diff --git a/src/classes/Keyboard.cpp b/src/classes/Keyboard.cpp
index 47ec2e0..c342262 100644
--- a/src/classes/Keyboard.cpp
+++ b/src/classes/Keyboard.cpp
@@ -568,7 +568,8 @@ bool LedKeyboard::setAllKeys(LedKeyboard::Color color) {
 			for (uint8_t rIndex=0x01; rIndex <= 0x05; rIndex++) if (! setRegion(rIndex, color)) return false;
 			return true;
 		case KeyboardModel::g413:
-			setNativeEffect(NativeEffect::color, NativeEffectPart::keys, std::chrono::seconds(0), color);
+			setNativeEffect(NativeEffect::color, NativeEffectPart::keys, std::chrono::seconds(0), color,
+					NativeEffectStorage::none);
 			return true;
 		case KeyboardModel::g410:
     case KeyboardModel::g513:
@@ -697,7 +698,9 @@ bool LedKeyboard::setStartupMode(StartupMode startupMode) {
 }
 
 
-bool LedKeyboard::setNativeEffect(NativeEffect effect, NativeEffectPart part, std::chrono::duration<uint16_t, std::milli> period, Color color) {
+bool LedKeyboard::setNativeEffect(NativeEffect effect, NativeEffectPart part,
+				  std::chrono::duration<uint16_t, std::milli> period, Color color,
+				  NativeEffectStorage storage) {
 	uint8_t protocolByte = 0;
 	NativeEffectGroup effectGroup = static_cast<NativeEffectGroup>(static_cast<uint16_t>(effect) >> 8);
 
@@ -722,8 +725,8 @@ bool LedKeyboard::setNativeEffect(NativeEffect effect, NativeEffectPart part, st
 				break;
 		}
 		return (
-			setNativeEffect(effect, LedKeyboard::NativeEffectPart::keys, period, color) &&
-			setNativeEffect(effect, LedKeyboard::NativeEffectPart::logo, period, color));
+			setNativeEffect(effect, LedKeyboard::NativeEffectPart::keys, period, color, storage) &&
+			setNativeEffect(effect, LedKeyboard::NativeEffectPart::logo, period, color, storage));
 	}
 
 	switch (currentDevice.model) {
@@ -747,7 +750,7 @@ bool LedKeyboard::setNativeEffect(NativeEffect effect, NativeEffectPart part, st
 	}
 
 	if ((effectGroup == NativeEffectGroup::waves) && (part == NativeEffectPart::logo)) {
-		return setNativeEffect(NativeEffect::color, part, std::chrono::seconds(0), Color({0x00, 0xff, 0xff}));
+		return setNativeEffect(NativeEffect::color, part, std::chrono::seconds(0), Color({0x00, 0xff, 0xff}), storage);
 	}
 
 	byte_buffer_t data = {
@@ -763,7 +766,7 @@ bool LedKeyboard::setNativeEffect(NativeEffect effect, NativeEffectPart part, st
 		0x64, // unused?
 		// period of wave effect (ms)
 		static_cast<uint8_t>(period.count() >> 8), // LSB is shared with cycle effect above
-		0, // change to 1 to store this effect as the user effect (issue #157)
+		static_cast<uint8_t>(storage),
 		0, // unused?
 		0, // unused?
 		0, // unused?
diff --git a/src/classes/Keyboard.h b/src/classes/Keyboard.h
index b7266d3..ea2521e 100644
--- a/src/classes/Keyboard.h
+++ b/src/classes/Keyboard.h
@@ -54,6 +54,9 @@ class LedKeyboard {
 			gpro
 		};
 		enum class StartupMode : uint8_t {
+			 // TODO: On the G Pro, the value 1 selects the
+			 // user-stored lighting effect, which is not
+			 // necessarily wave.
 			wave = 0x01,
 			color
 		};
@@ -77,6 +80,11 @@ class LedKeyboard {
 			keys = 0x00,
 			logo
 		};
+		enum class NativeEffectStorage : uint8_t {
+			none = 0x00,
+			// "user-stored lighting" can be recalled with backlight+7
+			user,
+		};
 		enum class KeyGroup : uint8_t {
 			logo = 0x00,
 			indicators,
@@ -173,7 +181,8 @@ class LedKeyboard {
 		bool setStartupMode(StartupMode startupMode);
 
