diff --git a/Changelog.md b/Changelog.md
index 838935bc..d53f1e48 100644
--- a/Changelog.md
+++ b/Changelog.md
@@ -3,7 +3,13 @@
 Changelog [format](http://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/)
 
 ## Unreleased
+
+### Added
+* GODT-682 Persistent anonymous API cookies for Import-Export.
+
+### Changed
 * GODT-511 User agent format changed.
+
 ### Removed
 * GODT-519 Unused AUTH scope parsing methods
 
diff --git a/cmd/Import-Export/main.go b/cmd/Import-Export/main.go
index cc0ae6ff..26af6fc5 100644
--- a/cmd/Import-Export/main.go
+++ b/cmd/Import-Export/main.go
@@ -21,9 +21,11 @@ import (
 	"runtime/pprof"
 
 	"github.com/ProtonMail/proton-bridge/internal/cmd"
+	"github.com/ProtonMail/proton-bridge/internal/cookies"
 	"github.com/ProtonMail/proton-bridge/internal/events"
 	"github.com/ProtonMail/proton-bridge/internal/frontend"
 	"github.com/ProtonMail/proton-bridge/internal/importexport"
+	"github.com/ProtonMail/proton-bridge/internal/preferences"
 	"github.com/ProtonMail/proton-bridge/internal/updates"
 	"github.com/ProtonMail/proton-bridge/internal/users/credentials"
 	"github.com/ProtonMail/proton-bridge/pkg/config"
@@ -36,6 +38,10 @@ import (
 )
 
 const (
+	// cacheVersion is used for cache files such as lock, or preferences.
+	// Different number will drop old files and create new ones.
+	cacheVersion = "c11"
+
 	appName     = "importExport"
 	appNameDash = "import-export-app"
 )
@@ -58,7 +64,7 @@ func main() {
 // IMPORTANT: ***Read the comments before CHANGING the order ***
 func run(context *cli.Context) (contextError error) { // nolint[funlen]
 	// We need to have config instance to setup a logs, panic handler, etc ...
-	cfg := config.New(appName, constants.Version, constants.Revision, "")
+	cfg := config.New(appName, constants.Version, constants.Revision, cacheVersion)
 
 	// We want to know about any problem. Our PanicHandler calls sentry which is
 	// not dependent on anything else. If that fails, it tries to create crash
@@ -132,6 +138,16 @@ func run(context *cli.Context) (contextError error) { // nolint[funlen]
 	// implementation depending on whether build flag pmapi_prod is used or not.
 	cm.SetRoundTripper(cfg.GetRoundTripper(cm, eventListener))
 
+	pref := preferences.New(cfg)
+
+	// Cookies must be persisted across restarts.
+	jar, err := cookies.NewCookieJar(pref)
+	if err != nil {
+		logrus.WithError(err).Warn("Could not create cookie jar")
+	} else {
+		cm.SetCookieJar(jar)
+	}
+
 	importexportInstance := importexport.New(cfg, panicHandler, eventListener, cm, credentialsStore)
 
 	// Decide about frontend mode before initializing rest of import-export.
diff --git a/pkg/pmapi/client.go b/pkg/pmapi/client.go
index 8fbd6f6f..3e1c9cea 100644
--- a/pkg/pmapi/client.go
+++ b/pkg/pmapi/client.go
@@ -266,6 +266,9 @@ func (c *client) doBuffered(req *http.Request, bodyBuffer []byte, retryUnauthori
 		return
 	}
 
+	// Cookies are returned only after request was sent.
+	c.log.Tracef("REQCOOKIES '%v'", req.Cookies())
+
 	resDate := res.Header.Get("Date")
 	if resDate != "" {
 		if serverTime, err := http.ParseTime(resDate); err == nil {