diff --git a/www/assets/js/platform.js b/www/assets/js/platform.js
index eb76c41..1608b98 100644
--- a/www/assets/js/platform.js
+++ b/www/assets/js/platform.js
@@ -162,18 +162,24 @@ function initCordova() {
 
         try {
             // Detect if localStorage is gone and try to restore it from NativeStorage plugin
-            if (getStorage("syncstateversion") == null || getStorage("syncstateversion") == 0) {
-                console.log("LocalStorage syncstateversion is null or zero, restoring from NativeStorage");
+            // This shouldn't cause issues if updating from an old version without localstorageok
+            // because values that only exist in LocalStorage won't be overwritten
+            if (!inStorage("localstorageok")) {
+                console.log("LocalStorage key localstorageok isn't present, copying NativeStorage over LocalStorage");
                 // "restore" localStorage
                 copyNativeStorageToLocalStorage();
                 // give it some arbitrary amount of time because I'm too lazy to do real async
                 setTimeout(function () {
                     loadSettings();
-                }, 60 * 1000);
+                    setStorage("localstorageok", "true");
+                }, 10 * 1000);
             } else {
                 // "back up" localStorage
+                console.log("Backing up LocalStorage");
+                setStorage("localstorageok", "true");
                 copyLocalStorageToNativeStorage();
             }
+
         } catch (ex) {
             // Well we tried
             console.error(ex);