 		bool setNativeEffect(NativeEffect effect, NativeEffectPart part,
-				     std::chrono::duration<uint16_t, std::milli> period, Color color);
+				     std::chrono::duration<uint16_t, std::milli> period, Color color,
+				     NativeEffectStorage storage);
 		
 		
 	private:
diff --git a/src/helpers/help.cpp b/src/helpers/help.cpp
index e1e7b53..850442d 100644
--- a/src/helpers/help.cpp
+++ b/src/helpers/help.cpp
@@ -59,7 +59,10 @@ namespace help {
 			cout<<"  -c\t\t\t\t\tCommit change"<<endl;
 			cout<<endl;
 		}
-		cout<<"  -fx ...\t\t\t\tUse --help-effects for more detail"<<endl;
+		cout<<"  -fx ...\t\t\t\tActivate an on-board lighting effect"<<endl;
+		if((features | KeyboardFeatures::userstoredlighting) == features)
+			cout<<"  -fx-store ...\t\t\t\tSet an on-board effect as user-stored lighting"<<endl;
+		cout<<"               \t\t\t\tUse --help-effects for more detail"<<endl;
 		cout<<endl;
 		cout<<"  < {profile}\t\t\t\tSet a profile from a file (use --help-samples for more detail)"<<endl;
 		cout<<"  |\t\t\t\t\tSet a profile from stdin (for scripting) (use --help-samples for more detail)"<<endl;
@@ -245,15 +248,22 @@ namespace help {
 		cout<<endl;
 		cout<<"At this time, FX are only tested on g512, g810, and gpro !"<<endl;
 		cout<<endl;
-		cout<<"  -fx {effect} {target}"<<endl;
+		cout<<"  -fx ...      \t\t\t\tActivate an on-board lighting effect"<<endl;
+		string optionalStore;
+		if((features | KeyboardFeatures::userstoredlighting) == features) {
+			cout<<"  -fx-store ...\t\t\t\tSet an on-board effect as user-stored lighting"<<endl;
+			optionalStore = "[-store]";
+		}
 		cout<<endl;
-		cout<<"  -fx color {target} {color}"<<endl;
-		cout<<"  -fx breathing {target} {color} {period}"<<endl;
-		cout<<"  -fx cycle {target} {period}"<<endl;
-		cout<<"  -fx waves {target} {period}"<<endl;
-		cout<<"  -fx hwave {target} {period}"<<endl;
-		cout<<"  -fx vwave {target} {period}"<<endl;
-		cout<<"  -fx cwave {target} {period}"<<endl;
+		cout<<"  -fx" << optionalStore << " {effect} {target}"<<endl;
+		cout<<endl;
+		cout<<"  -fx" << optionalStore << " color {target} {color}"<<endl;
+		cout<<"  -fx" << optionalStore << " breathing {target} {color} {period}"<<endl;
+		cout<<"  -fx" << optionalStore << " cycle {target} {period}"<<endl;
+		cout<<"  -fx" << optionalStore << " waves {target} {period}"<<endl;
+		cout<<"  -fx" << optionalStore << " hwave {target} {period}"<<endl;
+		cout<<"  -fx" << optionalStore << " vwave {target} {period}"<<endl;
+		cout<<"  -fx" << optionalStore << " cwave {target} {period}"<<endl;
 		cout<<endl;
 		if((features | KeyboardFeatures::logo1) == features)
 			cout<<"target value :\t\t\t\tall, keys, logo"<<endl;
diff --git a/src/helpers/help.h b/src/helpers/help.h
index 2e589a3..08dbcf2 100644
--- a/src/helpers/help.h
+++ b/src/helpers/help.h
@@ -21,19 +21,21 @@ namespace help {
 		setregion = 2048,
 		setindicators = 4096,
 		poweronfx = 8192,
+		// "user-stored lighting" can be recalled with backlight+7 on the G Pro
+		userstoredlighting = 16384,
 		// fx features
 		
 		all = rgb | intensity | commit | logo1 | logo2 | numpad | multimedia | gkeys |
-		      setall | setgroup | setkey | setregion | setindicators | poweronfx,
+		      setall | setgroup | setkey | setregion | setindicators | poweronfx | userstoredlighting,
 		
