diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index ef625b11..be821471 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -2351,19 +2351,6 @@
       "resolved": "packages/sdk",
       "link": true
     },
-    "node_modules/@gristlabs/moment-guess": {
-      "version": "1.2.4-grist.1",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@gristlabs/moment-guess/-/moment-guess-1.2.4-grist.1.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-emosrHFak1JYEjZmZoeLO+sjTD48Amx2NH/BRCmiCwH50fcK1VvfwrWHjRu2oQ5p8+yuZxHRxsm0+2KANaNLdg==",
-      "license": "MIT",
-      "dependencies": {
-        "arg": "^4.1.3",
-        "chalk": "^4.1.0"
-      },
-      "bin": {
-        "moment-guess": "bin/bundle.cmd.js"
-      }
-    },
     "node_modules/@humanfs/core": {
       "version": "0.19.1",
       "dev": true,
@@ -5315,13 +5302,6 @@
       "dev": true,
       "license": "MIT"
     },
-    "node_modules/@types/moment-guess": {
-      "version": "1.2.2",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/moment-guess/-/moment-guess-1.2.2.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-6mM8NKyCB4HnLqoNdfAqpHu98VVwMCle+Dtz5dQs1G1AXIQaBMDX7JM52NTMMTIm6NatgJG+gB7TdrbmyVrCyA==",
-      "dev": true,
-      "license": "MIT"
-    },
     "node_modules/@types/ms": {
       "version": "2.1.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/ms/-/ms-2.1.0.tgz",
@@ -5429,6 +5409,13 @@
       "dev": true,
       "license": "MIT"
     },
+    "node_modules/@types/semver": {
+      "version": "7.7.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/semver/-/semver-7.7.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-FmgJfu+MOcQ370SD0ev7EI8TlCAfKYU+B4m5T3yXc1CiRN94g/SZPtsCkk506aUDtlMnFZvasDwHHUcZUEaYuA==",
+      "dev": true,
+      "license": "MIT"
+    },
     "node_modules/@types/statuses": {
       "version": "2.0.5",
       "dev": true,
@@ -6012,6 +5999,7 @@
     },
     "node_modules/ansi-styles": {
       "version": "4.3.0",
+      "dev": true,
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
         "color-convert": "^2.0.1"
@@ -6042,6 +6030,7 @@
     },
     "node_modules/arg": {
       "version": "4.1.3",
+      "dev": true,
       "license": "MIT"
     },
     "node_modules/argparse": {
@@ -6808,6 +6797,7 @@
     },
     "node_modules/chalk": {
       "version": "4.1.2",
+      "dev": true,
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
         "ansi-styles": "^4.1.0",
@@ -11333,6 +11323,7 @@
     },
     "node_modules/has-flag": {
       "version": "4.0.0",
+      "dev": true,
       "license": "MIT",
       "engines": {
         "node": ">=8"
@@ -17401,7 +17392,6 @@
     },
     "node_modules/semver": {
       "version": "6.3.1",
-      "dev": true,
       "license": "ISC",
       "bin": {
         "semver": "bin/semver.js"
@@ -18052,6 +18042,7 @@
     },
     "node_modules/supports-color": {
       "version": "7.2.0",
+      "dev": true,
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
         "has-flag": "^4.0.0"
@@ -20070,7 +20061,6 @@
         "@datapunt/matomo-tracker-react": "^0.5.1",
         "@gephi/gephi-lite-broadcast": "^0.6.2",
         "@gephi/gephi-lite-sdk": "^0.6.2",
-        "@gristlabs/moment-guess": "^1.2.4-grist.1",
         "@monaco-editor/react": "^4.6.0",
         "@octokit/auth-oauth-device": "^7.1.2",
         "@octokit/core": "^6.1.3",
@@ -20130,6 +20120,7 @@
         "react-tether": "^3.0.3",
         "react-use-konami": "^1.1.0",
         "seedrandom": "^3.0.5",
+        "semver": "^6.3.1",
         "sigma": "^3.0.0",
         "tlds": "^1.260.0"
       },
@@ -20143,7 +20134,6 @@
         "@types/is-url": "^1.2.32",
         "@types/linkify-it": "^5.0.0",
         "@types/lodash": "^4.17.15",
-        "@types/moment-guess": "^1.2.2",
         "@types/node": "^22.12.0",
         "@types/react": "^18.3.18",
         "@types/react-color": "^3.0.13",
@@ -20152,6 +20142,7 @@
         "@types/react-linkify": "^1.0.4",
         "@types/react-slider": "^1.3.6",
         "@types/seedrandom": "^3.0.8",
+        "@types/semver": "^7.7.1",
         "@types/tether": "^1.4.9",
         "@vitejs/plugin-react-swc": "^3.7.2",
         "http-proxy-middleware": "^3.0.3",
diff --git a/packages/gephi-lite/package.json b/packages/gephi-lite/package.json
index a6a97d9c..dde551d9 100644
--- a/packages/gephi-lite/package.json
+++ b/packages/gephi-lite/package.json
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@
     "react-tether": "^3.0.3",
     "react-use-konami": "^1.1.0",
     "seedrandom": "^3.0.5",
+    "semver": "^6.3.1",
     "sigma": "^3.0.0",
     "tlds": "^1.260.0"
   },
@@ -114,6 +115,7 @@
     "@types/react-linkify": "^1.0.4",
     "@types/react-slider": "^1.3.6",
     "@types/seedrandom": "^3.0.8",
+    "@types/semver": "^7.7.1",
     "@types/tether": "^1.4.9",
     "@vitejs/plugin-react-swc": "^3.7.2",
     "http-proxy-middleware": "^3.0.3",
diff --git a/packages/gephi-lite/src/config.ts b/packages/gephi-lite/src/config.ts
index 26aae0cf..1e6c36c3 100644
--- a/packages/gephi-lite/src/config.ts
+++ b/packages/gephi-lite/src/config.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
+import { parse } from "semver";
+
 import { version } from "../package.json";
 
