diff --git a/src/component/AppNavigator.js b/src/component/AppNavigator.js
index a5fb642..2d68083 100644
--- a/src/component/AppNavigator.js
+++ b/src/component/AppNavigator.js
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ import {
 import { connect } from 'react-redux';
 import { AppState, BackHandler, Linking, NativeModules, TextInput, ToastAndroid } from 'react-native';
 import { selectDrawerStack } from 'redux/selectors/drawer';
-import { SETTINGS, doDismissToast, doPopulateSharedUserState, doToast, selectToast } from 'lbry-redux';
+import { SETTINGS, doDismissToast, doPopulateSharedUserState, doPreferenceGet, doToast, selectToast } from 'lbry-redux';
 import {
   Lbryio,
   doGetSync,
@@ -308,8 +308,8 @@ class AppWithNavigationState extends React.Component {
 
   getUserSettings = () => {
     const { dispatch } = this.props;
-    Lbryio.call('user_settings', 'get').then(settings => {
-      dispatch(doPopulateSharedUserState(settings));
+    doPreferenceGet('shared', null, null, preference => {
+      dispatch(doPopulateSharedUserState(preference));
     });
   };
 
diff --git a/src/index.js b/src/index.js
index 252f85c..cea3631 100644
--- a/src/index.js
+++ b/src/index.js
@@ -148,7 +148,11 @@ const persistor = persistStore(store, persistOptions, err => {
 });
 window.persistor = persistor;
 
-const sharedStateCache = {};
+/**
+ * source: the reducer name
+ * property: the property in the reducer-specific state
+ * transform: optional method to modify the value to be stored
+ */
 const sharedStateFilters = {
   tags: { source: 'tags', property: 'followedTags' },
   subscriptions: {
@@ -163,7 +167,7 @@ const sharedStateFilters = {
 store.subscribe(() => {
   try {
     const state = store.getState();
-    sharedStateSubscriber(state, sharedStateFilters, sharedStateCache);
+    sharedStateSubscriber(state, sharedStateFilters, '0.1');
   } catch (e) {
     // handle gracefully?
   }
diff --git a/src/page/splash/view.js b/src/page/splash/view.js
index 2a2a5c6..3eecfdc 100644
--- a/src/page/splash/view.js
+++ b/src/page/splash/view.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import React from 'react';
-import { Lbry } from 'lbry-redux';
+import { Lbry, doPreferenceGet } from 'lbry-redux';
 import { Lbryio } from 'lbryinc';
 import { ActivityIndicator, Linking, NativeModules, Platform, Text, View } from 'react-native';
 import { NavigationActions, StackActions } from 'react-navigation';
@@ -113,8 +113,9 @@ class SplashScreen extends React.PureComponent {
 
   getUserSettings = () => {
     const { populateSharedUserState } = this.props;
-    Lbryio.call('user_settings', 'get').then(settings => {
-      populateSharedUserState(settings);
+
+    doPreferenceGet('shared', null, null, preference => {
+      populateSharedUserState(preference);
     });
   };