diff --git a/pkg/api/dtos/prefs.go b/pkg/api/dtos/prefs.go
index 18dc1f9ca94..a4459adb388 100644
--- a/pkg/api/dtos/prefs.go
+++ b/pkg/api/dtos/prefs.go
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package dtos
 
 import (
-	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/models"
 	pref "github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/preference"
 )
 
@@ -26,8 +25,8 @@ type UpdatePrefsCmd struct {
 	// Enum: utc,browser
 	Timezone     string                         `json:"timezone"`
 	WeekStart    string                         `json:"weekStart"`
-	Navbar       *models.NavbarPreference       `json:"navbar,omitempty"`
-	QueryHistory *models.QueryHistoryPreference `json:"queryHistory,omitempty"`
+	Navbar       *pref.NavbarPreference        `json:"navbar,omitempty"`
+	QueryHistory *pref.QueryHistoryPreference `json:"queryHistory,omitempty"`
 }
 
 // swagger:model
diff --git a/pkg/api/preferences.go b/pkg/api/preferences.go
index 483de3408af..40689391ceb 100644
--- a/pkg/api/preferences.go
+++ b/pkg/api/preferences.go
@@ -120,6 +120,8 @@ func (hs *HTTPServer) updatePreferencesFor(ctx context.Context, orgID, userID, t
 		Timezone:        dtoCmd.Timezone,
 		WeekStart:       dtoCmd.WeekStart,
 		HomeDashboardID: dtoCmd.HomeDashboardID,
+		QueryHistory: 	 dtoCmd.QueryHistory,
+		Navbar:					 dtoCmd.Navbar,
 	}
 
 	if err := hs.preferenceService.Save(ctx, &saveCmd); err != nil {