 export const config = {
-  version,
+  version: parse(version)!,
   website_url: "https://github.com/gephi/gephi-lite#readme",
   notificationTimeoutMs: 3000,
   github_proxy: import.meta.env.VITE_GITHUB_PROXY || "/_github",
diff --git a/packages/gephi-lite/src/core/Initialize.tsx b/packages/gephi-lite/src/core/Initialize.tsx
index 2997febf..d6e16b56 100644
--- a/packages/gephi-lite/src/core/Initialize.tsx
+++ b/packages/gephi-lite/src/core/Initialize.tsx
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import useKonami from "react-use-konami";
 
 import { WelcomeModal } from "../components/modals/WelcomeModal";
 import { I18n } from "../locales/provider";
+import { sessionStorage } from "../utils/storage";
 import { extractFilename } from "../utils/url";
 import { appearanceAtom } from "./appearance";
 import { useBroadcast } from "./broadcast/useBroadcast";
diff --git a/packages/gephi-lite/src/core/appearance/index.ts b/packages/gephi-lite/src/core/appearance/index.ts
index 7cfd6f9e..19239051 100644
--- a/packages/gephi-lite/src/core/appearance/index.ts
+++ b/packages/gephi-lite/src/core/appearance/index.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { getEmptyAppearanceState, serializeAppearanceState } from "@gephi/gephi-lite-sdk";
 import { Producer, atom, producerToAction } from "@ouestware/atoms";
 
+import { sessionStorage } from "../../utils/storage";
 import { ItemType } from "../types";
 import {
   AppearanceState,
diff --git a/packages/gephi-lite/src/core/broadcast/client.ts b/packages/gephi-lite/src/core/broadcast/client.ts
index cc375a01..a5f1c95f 100644
--- a/packages/gephi-lite/src/core/broadcast/client.ts
+++ b/packages/gephi-lite/src/core/broadcast/client.ts
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ const BROADCAST_METHODS: {
     return;
   },
   getVersion: async () => {
-    return config.version;
+    return config.version.toString();
   },
   importGraph: async (data) => {
     if (fileAtom.get().status.type === "loading") throw new Error("A file is already being loaded");
diff --git a/packages/gephi-lite/src/core/file/index.ts b/packages/gephi-lite/src/core/file/index.ts
index 88ec080f..3b419b05 100644
--- a/packages/gephi-lite/src/core/file/index.ts
+++ b/packages/gephi-lite/src/core/file/index.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import { write } from "graphology-gexf";
 import { isEmpty, isEqual } from "lodash";
 
 import { config } from "../../config";
+import { localStorage } from "../../utils/storage";
 import { appearanceActions, appearanceAtom } from "../appearance";
 import { applyVisualProperties, inferAppearanceState } from "../appearance/utils";
 import { resetStates } from "../context/dataContexts";
@@ -132,7 +133,7 @@ export const exportAsGephiLite = asyncAction(async (callback: (data: string) =>
   try {
     const data: GephiLiteFileFormat = {
       type: "gephi-lite",
-      version: config.version,
+      version: config.version.toString(),
       graphDataset: graphDatasetAtom.get(),
       filters: filtersAtom.get(),
       appearance: appearanceAtom.get(),
diff --git a/packages/gephi-lite/src/core/filters/index.ts b/packages/gephi-lite/src/core/filters/index.ts
index 7c8777a2..2d50dcec 100644
--- a/packages/gephi-lite/src/core/filters/index.ts
+++ b/packages/gephi-lite/src/core/filters/index.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { Producer, atom, producerToAction } from "@ouestware/atoms";
 import { dropRight, inRange } from "lodash";
 
