diff --git a/roles/pinentry-wsl/tasks/main.yaml b/roles/pinentry-wsl/tasks/main.yaml
index 64849ff..7483050 100644
--- a/roles/pinentry-wsl/tasks/main.yaml
+++ b/roles/pinentry-wsl/tasks/main.yaml
@@ -13,6 +13,13 @@
       dest: "/home/{{ account.name }}/bin/pinentry-wsl-ps1.sh"
       mode: "0755"
 
+- name: enable session persistence
+  become_user: "{{ account.name }}"
+  lineinfile:
+      path: "/home/{{ account.name }}/bin/pinentry-wsl-ps1.sh"
+      regexp: "^PERSISTENCE="
+      line: "PERSISTENCE=\"1\""
+
 - name: ensure gpg-agent is installed
   apt:
       name: gpg-agent
@@ -25,5 +32,3 @@
       create: yes
       regexp: "^pinentry-program"
       line: "pinentry-program /home/{{ account.name }}/bin/pinentry-wsl-ps1.sh"
-
-