How to make Shield settings permanent (desktop, Win 7, Brave 109.1...)

Problem: cannot make permanent exceptions to Java disabled and sound disabled in the Shield section. I have Java, images and sounds all disabled, these settings all hold after I close and restart my PC. But I want to make an exception to one site - Merriam Webster dictionary, if this is of any importance - and the exceptions hold only during a session, and when restarted, they are gone.
Is there a solution, what may be the cause? Thanks!

@Malvina

You are not using “Brave 109.1 . . .” You might be using Brave Browser v1.47.186.

Please edit your Original Post (“OP”) above, in order to include:

  • Brave Browser version numbers

Last Brave Browser stable release for Windows OS 7:

Release v1.47.186 (Chromium 109.0.5414.119)
Released January 25, 2023
https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/releases/tag/v1.47.186

Sound settings for older Brave Browser v1.41.100 (Release date July 21, 2022); Chromium: 103.0.5060.134 (Official Build) (x86_64)

Do you have that arrangment of settings for the version of Brave Browser that you are using on your Windows OS 7 machine?