails setting', 400);
+	}
+
 	if (settings.alertEmailsFrequency && !['instant', 'daily', 'weekly', 'monthly'].includes(settings.alertEmailsFrequency)) {
 		throw new HttpError('Invalid email frequency setting', 400);
 	}