diff --git a/src/common/__tests__/user-store.test.ts b/src/common/__tests__/user-store.test.ts
index b74941a790..45fc8f65c5 100644
--- a/src/common/__tests__/user-store.test.ts
+++ b/src/common/__tests__/user-store.test.ts
@@ -45,18 +45,6 @@ describe("user store tests", () => {
       expect(us.seenContexts.has("bar")).toBe(true);
     });
 
-    it("allows setting and getting preferences", () => {
-      const us = UserStore.getInstance<UserStore>();
-
-      us.preferences.httpsProxy = "abcd://defg";
-
-      expect(us.preferences.httpsProxy).toBe("abcd://defg");
-      expect(us.preferences.colorTheme).toBe(UserStore.defaultTheme);
-
-      us.preferences.colorTheme = "light";
-      expect(us.preferences.colorTheme).toBe("light");
-    });
-
     it("correctly resets theme to default value", async () => {
       const us = UserStore.getInstance<UserStore>();
 
@@ -77,6 +65,32 @@ describe("user store tests", () => {
     });
   });
 
+  describe("preferences", () => {
+    it("allows setting and getting preferences", () => {
+      const us = UserStore.getInstance<UserStore>();
+
+      us.preferences.httpsProxy = "abcd://defg";
+
+      expect(us.preferences.httpsProxy).toBe("abcd://defg");
+      expect(us.preferences.colorTheme).toBe(UserStore.defaultTheme);
+
+      us.preferences.colorTheme = "light";
+      expect(us.preferences.colorTheme).toBe("light");
+    });
+
+    it("allows setting and getting table column sizes", () => {
+      const us = UserStore.getInstance<UserStore>();
+      const [clusterId, tableId] = ["foo", "bar"];
+
+      expect( us.getTableSizing(clusterId, tableId) ).toStrictEqual([]);
+
+      const sizes = [100, 150, 70, 400];
+
+      us.setTableSizing(clusterId, tableId, sizes);
+      expect( us.getTableSizing(clusterId, tableId) ).toStrictEqual(sizes);
+    });
+  });
+
   describe("migrations", () => {
     beforeEach(() => {
       UserStore.resetInstance();
diff --git a/src/common/table-size-config.ts b/src/common/table-size-config.ts
index 922c03e872..7fe83fe533 100644
--- a/src/common/table-size-config.ts
+++ b/src/common/table-size-config.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,13 @@
 import { ClusterId } from "./cluster-store";
 
-export type TableId = string;
-export type TableSizeRecord = Record<TableId, number[]>;
-
 /**
  * Stores a configuration of table column sizes, set by the user,
- * for each table by `TableId`, for each cluster by `ClusterId`
+ * for each talbe by `tableId`
+ */
+export type TableSizeRecord = Record<string, number[]>;
+
+/**
+ * Stores a configuration of table column sizes, set by the user,
+ * for each table by `tableId`, for each cluster by `ClusterId`
  */
 export type TableSizeConfig = Record<ClusterId, TableSizeRecord>;
diff --git a/src/common/user-store.ts b/src/common/user-store.ts
index 479e7e3fdf..064833e3cb 100644
--- a/src/common/user-store.ts
+++ b/src/common/user-store.ts
@@ -92,6 +92,23 @@ export class UserStore extends BaseStore<UserStoreModel> {
     return semver.gt(getAppVersion(), this.lastSeenAppVersion);
   }
 
+  @action
+  setTableSizing(clusterId: string, tableId: string, sizes: number[]) {
+    const { tableSizeConfig: config } = this.preferences;
+    
+    if (!config[clusterId]) {
+      config[clusterId] = { [tableId]: sizes };
+    } else {
+      config[clusterId][tableId] = sizes;
+    }
+  }
+
+  getTableSizing(clusterId: string, tableId: string): number[] {
+    const { tableSizeConfig: config } = this.preferences;
+
+    return config[clusterId]?.[tableId] || [];
+  }
+
   @action
   setHiddenTableColumns(tableId: string, names: Set<string> | string[]) {
     this.preferences.hiddenTableColumns[tableId] = Array.from(names);
diff --git a/src/renderer/components/app.tsx b/src/renderer/components/app.tsx
index f5ad684595..d758717101 100755
--- a/src/renderer/components/app.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/components/app.tsx
@@ -51,6 +51,31 @@ import { CommandContainer } from "./command-palette/command-container";
 import { KubeObjectStore } from "../kube-object.store";
 import { clusterContext } from "./context";
 
+/**
+ * Hacking into document event listeners to detect leaks
+ * TODO: remove this
+ */
+(function watchEvent() {
+  const addOne = document.addEventListener;
+  const removeOne = document.removeEventListener;
+  
+  (document as any)["listeners"] = new Map<any, any>();
+  
+  document.addEventListener = (type: string, listener: any) => {
+    const registry: Map<any, any> = (document as any)["listeners"];
+  
+    registry.set(listener, type);
+    addOne(type, listener);
+  };
+  
+  document.removeEventListener = (type: string, listener: any) => {
+    const registry: Map<any, any> = (document as any)["listeners"];
+  
+    registry.delete(listener);
+    removeOne(type, listener);
+  };
+})();
+
 @observer
 export class App extends React.Component {
   static async init() {
diff --git a/src/renderer/components/item-object-list/item-list-layout.tsx b/src/renderer/components/item-object-list/item-list-layout.tsx
index d52ec9e9ab..298c0b5d6f 100644
--- a/src/renderer/components/item-object-list/item-list-layout.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/components/item-object-list/item-list-layout.tsx
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ export interface IHeaderPlaceholders {
 
 export interface ItemListLayoutProps<T extends ItemObject = ItemObject> {
   tableId?: string;
+  clusterId?: string;
   className: IClassName;
   items?: T[];
   store: ItemStore<T>;
@@ -112,6 +113,18 @@ export class ItemListLayout extends React.Component<ItemListLayoutProps> {
   }
 