+import { sessionStorage } from "../../utils/storage";
 import { FilterType, FiltersState } from "./types";
 import { getEmptyFiltersState, serializeFiltersState } from "./utils";
 
diff --git a/packages/gephi-lite/src/core/graph/index.ts b/packages/gephi-lite/src/core/graph/index.ts
index ac22d117..a298aba9 100644
--- a/packages/gephi-lite/src/core/graph/index.ts
+++ b/packages/gephi-lite/src/core/graph/index.ts
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import { clamp, forEach, isNil, isString, keyBy, keys, last, map, mapValues, omi
 import { Coordinates } from "sigma/types";
 
 import { getPalette } from "../../components/GraphAppearance/color/utils";
+import { sessionStorage } from "../../utils/storage";
 import { appearanceAtom } from "../appearance";
 import { applyVisualProperties, getAllVisualGetters } from "../appearance/utils";
 import { useGraphDataset } from "../context/dataContexts";
diff --git a/packages/gephi-lite/src/core/layouts/index.ts b/packages/gephi-lite/src/core/layouts/index.ts
index a2002ee7..a0a65a47 100644
--- a/packages/gephi-lite/src/core/layouts/index.ts
+++ b/packages/gephi-lite/src/core/layouts/index.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import { connectedCloseness } from "graphology-metrics/layout-quality";
 import { debounce, identity, pick } from "lodash";
 import seedRandom from "seedrandom";
 
+import { localStorage } from "../../utils/storage";
 import { EVENTS, emitter } from "../context/eventsContext";
 import { graphDatasetActions, graphDatasetAtom, sigmaGraphAtom } from "../graph";
 import { dataGraphToFullGraph } from "../graph/utils";
diff --git a/packages/gephi-lite/src/core/preferences/index.ts b/packages/gephi-lite/src/core/preferences/index.ts
index d1d79f28..581b74a6 100644
--- a/packages/gephi-lite/src/core/preferences/index.ts
+++ b/packages/gephi-lite/src/core/preferences/index.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { Producer, atom, producerToAction } from "@ouestware/atoms";
 
+import { localStorage } from "../../utils/storage";
 import { Preferences } from "./types";
 import { getAppliedTheme, getCurrentPreferences, serializePreferences } from "./utils";
 
diff --git a/packages/gephi-lite/src/core/preferences/utils.ts b/packages/gephi-lite/src/core/preferences/utils.ts
index f8f6fb5e..238e0388 100644
--- a/packages/gephi-lite/src/core/preferences/utils.ts
+++ b/packages/gephi-lite/src/core/preferences/utils.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { gephiLiteParse, gephiLiteStringify } from "@gephi/gephi-lite-sdk";
 
 import { i18n } from "../../locales/provider";
+import { localStorage } from "../../utils/storage";
 import { Preferences } from "./types";
 
 export function getEmptyPreferences(): Preferences {
diff --git a/packages/gephi-lite/src/core/session/index.ts b/packages/gephi-lite/src/core/session/index.ts
index b0cbea4c..a0e625b1 100644
--- a/packages/gephi-lite/src/core/session/index.ts
+++ b/packages/gephi-lite/src/core/session/index.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { Producer, atom, producerToAction } from "@ouestware/atoms";
 
+import { sessionStorage } from "../../utils/storage";
 import { Session } from "./types";
 import { getEmptySession, serializeSession } from "./utils";
 
diff --git a/packages/gephi-lite/src/core/user/AuthInit.tsx b/packages/gephi-lite/src/core/user/AuthInit.tsx
index 21d8e3a8..37f9147d 100644
--- a/packages/gephi-lite/src/core/user/AuthInit.tsx
+++ b/packages/gephi-lite/src/core/user/AuthInit.tsx
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { isNil } from "lodash";
 import { FC, useEffect } from "react";
 import { useTranslation } from "react-i18next";
 
+import { localStorage } from "../../utils/storage";
 import { ghProviderDeserialize } from "../cloud/github/provider";
 import { useNotifications } from "../notifications";
 import { LS_USER_KEY, useConnectedUser } from "./index";
diff --git a/packages/gephi-lite/src/core/user/index.tsx b/packages/gephi-lite/src/core/user/index.tsx
index d6214007..3e50c4ef 100644
--- a/packages/gephi-lite/src/core/user/index.tsx
+++ b/packages/gephi-lite/src/core/user/index.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { Producer, atom, producerToAction, useAtom } from "@ouestware/atoms";
 import { isNil } from "lodash";
 
+import { localStorage } from "../../utils/storage";
 import { User } from "./types";
 
 export const LS_USER_KEY = "user";
diff --git a/packages/gephi-lite/src/utils/storage.ts b/packages/gephi-lite/src/utils/storage.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ab9df582
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/gephi-lite/src/utils/storage.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+import { config } from "../config";
+
+function getPrefixedKey(key: string) {
+  return `${config.version.major}.${config.version.minor}_${key}`;
+}
+export const localStorage = {
+  getItem: (key: string): string | null => window.localStorage.getItem(getPrefixedKey(key)),
+  setItem: (key: string, data: string): void => window.localStorage.setItem(getPrefixedKey(key), data),
+  removeItem: (key: string): void => window.localStorage.removeItem(getPrefixedKey(key)),
+};
+
+export const sessionStorage = {
+  getItem: (key: string): string | null => window.sessionStorage.getItem(getPrefixedKey(key)),
+  setItem: (key: string, data: string): void => window.sessionStorage.setItem(getPrefixedKey(key), data),
+  removeItem: (key: string): void => window.sessionStorage.removeItem(getPrefixedKey(key)),
+};