diff --git a/data.cpp b/data.cpp
index 599b5c0..4dfbde2 100644
--- a/data.cpp
+++ b/data.cpp
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@
 
 int DataManager::LoadValues(const string& filename)
 {
-	string str, dev_id;
+	string dev_id;
 
 	if (!mInitialized)
 		SetDefaultValues();
@@ -263,6 +263,44 @@
 	return 0;
 }
 
+int DataManager::LoadPersistValues(void)
+{
+	static bool loaded = false;
+	string dev_id;
+
+	// Only run this function once, and make sure normal settings file has not yet been read
+	if (loaded || !mBackingFile.empty() || !TWFunc::Path_Exists(PERSIST_SETTINGS_FILE))
+		return -1;
+
+	LOGINFO("Attempt to load settings from /persist settings file...\n");
+
+	if (!mInitialized)
+		SetDefaultValues();
+
+	GetValue("device_id", dev_id);
+	mPersist.SetFile(PERSIST_SETTINGS_FILE);
+	mPersist.SetFileVersion(FILE_VERSION);
+
+	// Read in the file, if possible
+	pthread_mutex_lock(&m_valuesLock);
+	mPersist.LoadValues();
+
+#ifndef TW_NO_SCREEN_TIMEOUT
+	blankTimer.setTime(mPersist.GetIntValue("tw_screen_timeout_secs"));
+#endif
+
+	update_tz_environment_variables();
+	TWFunc::Set_Brightness(GetStrValue("tw_brightness"));
+
+	pthread_mutex_unlock(&m_valuesLock);
+
+	/* Don't set storage nor backup paths this early */
+
+	loaded = true;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 int DataManager::Flush()
 {
 	return SaveValues();
@@ -271,6 +309,15 @@
 int DataManager::SaveValues()
 {
 #ifndef TW_OEM_BUILD
+	if (PartitionManager.Mount_By_Path("/persist", false)) {
+		mPersist.SetFile(PERSIST_SETTINGS_FILE);
+		mPersist.SetFileVersion(FILE_VERSION);
+		pthread_mutex_lock(&m_valuesLock);
+		mPersist.SaveValues();
+		pthread_mutex_unlock(&m_valuesLock);
+		LOGINFO("Saved settings file values to %s\n", PERSIST_SETTINGS_FILE);
+	}
+
 	if (mBackingFile.empty())
 		return -1;
 
@@ -284,7 +331,7 @@
 	pthread_mutex_unlock(&m_valuesLock);
 
 	tw_set_default_metadata(mBackingFile.c_str());
-	LOGINFO("Saved settings file values\n");
+	LOGINFO("Saved settings file values to '%s'\n", mBackingFile.c_str());
 #endif // ifdef TW_OEM_BUILD
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -353,7 +400,7 @@
 	return 0;
 }
 
-unsigned long long DataManager::GetValue(const string& varName, unsigned long long& value)
+int DataManager::GetValue(const string& varName, unsigned long long& value)
 {
 	string data;
 
diff --git a/data.hpp b/data.hpp
index 790efc9..d61fe8e 100644
--- a/data.hpp
+++ b/data.hpp
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@
 #include <pthread.h>
 #include "infomanager.hpp"
 
+#define PERSIST_SETTINGS_FILE  "/persist/.twrps"
+
 using namespace std;
 
 class DataManager
@@ -30,13 +32,14 @@
 public:
 	static int ResetDefaults();
 	static int LoadValues(const string& filename);
+	static int LoadPersistValues(void);
 	static int Flush();
 
 	// Core get routines
 	static int GetValue(const string& varName, string& value);
 	static int GetValue(const string& varName, int& value);
 	static int GetValue(const string& varName, float& value);
-	static unsigned long long GetValue(const string& varName, unsigned long long& value);
+	static int GetValue(const string& varName, unsigned long long& value);
 
 	// Helper functions
 	static string GetStrValue(const string& varName);
diff --git a/partition.cpp b/partition.cpp
index 3957c65..59bd168 100644
--- a/partition.cpp
+++ b/partition.cpp
@@ -581,6 +581,18 @@
 			Process_TW_Flags(flagptr, Display_Error, 1); // Forcing the fstab to ver 1 because this data is coming from the /etc/twrp.flags which should be using the TWRP v1 flags format
 		}
 	}
+
+	if (Mount_Point == "/persist" && Can_Be_Mounted) {
+		bool mounted = Is_Mounted();
+		if (mounted || Mount(false)) {
+			// Read the backup settings file
+			DataManager::LoadPersistValues();
+			TWFunc::Fixup_Time_On_Boot("/persist/time/");
+			if (!mounted)
+				UnMount(false);
+		}
+	}
+
 	return true;
 }
 
diff --git a/twrp-functions.cpp b/twrp-functions.cpp
index 5df44c6..b7bcebe 100644
--- a/twrp-functions.cpp
+++ b/twrp-functions.cpp
@@ -881,9 +881,12 @@
 	}
 }
 
-void TWFunc::Fixup_Time_On_Boot()
+void TWFunc::Fixup_Time_On_Boot(const string& time_paths /* = "" */)
 {
 #ifdef QCOM_RTC_FIX
+	static bool fixed = false;
+	if (fixed)
+		return;
 
 	LOGINFO("TWFunc::Fixup_Time: Pre-fix date and time: %s\n", TWFunc::Get_Current_Date().c_str());
 
@@ -904,6 +907,7 @@
 		if (tv.tv_sec > 1405209403) { // Anything older then 12 Jul 2014 23:56:43 GMT will do nicely thank you ;)
 
