diff --git a/app/controllers/settings_controller.rb b/app/controllers/settings_controller.rb
index cb7de77..8e307ca 100644
--- a/app/controllers/settings_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/settings_controller.rb
@@ -147,11 +147,9 @@ class SettingsController < ApplicationController
     end
 
     def user_params
-      params.require(:user).permit(:display_name, :avatar, preferences: [
-        :lightning_notify_sats_received,
-        :remotestorage_notify_auth_created,
-        :xmpp_exchange_contacts_with_invitees
-      ])
+      params.require(:user).permit(
+        :display_name, :avatar, preferences: UserPreferences.pref_keys
+      )
     end
 
     def email_params
diff --git a/app/models/user_preferences.rb b/app/models/user_preferences.rb
index ffdf7f6..0eba822 100644
--- a/app/models/user_preferences.rb
+++ b/app/models/user_preferences.rb
@@ -26,4 +26,8 @@ class UserPreferences
     end
     hash.stringify_keys!.to_h
   end
+
+  def self.pref_keys
+    DEFAULT_PREFS.keys.map(&:to_sym)
+  end
 end
diff --git a/spec/models/user_preferences_spec.rb b/spec/models/user_preferences_spec.rb
index 4bb7b42..22e3e29 100644
--- a/spec/models/user_preferences_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/user_preferences_spec.rb
@@ -38,4 +38,15 @@ RSpec.describe UserPreferences, type: :model do
       expect(res['lightning_notify_sats_received_threshold']).to eq(1000)
     end
   end
+
+  describe ".pref_keys" do
+    let(:default_prefs) { YAML.load_file("#{Rails.root}/config/default_preferences.yml") }
+
+    it "returns the keys of all default preferences as an array of symbols" do
+      expect(UserPreferences.pref_keys).to be_a(Array)
+      expect(UserPreferences.pref_keys).to include(:lightning_notify_sats_received)
+      expect(UserPreferences.pref_keys).to include(:xmpp_exchange_contacts_with_invitees)
+      expect(UserPreferences.pref_keys.length).to eq(default_prefs.keys.length)
+    end
+  end
 end