diff --git a/src/components/views/dialogs/WidgetCapabilitiesPromptDialog.tsx b/src/components/views/dialogs/WidgetCapabilitiesPromptDialog.tsx
index ebeab191b1..c184664df3 100644
--- a/src/components/views/dialogs/WidgetCapabilitiesPromptDialog.tsx
+++ b/src/components/views/dialogs/WidgetCapabilitiesPromptDialog.tsx
@@ -31,14 +31,6 @@ import LabelledToggleSwitch from "../elements/LabelledToggleSwitch";
 import { CapabilityText } from "../../../widgets/CapabilityText";
 import { replaceableComponent } from "../../../utils/replaceableComponent";
 
-export function getRememberedCapabilitiesForWidget(widget: Widget): Capability[] {
-    return JSON.parse(localStorage.getItem(`widget_${widget.id}_approved_caps`) || "[]");
-}
-
-function setRememberedCapabilitiesForWidget(widget: Widget, caps: Capability[]) {
-    localStorage.setItem(`widget_${widget.id}_approved_caps`, JSON.stringify(caps));
-}
-
 interface IProps extends IDialogProps {
     requestedCapabilities: Set<Capability>;
     widget: Widget;
@@ -95,10 +87,7 @@ export default class WidgetCapabilitiesPromptDialog extends React.PureComponent<
     };
 
     private closeAndTryRemember(approved: Capability[]) {
-        if (this.state.rememberSelection) {
-            setRememberedCapabilitiesForWidget(this.props.widget, approved);
-        }
-        this.props.onFinished({ approved });
+        this.props.onFinished({ approved, remember: this.state.rememberSelection });
     }
 
     public render() {
diff --git a/src/stores/widgets/StopGapWidgetDriver.ts b/src/stores/widgets/StopGapWidgetDriver.ts
index 13cd260ef0..af43c645a9 100644
--- a/src/stores/widgets/StopGapWidgetDriver.ts
+++ b/src/stores/widgets/StopGapWidgetDriver.ts
@@ -33,9 +33,7 @@ import { MatrixClientPeg } from "../../MatrixClientPeg";
 import ActiveRoomObserver from "../../ActiveRoomObserver";
 import Modal from "../../Modal";
 import WidgetOpenIDPermissionsDialog from "../../components/views/dialogs/WidgetOpenIDPermissionsDialog";
-import WidgetCapabilitiesPromptDialog, {
-    getRememberedCapabilitiesForWidget,
-} from "../../components/views/dialogs/WidgetCapabilitiesPromptDialog";
+import WidgetCapabilitiesPromptDialog from "../../components/views/dialogs/WidgetCapabilitiesPromptDialog";
 import { WidgetPermissionCustomisations } from "../../customisations/WidgetPermissions";
 import { OIDCState, WidgetPermissionStore } from "./WidgetPermissionStore";
 import { WidgetType } from "../../widgets/WidgetType";
@@ -48,6 +46,14 @@ import { MatrixEvent } from "matrix-js-sdk/src/models/event";
 
 // TODO: Purge this from the universe
 
+function getRememberedCapabilitiesForWidget(widget: Widget): Capability[] {
+    return JSON.parse(localStorage.getItem(`widget_${widget.id}_approved_caps`) || "[]");
+}
+
+function setRememberedCapabilitiesForWidget(widget: Widget, caps: Capability[]) {
+    localStorage.setItem(`widget_${widget.id}_approved_caps`, JSON.stringify(caps));
+}
+
 export class StopGapWidgetDriver extends WidgetDriver {
     private allowedCapabilities: Set<Capability>;
 
@@ -100,6 +106,7 @@ export class StopGapWidgetDriver extends WidgetDriver {
             }
         }
         // TODO: Do something when the widget requests new capabilities not yet asked for
+        let rememberApproved = false;
         if (missing.size > 0) {
             try {
                 const [result] = await Modal.createTrackedDialog(
@@ -111,12 +118,19 @@ export class StopGapWidgetDriver extends WidgetDriver {
                         widgetKind: this.forWidgetKind,
                     }).finished;
                 (result.approved || []).forEach(cap => allowedSoFar.add(cap));
+                rememberApproved = result.remember;
             } catch (e) {
                 console.error("Non-fatal error getting capabilities: ", e);
             }
         }
 
-        return new Set(iterableUnion(allowedSoFar, requested));
+        const allAllowed = new Set(iterableUnion(allowedSoFar, requested));
+
+        if (rememberApproved) {
+            setRememberedCapabilitiesForWidget(this.forWidget, Array.from(allAllowed));
+        }
+
+        return allAllowed;
     }
 
     public async sendEvent(eventType: string, content: any, stateKey: string = null): Promise<ISendEventDetails> {