diff --git a/src/store/storage/index.ts b/src/store/storage/index.ts
index a7a29312..da4b555d 100644
--- a/src/store/storage/index.ts
+++ b/src/store/storage/index.ts
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ export class DataStorage {
         }
         // Local storage
         else {
-            this._environment = new Local();
+            this._environment = new Local(this.uhkConfiguration.dataModelVersion);
         }
     }
 
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ export class DataStorage {
 
     getConfiguration(): UhkConfiguration {
         let config: UhkConfiguration = this._environment.getConfig();
-        if (!config || config.dataModelVersion !== this.uhkConfiguration.dataModelVersion) {
+        if (!config) {
             config = this.uhkConfiguration;
         }
         return config;
diff --git a/src/store/storage/local.ts b/src/store/storage/local.ts
index c5d73be8..3fe2c64a 100644
--- a/src/store/storage/local.ts
+++ b/src/store/storage/local.ts
@@ -2,14 +2,17 @@ import { UhkConfiguration } from '../../config-serializer/config-items/UhkConfig
 
 export class Local {
 
-    constructor() { }
+    constructor(private dataModelVersion: number) { }
 
     getConfig(): UhkConfiguration {
-        let configJson = localStorage.getItem('config');
+        let configJsonString = localStorage.getItem('config');
         let config: UhkConfiguration;
 
-        if (configJson) {
-            config = new UhkConfiguration().fromJsObject(JSON.parse(configJson));
+        if (configJsonString) {
+            const configJsonObject = JSON.parse(configJsonString);
+            if (configJsonObject.dataModelVersion === this.dataModelVersion) {
+                config = new UhkConfiguration().fromJsObject(configJsonObject);
+            }
         }
 
         return config;