diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/base.txt b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/base.txt
index e07a98f..71c62af 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/base.txt
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/base.txt
@@ -2,4 +2,5 @@ Django~=3.2.4
 psycopg2-binary>=2.8,<2.9
 requests~=2.25.1
 python-dotenv~=0.18.0
-python-telegram-bot~=13.7
\ No newline at end of file
+python-telegram-bot~=13.7
+python-telegram-bot-django-persistence~=0.1.7
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/bot/engine.py b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/bot/engine.py
index 24bdac3..cb15e6f 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/bot/engine.py
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/bot/engine.py
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
     ConversationHandler,
     Filters,
 )
+from python_telegram_bot_django_persistence.persistence import DjangoPersistence
 from django.conf import settings
 
 from . import commands, callbacks, conversation, constants, messages, models
@@ -62,7 +63,7 @@ def __init__(self):
 
         token = settings.TELEGRAM_TOKEN
 
-        self.updater = Updater(token=token, use_context=True, workers=200)
+        self.updater = Updater(token=token, use_context=True, workers=200, persistence=DjangoPersistence())
         self.bot = telegram.Bot(token=token)
 
         # Notify admins