-		g213 = rgb | logo1 | numpad | multimedia | setall | setregion | setindicators | poweronfx,
-		g410 = rgb | commit | setall | setgroup | setkey | poweronfx,
-		g413 = intensity | setall,
-		g513 = rgb | commit | numpad | setall | setgroup | setkey | setindicators | poweronfx,
-		g610 = intensity | commit | logo1 | numpad | multimedia | setall | setgroup | setkey | setindicators | poweronfx,
+		g213 = rgb | logo1 | numpad | multimedia | setall | setregion | setindicators | poweronfx | userstoredlighting,
+		g410 = rgb | commit | setall | setgroup | setkey | poweronfx | userstoredlighting,
+		g413 = intensity | setall | userstoredlighting,
+		g513 = rgb | commit | numpad | setall | setgroup | setkey | setindicators | poweronfx | userstoredlighting,
+		g610 = intensity | commit | logo1 | numpad | multimedia | setall | setgroup | setkey | setindicators | poweronfx | userstoredlighting,
 		g810 = rgb | commit | logo1 | numpad | multimedia | setall | setgroup | setkey | setindicators | poweronfx,
-		g910 = rgb | commit | logo1 | logo2 | numpad | multimedia | gkeys | setall | setgroup | setkey | setindicators | poweronfx,
-		gpro = rgb | commit | logo1 | setall | setgroup | setkey | setindicators | poweronfx
+		g910 = rgb | commit | logo1 | logo2 | numpad | multimedia | gkeys | setall | setgroup | setkey | setindicators | poweronfx | userstoredlighting,
+		gpro = rgb | commit | logo1 | setall | setgroup | setkey | setindicators | poweronfx | userstoredlighting
 	};
 	inline KeyboardFeatures operator|(KeyboardFeatures a, KeyboardFeatures b);
 	
diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index e803ca3..0bb88d7 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -103,7 +103,8 @@ int setRegion(LedKeyboard &kbd, std::string arg2, std::string arg3) {
 	return 1;
 }
 
-int setFX(LedKeyboard &kbd, std::string arg2, std::string arg3, std::string arg4, std::string arg5 = "") {
+int setFX(LedKeyboard &kbd, LedKeyboard::NativeEffectStorage storage,
+	  const std::string &arg2, const std::string &arg3, const std::string &arg4, const std::string &arg5) {
 	LedKeyboard::NativeEffect effect;
 	LedKeyboard::NativeEffectPart effectPart;
 	std::chrono::duration<uint16_t, std::milli> period(0);
@@ -131,11 +132,20 @@ int setFX(LedKeyboard &kbd, std::string arg2, std::string arg3, std::string arg4
 
 	if (! kbd.open()) return 1;
 
-	if (! kbd.setNativeEffect(effect, effectPart, period, color)) return 1;
+	if (! kbd.setNativeEffect(effect, effectPart, period, color, storage)) return 1;
 
 	return 0;
 }
 
+int setFX(LedKeyboard &kbd, const std::string &arg2, const std::string &arg3, const std::string &arg4 = std::string(),
+	  const std::string &arg5 = std::string()) {
+	return setFX(kbd, LedKeyboard::NativeEffectStorage::none, arg2, arg3, arg4, arg5);
+}
+
+int storeFX(LedKeyboard &kbd, const std::string &arg2, const std::string &arg3, const std::string &arg4 = std::string(),
+	  const std::string &arg5 = std::string()) {
+	return setFX(kbd, LedKeyboard::NativeEffectStorage::user, arg2, arg3, arg4, arg5);
+}
 
 int setStartupMode(LedKeyboard &kbd, std::string arg2) {
 	LedKeyboard::StartupMode startupMode;
@@ -303,6 +313,10 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
 			return setFX(kbd, argv[argIndex + 1], argv[argIndex + 2], argv[argIndex + 3], argv[argIndex + 4]);
 		else if (argc > (argIndex + 3) && arg == "-fx")
 			return setFX(kbd, argv[argIndex + 1], argv[argIndex + 2], argv[argIndex + 3]);
+		else if (argc > (argIndex + 4) && arg == "-fx-store")
+			return storeFX(kbd, argv[argIndex + 1], argv[argIndex + 2], argv[argIndex + 3], argv[argIndex + 4]);
+		else if (argc > (argIndex + 3) && arg == "-fx-store")
+			return storeFX(kbd, argv[argIndex + 1], argv[argIndex + 2], argv[argIndex + 3]);
 		else if (argc > (argIndex + 1) && arg == "--startup-mode") return setStartupMode(kbd, argv[argIndex + 1]);
 		else { help::usage(argv[0]); return 1; }
 	}