diff --git a/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml b/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
index 0d8cdcb23..9454a2bea 100644
--- a/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -139,7 +139,8 @@
     android:roundIcon="@mipmap/ic_launcher_blue"
     android:supportsRtl="true"
     android:theme="@style/Tasks"
-    tools:ignore="GoogleAppIndexingWarning,UnusedAttribute">
+    tools:ignore="GoogleAppIndexingWarning,UnusedAttribute"
+    android:preserveLegacyExternalStorage="true">
 
     <meta-data
       android:name="firebase_crashlytics_collection_enabled"