diff --git a/src/app/calendar-app/calendar-app.component.spec.ts b/src/app/calendar-app/calendar-app.component.spec.ts
index e2b29af55..f8adc7b8a 100644
--- a/src/app/calendar-app/calendar-app.component.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/calendar-app/calendar-app.component.spec.ts
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ import { of, Observable, ReplaySubject } from 'rxjs';
 import { MatLegacySnackBar as MatSnackBar } from '@angular/material/legacy-snack-bar';
 import { RunboxCalendar } from './runbox-calendar';
 import { RunboxCalendarEvent } from './runbox-calendar-event';
+import { RunboxCalendarView } from './runbox-calendar-view';
 import { MatIcon } from '@angular/material/icon';
 import { MatIconTestingModule } from '@angular/material/icon/testing';
 import moment from 'moment';
@@ -281,6 +282,27 @@ END:VCALENDAR
         expect(component.shown_events.length).toBe(shownEventsCount, 'same number of events shown after cycling through months');
     });
 
+    it('should advance by week when restoring the week calendar view from preferences (GH-1541)', () => {
+        const preferences = TestBed.inject(PreferencesService) as any;
+        const startDate = new Date('2024-02-26T12:00:00Z');
+
+        component.viewDate = new Date(startDate);
+        preferences.preferences.next(new Map([[
+            'global:calendarSettings',
+            { lastUsedView: RunboxCalendarView.Week }
+        ]]));
+        fixture.detectChanges();
+
+        expect(component.view).toBe(RunboxCalendarView.Week);
+        expect(component.mwlView).toBe(component.CalendarView.Week);
+
+        fixture.debugElement.nativeElement.querySelector('button#nextPeriodButton').click();
+        fixture.detectChanges();
+
+        const daysAdvanced = Math.round((component.viewDate.getTime() - startDate.getTime()) / (24 * 60 * 60 * 1000));
+        expect(daysAdvanced).toBe(7);
+    });
+
     it('should not display yearly events as longer than they are (GH-179)', () => {
         mockData['events'] = GH_179_recurring_yearly;
         component.calendarservice.syncCaldav(true);
diff --git a/src/app/calendar-app/calendar-app.component.ts b/src/app/calendar-app/calendar-app.component.ts
index 0f1195171..188cff8f6 100644
--- a/src/app/calendar-app/calendar-app.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/calendar-app/calendar-app.component.ts
@@ -118,7 +118,8 @@ export class CalendarAppComponent implements OnDestroy {
             const storedSettings = prefs.get(`${this.prefGroup}:calendarSettings`);
             if (storedSettings) {
                 this.settings = new CalendarSettings(storedSettings);
-                this.setView(this.settings.lastUsedView);
+                this.view = this.settings.lastUsedView;
+                this.syncMwlView();
             }
         });
         this.calendarservice.errorLog.subscribe(e => this.showError(e));
@@ -328,30 +329,35 @@ export class CalendarAppComponent implements OnDestroy {
         });
     }
 
+    private syncMwlView(): void {
+        switch (this.view) {
+            case RunboxCalendarView.Overview: {
+                this.mwlView = null;
+                break;
+            }
+            case RunboxCalendarView.Month: {
+                this.mwlView = CalendarView.Month;
+                break;
+            }
+            case RunboxCalendarView.Week: {
+                this.mwlView = CalendarView.Week;
+                break;
+            }
+            case RunboxCalendarView.Day: {
+                this.mwlView = CalendarView.Day;
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     setView(view: RunboxCalendarView): void {
         this.view = view;
+
         if (this.settings.lastUsedView !== view) {
             this.settings.lastUsedView = this.view;
             this.preferenceService.set(this.prefGroup, 'calendarSettings', this.settings);
 
-            switch (this.view) {
-                case RunboxCalendarView.Overview: {
-                    this.mwlView = null;
-                    break;
-                }
-                case RunboxCalendarView.Month: {
-                    this.mwlView = CalendarView.Month;
-                    break;
-                }
-                case RunboxCalendarView.Week: {
-                    this.mwlView = CalendarView.Week;
-                    break;
-                }
-                case RunboxCalendarView.Day: {
-                    this.mwlView = CalendarView.Day;
-                    break;
-                }
-            }
+            this.syncMwlView();
         }
     }