diff --git a/lib/app.dart b/lib/app.dart
index d6e31fb..c021ce2 100644
--- a/lib/app.dart
+++ b/lib/app.dart
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
 
 import 'backend.dart';
 import 'screens/home.dart';
+import 'selectors/files.dart';
 import 'widgets/player_bar.dart';
 
 class App extends StatelessWidget {
@@ -64,6 +65,42 @@ class App extends StatelessWidget {
                 ],
               ),
             );
+          } else if (backend.status == BackendStatus.setup) {
+            return Material(
+              color: Theme.of(context).scaffoldBackgroundColor,
+              child: Column(
+                mainAxisAlignment: MainAxisAlignment.center,
+                children: <Widget>[
+                  Text(
+                    'Choose the base path for\nyour music library.',
+                    textAlign: TextAlign.center,
+                    style: Theme.of(context).textTheme.headline6,
+                  ),
+                  SizedBox(
+                    height: 16.0,
+                  ),
+                  ListTile(
+                    leading: const Icon(Icons.folder_open),
+                    title: Text('Choose path'),
+                    onTap: () async {
+                      final path = await Navigator.push<String>(
+                        context,
+                        MaterialPageRoute(
+                          builder: (context) => FilesSelector(
+                            mode: FilesSelectorMode.directory,
+                          ),
+                          fullscreenDialog: true,
+                        ),
+                      );
+
+                      if (path != null) {
+                        backend.setMusicLibraryPath(path);
+                      }
+                    },
+                  ),
+                ],
+              ),
+            );
           } else {
             return Content();
           }
diff --git a/lib/backend.dart b/lib/backend.dart
index 47dcdfb..ff99cdc 100644
--- a/lib/backend.dart
+++ b/lib/backend.dart
@@ -1,12 +1,14 @@
 import 'package:flutter/widgets.dart';
 import 'package:permission_handler/permission_handler.dart';
 import 'package:rxdart/rxdart.dart';
+import 'package:shared_preferences/shared_preferences.dart';
 
 import 'database.dart';
 
 enum BackendStatus {
   loading,
   needsPermissions,
+  setup,
   ready,
 }
 
@@ -33,6 +35,9 @@ class BackendState extends State<Backend> {
 
   Database db;
   BackendStatus status = BackendStatus.loading;
+  String musicLibraryPath;
+
+  SharedPreferences _shPref;
 
   @override
   void initState() {
@@ -49,6 +54,9 @@ class BackendState extends State<Backend> {
   }
 
   Future<void> _load() async {
+    _shPref = await SharedPreferences.getInstance();
+    musicLibraryPath = _shPref.getString('musicLibraryPath');
+
     db = Database('musicus.sqlite');
 
     final permissionStatus =
@@ -58,6 +66,16 @@ class BackendState extends State<Backend> {
       setState(() {
         status = BackendStatus.needsPermissions;
       });
+    } else {
+      await _loadMusicLibrary();
+    }
+  }
+
+  Future<void> _loadMusicLibrary() async {
+    if (musicLibraryPath == null) {
+      setState(() {
+        status = BackendStatus.setup;
+      });
     } else {
       setState(() {
         status = BackendStatus.ready;
@@ -68,7 +86,7 @@ class BackendState extends State<Backend> {
   Future<void> requestPermissions() async {
     final result =
         await _permissionHandler.requestPermissions([PermissionGroup.storage]);
-    
+
     if (result[PermissionGroup.storage] == PermissionStatus.granted) {
       setState(() {
         status = BackendStatus.ready;
@@ -78,6 +96,15 @@ class BackendState extends State<Backend> {
 
   Future<void> openAppSettings() => _permissionHandler.openAppSettings();
 
+  Future<void> setMusicLibraryPath(String path) async {
+    musicLibraryPath = path;
+    await _shPref.setString('musicLibraryPath', path);
+    setState(() {
+      status = BackendStatus.loading;
+    });
+    await _loadMusicLibrary();
+  }
+
   void startPlayer() {
     playerActive.add(true);
   }
diff --git a/pubspec.yaml b/pubspec.yaml
index 28e8da9..37835fa 100644
--- a/pubspec.yaml
+++ b/pubspec.yaml
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ dependencies:
   path:
   permission_handler:
   rxdart:
+  shared_preferences:
 
 dev_dependencies:
   build_runner: