diff --git a/Userland/Games/Snake/SnakeGame.cpp b/Userland/Games/Snake/SnakeGame.cpp
index 2e43a9d531..0676364c99 100644
--- a/Userland/Games/Snake/SnakeGame.cpp
+++ b/Userland/Games/Snake/SnakeGame.cpp
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ SnakeGame::SnakeGame(NonnullRefPtrVector<Gfx::Bitmap> food_bitmaps)
     reset();
     m_high_score = Config::read_i32("Snake"sv, "Snake"sv, "HighScore"sv, 0);
     m_high_score_text = DeprecatedString::formatted("Best: {}", m_high_score);
+    m_snake_base_color = Color::from_argb(Config::read_u32("Snake"sv, "Snake"sv, "BaseColor"sv, m_snake_base_color.value()));
 }
 
 void SnakeGame::pause()
@@ -85,6 +86,12 @@ void SnakeGame::reset()
     update();
 }
 
+void SnakeGame::set_snake_base_color(Color color)
+{
+    Config::write_u32("Snake"sv, "Snake"sv, "BaseColor"sv, color.value());
+    m_snake_base_color = color;
+}
+
 bool SnakeGame::is_available(Coordinate const& coord)
 {
     for (size_t i = 0; i < m_tail.size(); ++i) {
diff --git a/Userland/Games/Snake/SnakeGame.h b/Userland/Games/Snake/SnakeGame.h
index ae7fcfd752..8d2c6a5c75 100644
--- a/Userland/Games/Snake/SnakeGame.h
+++ b/Userland/Games/Snake/SnakeGame.h
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ public:
     void pause();
     void reset();
 
-    void set_snake_base_color(Color color) { m_snake_base_color = color; };
+    void set_snake_base_color(Color color);
 
 private:
     explicit SnakeGame(NonnullRefPtrVector<Gfx::Bitmap> food_bitmaps);