diff --git a/lib/WeBWorK/ContentGenerator/GatewayQuiz.pm b/lib/WeBWorK/ContentGenerator/GatewayQuiz.pm
index 107d659a20..3bcb0c0504 100644
--- a/lib/WeBWorK/ContentGenerator/GatewayQuiz.pm
+++ b/lib/WeBWorK/ContentGenerator/GatewayQuiz.pm
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ deal with versioning sets
 =cut
 
 use Mojo::Promise;
+use Mojo::JSON qw(encode_json decode_json);
 
 use WeBWorK::PG::ImageGenerator;
 # Use the ContentGenerator formatDateTime, not the version in Utils.
@@ -1455,6 +1456,18 @@ async sub getProblemHTML ($c, $effectiveUser, $set, $formFields, $mergedProblem)
 	# So rewarn them and let the global warning handler take care of it.
 	warn $pg->{warnings} if $pg->{warnings};
 
+	# Store persistent problem data from the PERSISTENCE_HASH
+	my $pureProblem =
+		$c->db->getProblemVersion($mergedProblem->user_id, $setID, $setVersionNumber, $mergedProblem->problem_id);
+	my $json_data = decode_json($pureProblem->{problem_data} || '{}');
+	for my $key (keys %{ $pg->{PERSISTENCE_HASH} }) {
+		$json_data->{$key} = $pg->{PERSISTENCE_HASH}{$key};
+	}
+	$pureProblem->problem_data(encode_json($json_data));
+	if (!$c->db->putProblemVersion($pureProblem)) {
+		warn "failed to save problem data";
+	}
+
 	if ($pg->{flags}{error_flag}) {
 		push @{ $c->{errors} },
 			{
diff --git a/lib/WeBWorK/ContentGenerator/Problem.pm b/lib/WeBWorK/ContentGenerator/Problem.pm
index 7741d6b2f8..16f7d6e920 100644
--- a/lib/WeBWorK/ContentGenerator/Problem.pm
+++ b/lib/WeBWorK/ContentGenerator/Problem.pm
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ use WeBWorK::Utils::LanguageAndDirection qw(get_problem_lang_and_dir);
 use WeBWorK::AchievementEvaluator;
 use WeBWorK::HTML::AttemptsTable;
 
+use Mojo::JSON qw(encode_json decode_json);
+
 # GET/POST Parameters for this module
 #
 # Standard params:
@@ -625,6 +627,18 @@ async sub pre_header_initialize ($c) {
 
 	debug('end pg processing');
 
+	# Store persistent problem data from the PERSISTENCE_HASH
+	my $pureProblem = $db->getUserProblem($problem->user_id, $problem->set_id, $problem->problem_id);
+
+	my $json_data = decode_json($pureProblem->{problem_data} || '{}');
+	for my $key (keys %{ $pg->{PERSISTENCE_HASH} }) {
+		$json_data->{$key} = $pg->{PERSISTENCE_HASH}{$key};
+	}
+	$pureProblem->problem_data(encode_json($json_data));
+	if (!$db->putUserProblem($pureProblem)) {
+		warn "failed to save problem data";
+	}
+
 	$pg->{body_text} .= $c->hidden_field(
 		num_attempts => $problem->num_correct + $problem->num_incorrect + ($c->{submitAnswers} ? 1 : 0),
 		id           => 'num_attempts'
diff --git a/lib/WeBWorK/DB/Record/UserProblem.pm b/lib/WeBWorK/DB/Record/UserProblem.pm
index 3e4f0b5c78..d2c7d36515 100644
--- a/lib/WeBWorK/DB/Record/UserProblem.pm
+++ b/lib/WeBWorK/DB/Record/UserProblem.pm
@@ -54,6 +54,8 @@ BEGIN {
 		sub_status => { type => "FLOAT" },
 		# a field for flags which need to be set
 		flags => { type => "TEXT" },
+		# additional stored data for this problem, internally uses JSON:
+		problem_data => { type => "MEDIUMTEXT" },
 	);
 }
 
diff --git a/lib/WeBWorK/Utils/Rendering.pm b/lib/WeBWorK/Utils/Rendering.pm
index 9433eee4c2..0aee47e51a 100644
--- a/lib/WeBWorK/Utils/Rendering.pm
+++ b/lib/WeBWorK/Utils/Rendering.pm
@@ -120,6 +120,9 @@ sub constructPGOptions ($ce, $user, $set, $problem, $psvn, $formFields, $transla
 	$options{num_of_correct_ans}   = $problem->num_correct;
 	$options{num_of_incorrect_ans} = $problem->num_incorrect;
 
+	# Persistent problem data
+	$options{PERSISTENCE_HASH} = decode_json($problem->problem_data || '{}');
+
 	# Language
 	$options{language}            = $ce->{language};
 	$options{language_subroutine} = WeBWorK::Localize::getLoc($options{language});
@@ -260,12 +263,17 @@ sub renderPG ($c, $effectiveUser, $set, $problem, $psvn, $formFields, $translati
 				map { $_ => $pg->{pgcore}{PG_alias}{resource_list}{$_}{uri}{content} }
 					keys %{ $pg->{pgcore}{PG_alias}{resource_list} }
 			};
+			$ret->{PERSISTENCE_HASH} = {
+				map { $_ => $pg->{pgcore}{PERSISTENCE_HASH}{$_} }
+					keys %{ $pg->{pgcore}{PERSISTENCE_HASH} }
+			};
 		}
 
 		# Save the problem source. This is used by Caliper::Entity. Why?
 		$ret->{problem_source_code} = $pg->{translator}{source} if ref $pg->{translator};
 
 		$pg->free;
+
 		return $ret;
 	})->catch(sub ($err) {
 		return { body_text => '', answers => {}, flags => { error_flag => 1 }, errors => $err };