 			LOGINFO("TWFunc::Fixup_Time: Date and time corrected: %s\n", TWFunc::Get_Current_Date().c_str());
+			fixed = true;
 			return;
 
 		}
@@ -925,22 +929,28 @@
 	// Like, ats_1 is for modem and ats_2 is for TOD (time of day?).
 	// Look at file time_genoff.h in CodeAurora, qcom-opensource/time-services
 
-	static const char *paths[] = { "/data/system/time/", "/data/time/"  };
+	std::vector<std::string> paths; // space separated list of paths
+	if (time_paths.empty()) {
+		paths = Split_String("/data/system/time/ /data/time/", " ");
+		if (!PartitionManager.Mount_By_Path("/data", false))
+			return;
+	} else {
+		// When specific path(s) are used, Fixup_Time needs those
+		// partitions to already be mounted!
+		paths = Split_String(time_paths, " ");
+	}
 
 	FILE *f;
 	offset = 0;
 	struct dirent *dt;
 	std::string ats_path;
 
-	if (!PartitionManager.Mount_By_Path("/data", false))
-		return;
-
 	// Prefer ats_2, it seems to be the one we want according to logcat on hammerhead
 	// - it is the one for ATS_TOD (time of day?).
 	// However, I never saw a device where the offset differs between ats files.
-	for (size_t i = 0; i < (sizeof(paths)/sizeof(paths[0])); ++i)
+	for (size_t i = 0; i < paths.size(); ++i)
 	{
-		DIR *d = opendir(paths[i]);
+		DIR *d = opendir(paths[i].c_str());
 		if (!d)
 			continue;
 
@@ -950,34 +960,38 @@
 				continue;
 
 			if (ats_path.empty() || strcmp(dt->d_name, "ats_2") == 0)
-				ats_path = std::string(paths[i]).append(dt->d_name);
+				ats_path = paths[i] + dt->d_name;
 		}
 
 		closedir(d);
 	}
 
-	if (ats_path.empty())
-	{
+	if (ats_path.empty()) {
 		LOGINFO("TWFunc::Fixup_Time: no ats files found, leaving untouched!\n");
-		return;
-	}
-
-	f = fopen(ats_path.c_str(), "r");
-	if (!f)
-	{
+	} else if ((f = fopen(ats_path.c_str(), "r")) == NULL) {
 		LOGINFO("TWFunc::Fixup_Time: failed to open file %s\n", ats_path.c_str());
-		return;
-	}
-
-	if (fread(&offset, sizeof(offset), 1, f) != 1)
-	{
+	} else if (fread(&offset, sizeof(offset), 1, f) != 1) {
 		LOGINFO("TWFunc::Fixup_Time: failed load uint64 from file %s\n", ats_path.c_str());
 		fclose(f);
-		return;
-	}
-	fclose(f);
+	} else {
+		fclose(f);
 
-	LOGINFO("TWFunc::Fixup_Time: Setting time offset from file %s, offset %llu\n", ats_path.c_str(), offset);
+		LOGINFO("TWFunc::Fixup_Time: Setting time offset from file %s, offset %llu\n", ats_path.c_str(), (unsigned long long) offset);
+		DataManager::SetValue("tw_qcom_ats_offset", (unsigned long long) offset, 1);
+		fixed = true;
+	}
+
+	if (!fixed) {
+		// Failed to get offset from ats file, check twrp settings
+		unsigned long long value;
+		if (DataManager::GetValue("tw_qcom_ats_offset", value) < 0) {
+			return;
+		} else {
+			offset = (uint64_t) value;
+			LOGINFO("TWFunc::Fixup_Time: Setting time offset from twrp setting file, offset %llu\n", (unsigned long long) offset);
+			// Do not consider the settings file as a definitive answer, keep fixed=false so next run will try ats files again
+		}
+	}
 
 	gettimeofday(&tv, NULL);
 
@@ -993,7 +1007,6 @@
 	settimeofday(&tv, NULL);
 
 	LOGINFO("TWFunc::Fixup_Time: Date and time corrected: %s\n", TWFunc::Get_Current_Date().c_str());
-
 #endif
 }
 
diff --git a/twrp-functions.hpp b/twrp-functions.hpp
index 9c149ea..a1f67f2 100644
--- a/twrp-functions.hpp
+++ b/twrp-functions.hpp
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@
 	static string System_Property_Get(string Prop_Name);                // Returns value of Prop_Name from reading /system/build.prop
 	static string Get_Current_Date(void);                               // Returns the current date in ccyy-m-dd--hh-nn-ss format
 	static void Auto_Generate_Backup_Name();                            // Populates TW_BACKUP_NAME with a backup name based on current date and ro.build.display.id from /system/build.prop
-	static void Fixup_Time_On_Boot(); // Fixes time on devices which need it
+	static void Fixup_Time_On_Boot(const string& time_paths = ""); // Fixes time on devices which need it (time_paths is a space separated list of paths to check for ats_* files)
 	static std::vector<std::string> Split_String(const std::string& str, const std::string& delimiter, bool removeEmpty = true); // Splits string by delimiter
 	static bool Create_Dir_Recursive(const std::string& path, mode_t mode = 0755, uid_t uid = -1, gid_t gid = -1);  // Create directory and it's parents, if they don't exist. mode, uid and gid are set to all _newly_ created folders. If whole path exists, do nothing.
 	static int Set_Brightness(std::string brightness_value); // Well, you can read, it does what it says, passing return int from TWFunc::Write_File ;)