diff --git a/cosmic-settings/src/pages/desktop/wallpaper/config.rs b/cosmic-settings/src/pages/desktop/wallpaper/config.rs
index 29fa2e6..7ab6978 100644
--- a/cosmic-settings/src/pages/desktop/wallpaper/config.rs
+++ b/cosmic-settings/src/pages/desktop/wallpaper/config.rs
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ const CUSTOM_COLORS: &str = "custom-colors";
 const CUSTOM_IMAGES: &str = "custom-images";
 const RECENT_FOLDERS: &str = "recent-folders";
 const BACKGROUNDS_DIR: &str = "backgrounds";
+const ROTATION_FREQUENCY: &str = "rotation-frequency";
 
 #[derive(Debug, Default)]
 pub struct Config {
@@ -24,6 +25,7 @@ pub struct Config {
     custom_colors: Vec<wallpaper::Color>,
     custom_images: Vec<PathBuf>,
     recent_folders: VecDeque<PathBuf>,
+    pub rotation_frequency: u64,
 }
 
 impl Config {
@@ -94,6 +96,15 @@ impl Config {
             }
         }
 
+        // Get rotation frequency from cosmic-config.
+        if let Ok(frequency) = context.get::<u64>(ROTATION_FREQUENCY) {
+            // Set rotation frequency if it exists.
+            config.rotation_frequency = frequency;
+        } else {
+            // Set default value if it does not exists.
+            config.rotation_frequency = 300;
+        }
+
         config.context = Some(context);
         config.state = Some(state);
 
@@ -251,6 +262,21 @@ impl Config {
         Ok(())
     }
 
+    /// Sets a new slideshow wallpaper rotation frequency
+    ///
+    /// # Errors
+    ///
+    /// Returns an error if the on-disk configuration could not be updated.
+    pub fn change_rotation_frequency(
+        &mut self,
+        frequency: u64,
+    ) -> Result<(), cosmic_config::Error> {
+        self.rotation_frequency = frequency;
+        self.update_rotation_frequency()?;
+
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
     fn update<V: serde::Serialize>(
         &self,
         key: &str,
@@ -274,4 +300,8 @@ impl Config {
     fn update_recent_folders(&self) -> Result<(), cosmic_config::Error> {
         self.update(RECENT_FOLDERS, &self.recent_folders)
     }
+
+    fn update_rotation_frequency(&self) -> Result<(), cosmic_config::Error> {
+        self.update(ROTATION_FREQUENCY, &self.rotation_frequency)
+    }
 }
diff --git a/cosmic-settings/src/pages/desktop/wallpaper/mod.rs b/cosmic-settings/src/pages/desktop/wallpaper/mod.rs
index 548ea7e..3d1fcbb 100644
--- a/cosmic-settings/src/pages/desktop/wallpaper/mod.rs
+++ b/cosmic-settings/src/pages/desktop/wallpaper/mod.rs
@@ -180,9 +180,6 @@ pub struct Page {
     /// Model for selecting between display outputs.
     outputs: SingleSelectModel,
 
-    /// Current value of the slideshow rotation frequency.
-    rotation_frequency: u64,
-
     /// Model for available options for rotation frequencies.
     rotation_options: Vec<String>,
 
@@ -290,6 +287,9 @@ impl page::AutoBind<crate::pages::Message> for Page {}
 
 impl Default for Page {
     fn default() -> Self {
+        let config = Config::new();
+        let selected_rotation = Self::get_selected_rotation(config.rotation_frequency);
+
         let mut page = Page {
             entity: page::Entity::null(),
             on_enter_handle: None,
@@ -326,10 +326,9 @@ impl Default for Page {
             },
             wallpaper_service_config: wallpaper::Config::default(),
             color_model: ColorPickerModel::new(fl!("hex"), fl!("rgb"), None, Some(Color::WHITE)),
-            config: Config::new(),
+            config,
             fit_options: vec![fl!("fill"), fl!("fit-to-screen")],
             outputs: SingleSelectModel::default(),
-            rotation_frequency: 300,
             rotation_options: vec![
                 // FIX: fluent is inserting extra unicode characters in formatting
                 fl!("x-minutes", number = 5)
@@ -352,7 +351,7 @@ impl Default for Page {
                     .replace('\u{2069}', ""),
             ],
             selected_fit: 0,
-            selected_rotation: 0,
+            selected_rotation,
             selection: Context::default(),
             update_config: None,
         };
@@ -364,6 +363,18 @@ impl Default for Page {
 }
 
 impl Page {
+    fn get_selected_rotation(rotation_frequency: u64) -> usize {
+        match rotation_frequency {
+            0..=300 => MINUTES_5,
+            301..=600 => MINUTES_10,
+            601..=900 => MINUTES_15,
+            901..=1800 => MINUTES_30,
+            1801..=3600 => HOUR_1,
+            3601..=7200 => HOUR_2,
+            _ => HOUR_2,
+        }
+    }
+
     fn add_recent_folder(&mut self, folder: PathBuf) {
         if let Err(why) = self.config.add_recent_folder(folder) {
             tracing::error!(?why, "cannot add recent folder to config");
@@ -627,10 +638,10 @@ impl Page {
     }
 
     /// Changes the slideshow wallpaper rotation frequency
-    pub fn change_rotation_frequency(&mut self, option: usize) {
+    pub fn change_rotation_frequency(&mut self, option: usize) -> Result<(), cosmic_config::Error> {
         self.selected_rotation = option;
 
-        self.rotation_frequency = match self.selected_rotation {
+        let rotation_frequency = match self.selected_rotation {
             MINUTES_5 => 300,
             MINUTES_10 => 600,
             MINUTES_15 => 900,
@@ -639,6 +650,8 @@ impl Page {
             HOUR_2 => 7200,
             _ => 10800,
         };
+        self.config.change_rotation_frequency(rotation_frequency)?;
+        Ok(())
     }
 
     /// Updates configuration for wallpaper image.
@@ -659,7 +672,7 @@ impl Page {
 
         let entry = Entry::new(output, wallpaper::Source::Path(path))
             .scaling_mode(scaling_mode)
-            .rotation_frequency(self.rotation_frequency);
+            .rotation_frequency(self.config.rotation_frequency);
 
         if let Some(old_entry) = old_entry {
             entry
@@ -818,7 +831,11 @@ impl Page {
                 return Task::none();
             }
 
-            Message::RotationFrequency(pos) => self.change_rotation_frequency(pos),
+            Message::RotationFrequency(pos) => {
+                if let Err(err) = self.change_rotation_frequency(pos) {
+                    tracing::warn!("Failed to save rotation frequency: {err}");
+                }
+            }
 
             Message::SameWallpaper(value) => {
                 self.wallpaper_service_config.same_on_all = value;
@@ -1089,7 +1106,7 @@ impl Page {
             _ => self.selected_rotation = MINUTES_5,
         }
 
-        self.rotation_frequency = entry.rotation_frequency;
+        self.config.rotation_frequency = entry.rotation_frequency;
 
         self.cache_display_image();
     }