   @observable cellSizes: number[];
+  get persistentCellSizes(): number[] {
+    const { clusterId, tableId, renderTableHeader: { length } } = this.props;
+    const savedSizes = userStore.getTableSizing(clusterId, tableId);
+
+    return savedSizes.length !== length ? new Array<number>(length) : savedSizes;
+  }
+
+  set persistentCellSizes(sizes: number[]) {
+    const { clusterId, tableId } = this.props;
+  
+    userStore.setTableSizing(clusterId, tableId, sizes);
+  }
 
   constructor(props: ItemListLayoutProps) {
     super(props);
@@ -121,12 +134,16 @@ export class ItemListLayout extends React.Component<ItemListLayoutProps> {
   }
 
   async componentDidMount() {
-    const { isClusterScoped, isConfigurable, tableId, preloadStores } = this.props;
+    const { isClusterScoped, isConfigurable, tableId, preloadStores, isResizable } = this.props;
 
     if (isConfigurable && !tableId) {
       throw new Error("[ItemListLayout]: configurable list require props.tableId to be specified");
     }
 
+    if (isResizable) {
+      this.cellSizes = this.persistentCellSizes;
+    }
+
     if (preloadStores) {
       this.loadStores();
 
@@ -218,6 +235,11 @@ export class ItemListLayout extends React.Component<ItemListLayoutProps> {
     return this.applyFilters(filterItems.concat(this.props.filterItems), items);
   }
 
+  persistCellSizes() {
+    console.log("Persisting sizes");
+    this.persistentCellSizes = this.cellSizes;
+  }
+
   handleCellResize(index: number, width: number) {
     this.cellSizes[index] = width;
   }
@@ -268,6 +290,7 @@ export class ItemListLayout extends React.Component<ItemListLayoutProps> {
 
             if (resizable) {
               cellProps._onResize = width => this.handleCellResize(index, width);
+              cellProps._onResizeComplete = () => this.persistCellSizes();
             }
 
             if (!headCell || !this.isHiddenColumn(headCell)) {
@@ -404,7 +427,7 @@ export class ItemListLayout extends React.Component<ItemListLayoutProps> {
   }
 
   renderTableHeader() {
-    const { customizeTableRowProps, renderTableHeader, isSelectable, isConfigurable, store, isResizable: resizable } = this.props;
+    const { customizeTableRowProps, renderTableHeader, isSelectable, isConfigurable, store, isResizable } = this.props;
 
     if (!renderTableHeader) {
       return;
@@ -423,9 +446,13 @@ export class ItemListLayout extends React.Component<ItemListLayoutProps> {
         )}
         {renderTableHeader.map((cellProps, index) => {
           const cellSize = this.cellSizes[index];
-          const _cellProps = resizable ?
-            { ...cellProps, _onResize: (width: number) => this.handleCellResize(index, width), resizable } :
-            cellProps;
+          const _cellProps = isResizable ?
+            { 
+              ...cellProps, 
+              _onResize: (width: number) => this.handleCellResize(index, width),
+              _onResizeComplete: () => this.persistCellSizes(),
+              isResizable 
+            } : cellProps;
 
           if (cellSize !== undefined) {
             _cellProps.size = cellSize;
diff --git a/src/renderer/components/kube-object/kube-object-list-layout.tsx b/src/renderer/components/kube-object/kube-object-list-layout.tsx
index c8948603f6..689d8523a6 100644
--- a/src/renderer/components/kube-object/kube-object-list-layout.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/components/kube-object/kube-object-list-layout.tsx
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ export class KubeObjectListLayout extends React.Component<KubeObjectListLayoutPr
         isResizable
         {...layoutProps}
         className={cssNames("KubeObjectListLayout", className)}
+        clusterId={store.context.cluster.id}
         store={store}
         items={items}
         preloadStores={false} // loading handled in kubeWatchApi.subscribeStores()
diff --git a/src/renderer/components/table/table-cell.tsx b/src/renderer/components/table/table-cell.tsx
index d5f282358c..978344f4b7 100644
--- a/src/renderer/components/table/table-cell.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/components/table/table-cell.tsx
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ export interface TableCellProps extends React.DOMAttributes<HTMLDivElement> {
   _sort?(sortBy: TableSortBy): void; // <Table> sort function, don't use this prop outside (!)
   _nowrap?: boolean; // indicator, might come from parent <TableHead>, don't use this prop outside (!)
   _onResize?(width: number): void; // <Table> resize callbalck, don't use this prop outside (!)
+  _onResizeComplete?(): void; // triggers a callback when user stops resizing
 }
 
 type ResizeHandlerState = {
@@ -104,6 +105,8 @@ export class TableCell extends React.Component<TableCellProps> {
 
   mouseUpHandler() {
     this.removeMouseEventListeners();
+    console.log((document as any)["listeners"]);
+    this.props?._onResizeComplete();
     this.resizeHandlerState = undefined;
   }