diff --git a/src-ui/src/app/app-routing.module.ts b/src-ui/src/app/app-routing.module.ts
index 160e3bb97..3eebd31bd 100644
--- a/src-ui/src/app/app-routing.module.ts
+++ b/src-ui/src/app/app-routing.module.ts
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ export const routes: Routes = [
         canActivate: [PermissionsGuard],
         data: {
           requiredPermission: {
-            action: PermissionAction.View,
+            action: PermissionAction.Change,
             type: PermissionType.UISettings,
           },
         },
diff --git a/src-ui/src/app/components/admin/settings/settings.component.html b/src-ui/src/app/components/admin/settings/settings.component.html
index 5b9ce7d9f..059b233e2 100644
--- a/src-ui/src/app/components/admin/settings/settings.component.html
+++ b/src-ui/src/app/components/admin/settings/settings.component.html
@@ -351,5 +351,5 @@
 
   <div [ngbNavOutlet]="nav" class="border-start border-end border-bottom p-3 mb-3 shadow-sm"></div>
 
-  <button type="submit" class="btn btn-primary mb-2" *pngxIfPermissions="{ action: PermissionAction.Change, type: PermissionType.UISettings }" [disabled]="(isDirty$ | async) === false" i18n>Save</button>
+  <button type="submit" class="btn btn-primary mb-2" [disabled]="(isDirty$ | async) === false" i18n>Save</button>
 </form>
diff --git a/src-ui/src/app/components/app-frame/app-frame.component.html b/src-ui/src/app/components/app-frame/app-frame.component.html
index 7bd77361c..5f30d54fa 100644
--- a/src-ui/src/app/components/app-frame/app-frame.component.html
+++ b/src-ui/src/app/components/app-frame/app-frame.component.html
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
           <i-bs class="me-2" name="person"></i-bs>&nbsp;<ng-container i18n>My Profile</ng-container>
         </button>
         <a ngbDropdownItem class="nav-link" routerLink="settings" (click)="closeMenu()"
-          *pngxIfPermissions="{ action: PermissionAction.View, type: PermissionType.UISettings }">
+          *pngxIfPermissions="{ action: PermissionAction.Change, type: PermissionType.UISettings }">
           <i-bs class="me-2" name="gear"></i-bs><ng-container i18n>Settings</ng-container>
         </a>
         <a ngbDropdownItem class="nav-link d-flex" href="accounts/logout/" (click)="onLogout()">
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@
           <span i18n>Administration</span>
         </h6>
         <ul class="nav flex-column mb-2">
-          <li class="nav-item" *pngxIfPermissions="{ action: PermissionAction.View, type: PermissionType.UISettings }"
+          <li class="nav-item" *pngxIfPermissions="{ action: PermissionAction.Change, type: PermissionType.UISettings }"
             tourAnchor="tour.settings">
             <a class="nav-link" routerLink="settings" routerLinkActive="active" (click)="closeMenu()"
               ngbPopover="Settings" i18n-ngbPopover [disablePopover]="!slimSidebarEnabled" placement="end"
diff --git a/src/documents/tests/test_api_uisettings.py b/src/documents/tests/test_api_uisettings.py
index bde4808d4..cb85de91a 100644
--- a/src/documents/tests/test_api_uisettings.py
+++ b/src/documents/tests/test_api_uisettings.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import json
 
+from django.contrib.auth.models import Permission
 from django.contrib.auth.models import User
 from rest_framework import status
 from rest_framework.test import APITestCase
@@ -65,3 +66,47 @@ class TestApiUiSettings(DirectoriesMixin, APITestCase):
             ui_settings.settings,
             settings["settings"],
         )
+
+    def test_api_set_ui_settings_insufficient_global_permissions(self):
+        not_superuser = User.objects.create_user(username="test_not_superuser")
+        self.client.force_authenticate(user=not_superuser)
+
+        settings = {
+            "settings": {
+                "dark_mode": {
+                    "enabled": True,
+                },
+            },
+        }
+
+        response = self.client.post(
+            self.ENDPOINT,
+            json.dumps(settings),
+            content_type="application/json",
+        )
+
+        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, status.HTTP_403_FORBIDDEN)
+
+    def test_api_set_ui_settings_sufficient_global_permissions(self):
+        not_superuser = User.objects.create_user(username="test_not_superuser")
+        not_superuser.user_permissions.add(
+            *Permission.objects.filter(codename__contains="uisettings"),
+        )
+        not_superuser.save()
+        self.client.force_authenticate(user=not_superuser)
+
+        settings = {
+            "settings": {
+                "dark_mode": {
+                    "enabled": True,
+                },
+            },
+        }
+
+        response = self.client.post(
+            self.ENDPOINT,
+            json.dumps(settings),
+            content_type="application/json",
+        )
+
+        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, status.HTTP_200_OK)
diff --git a/src/documents/views.py b/src/documents/views.py
index 6169ac5bb..5c84d5ea8 100644
--- a/src/documents/views.py
+++ b/src/documents/views.py
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ from rest_framework.mixins import DestroyModelMixin
 from rest_framework.mixins import ListModelMixin
 from rest_framework.mixins import RetrieveModelMixin
 from rest_framework.mixins import UpdateModelMixin
+from rest_framework.permissions import DjangoModelPermissions
 from rest_framework.permissions import IsAuthenticated
 from rest_framework.response import Response
 from rest_framework.views import APIView
@@ -103,6 +104,7 @@ from documents.models import SavedView
 from documents.models import ShareLink
 from documents.models import StoragePath
 from documents.models import Tag
+from documents.models import UiSettings
 from documents.models import Workflow
 from documents.models import WorkflowAction
 from documents.models import WorkflowTrigger
@@ -1190,9 +1192,15 @@ class StoragePathViewSet(ModelViewSet, PassUserMixin):
 
 
 class UiSettingsView(GenericAPIView):
-    permission_classes = (IsAuthenticated,)
+    queryset = UiSettings.objects.all()
+    permission_classes = (IsAuthenticated, DjangoModelPermissions)
     serializer_class = UiSettingsViewSerializer
 
+    perms_map = {
+        "GET": ["%(app_label)s.view_%(model_name)s"],
+        "POST": ["%(app_label)s.change_%(model_name)s"],
+    }
+
     def get(self, request, format=None):
         serializer = self.get_serializer(data=request.data)
         serializer.is_valid(raise_exception=True)