diff --git a/lib/__tests__/init.test.ts b/lib/__tests__/init.test.ts
index 21acf6e3..b2599ae3 100644
--- a/lib/__tests__/init.test.ts
+++ b/lib/__tests__/init.test.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { getCookie, MONTH } from "../_tokenUtils";
 import AlgoliaAnalytics from "../insights";
 import * as utils from "../utils";
+import { createUUID } from "../utils/uuid";
 
 jest.mock("../utils", () => ({
   __esModule: true,
@@ -240,6 +241,23 @@ describe("init", () => {
 
     setUserToken.mockRestore();
   });
+  it("should save anonymous userToken as cookie when useCookie is set to true later", () => {
+    analyticsInstance.init({
+      apiKey: "***",
+      appId: "XXX"
+    });
+
+    analyticsInstance.setUserToken(`anonymous-${createUUID()}`);
+
+    analyticsInstance.init({
+      partial: true,
+      useCookie: true
+    });
+
+    expect(document.cookie).toEqual(
+      expect.stringMatching(/^_ALGOLIA=anonymous-/)
+    );
+  });
   it("should replace existing options when called again", () => {
     analyticsInstance.init({
       apiKey: "apiKey1",
diff --git a/lib/_tokenUtils.ts b/lib/_tokenUtils.ts
index eb122620..e9c83508 100644
--- a/lib/_tokenUtils.ts
+++ b/lib/_tokenUtils.ts
@@ -31,6 +31,24 @@ export const getCookie = (name: string): string => {
   return "";
 };
 
+export function checkIfAnonymousToken(token: number | string): boolean {
+  if (typeof token === "number") {
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  return token.indexOf("anonymous-") === 0;
+}
+
+export function saveTokenAsCookie(this: AlgoliaAnalytics): void {
+  const foundToken = getCookie(COOKIE_KEY);
+  if (
+    this._userToken &&
+    (!foundToken || foundToken === "" || foundToken.indexOf("anonymous-") !== 0)
+  ) {
+    setCookie(COOKIE_KEY, this._userToken, this._cookieDuration);
+  }
+}
+
 export function setAnonymousUserToken(
   this: AlgoliaAnalytics,
   inMemory = false
diff --git a/lib/init.ts b/lib/init.ts
index 40d52c17..8a1a6004 100644
--- a/lib/init.ts
+++ b/lib/init.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { DEFAULT_ALGOLIA_AGENTS } from "./_algoliaAgent";
-import { MONTH } from "./_tokenUtils";
+import { checkIfAnonymousToken, MONTH } from "./_tokenUtils";
 import type AlgoliaAnalytics from "./insights";
 import { isUndefined, isNumber } from "./utils";
 
@@ -80,6 +80,8 @@ You can visit https://algolia.com/events/debugger instead.`);
     this.setUserToken(options.userToken);
   } else if (!this._userToken && !this._userHasOptedOut && this._useCookie) {
     this.setAnonymousUserToken();
+  } else if (checkIfTokenNeedsToBeSaved(this)) {
+    this.saveTokenAsCookie();
   }
 }
 
@@ -110,3 +112,15 @@ function setOptions(
     )
   );
 }
+
+function checkIfTokenNeedsToBeSaved(target: AlgoliaAnalytics): boolean {
+  if (target._userToken === undefined) {
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  return (
+    checkIfAnonymousToken(target._userToken) &&
+    target._useCookie &&
+    !target._userHasOptedOut
+  );
+}
diff --git a/lib/insights.ts b/lib/insights.ts
index 4ce33c0a..86ed2f0c 100644
--- a/lib/insights.ts
+++ b/lib/insights.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@ import {
   MONTH,
   setAuthenticatedUserToken,
   onAuthenticatedUserTokenChange,
-  getAuthenticatedUserToken
+  getAuthenticatedUserToken,
+  saveTokenAsCookie
 } from "./_tokenUtils";
 import {
   clickedObjectIDsAfterSearch,
@@ -78,6 +79,7 @@ class AlgoliaAnalytics {
   getVersion: typeof getVersion;
   addAlgoliaAgent: typeof addAlgoliaAgent;
 
+  saveTokenAsCookie: typeof saveTokenAsCookie;
   setUserToken: typeof setUserToken;
   setAnonymousUserToken: typeof setAnonymousUserToken;
   getUserToken: typeof getUserToken;
@@ -110,6 +112,7 @@ class AlgoliaAnalytics {
 
     this.addAlgoliaAgent = addAlgoliaAgent.bind(this);
 
+    this.saveTokenAsCookie = saveTokenAsCookie.bind(this);
     this.setUserToken = setUserToken.bind(this);
     this.setAnonymousUserToken = setAnonymousUserToken.bind(this);
     this.getUserToken = getUserToken.bind(this);