diff --git a/game.js b/game.js
index 3b8296d..0395f17 100644
--- a/game.js
+++ b/game.js
@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@
 /*jshint browser: true*/
 /*jshint devel: true*/
 
+let version = "v0.7.4";
+
+let save_version = 0;
+
 let errored = false;
 
 window.onerror = function(msg, source, lineno, colno, error) {
@@ -4150,6 +4154,9 @@ function loadSettings(settings = null) {
 
     settings = JSON.parse(storage.getItem('settings'));
   }
+
+  migrate(settings);
+
   let form = document.forms.namedItem("custom-species-form");
 
   for (let i=0; i<form.length; i++) {
@@ -4807,9 +4814,15 @@ window.addEventListener('load', function(event) {
     }
   }());
 
+  document.querySelectorAll(".version").forEach(function(x) {
+    x.innerText = "Version: " + version;
+  });
+
   construct_options();
   construct_panels();
 
+  document.querySelector("#save-version").innerText = save_version;
+
   document.querySelectorAll("input[type='number']").forEach(function(x) {
     x.addEventListener("input", function() { updatePreview(x.id); });
   });
diff --git a/migrations.js b/migrations.js
index 2988431..0431313 100644
--- a/migrations.js
+++ b/migrations.js
@@ -1,13 +1,8 @@
 // bumps save versions
 
 migrations = [
-  // 0 -> 1
-  // notes: only adds version number
-  function(save) {
-    save["version"] = 1;
-  }
-  //
-]
+
+];
 
 function migrate(save, target=null) {
   if (target == null) {
@@ -17,7 +12,9 @@ function migrate(save, target=null) {
   let version = save.version;
 
   if (version == undefined) {
-    version = 0;
+    alert("This save is from before versioning was added. It can't be automatically updated, and it might lose some settings. Double check that everything's there! Any subsequent saves will work correctly.");
+    save["version"] = migrations.length;
+    return false;
   }
 
   if (version < target) {
diff --git a/stroll.html b/stroll.html
index 5762510..44c735a 100644
--- a/stroll.html
+++ b/stroll.html
@@ -192,7 +192,8 @@
     </div>
     <div id="log-area">
       <div id="log">
-        <div>Welcome to Stroll 0.7.4</div>
+        <div>Welcome to Stroll</div>
+        <p class="version"></p>
         <div><b>This game features 18+ content</b></div>
         <div>&nbsp;</div>
       </div>
@@ -206,7 +207,8 @@
     </div>
   </div>
   <div class="character-build" id="character-build-area">
-    <p>Welcome to Stroll 0.7.4</p>
+    <p>Welcome to Stroll</p>
+    <p class="version"></p>
     <p><b>This game features 18+ content</b></p>
     <p><a href="https://chemicalcrux.org/stroll">Changelog</a> - <a href="https://t.me/joinchat/BSXHzUZmSqc-CXB1khkuYw">Telegram</a> - <a href="https://discord.gg/7pdcVhD">Discord</a></p>
 
@@ -276,7 +278,7 @@
       </ul>
       <form id="custom-species-form" name="custom-species-form">
         <ul class="flex-outer" id="character-flex-outer">
-
+          <input class="save-version" id="save-version" name="version" type="number"></input>
         </ul>
       </form>
     </div>
diff --git a/style.css b/style.css
index 9a0b867..75033a9 100644
--- a/style.css
+++ b/style.css
@@ -690,3 +690,7 @@ body.dark .meterLabel {
 .growth-amount {
   display: block;
 }
+
+.save-version {
+  display: none;
+}