diff --git a/src/app/main.cpp b/src/app/main.cpp
index 72e9feef..c69c558a 100644
--- a/src/app/main.cpp
+++ b/src/app/main.cpp
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 #include "utility/logging/ConsoleLogger.h"
 #include "utility/logging/FileLogger.h"
 #include "utility/logging/LogManager.h"
+#include "utility/Version.h"
 
 #include "Application.h"
 #include "includes.h" // defines 'void setup(int argc, char *argv[])'
@@ -31,6 +32,8 @@ void init()
 
 int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
+	Version version = Version::fromString(GIT_VERSION_NUMBER);
+
 	setup(argc, argv);
 	QApplication qtApp(argc, argv);
 
@@ -41,7 +44,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 
 	QtSplashScreen* splash = new QtSplashScreen(whitePixmap, Qt::WindowStaysOnTopHint);
 	splash->setMessage("Loading UI");
-	splash->setVersion(GIT_VERSION_NUMBER);
+	splash->setVersion(version.toDisplayString().c_str());
 	splash->exec(qtApp);
 
 	init();
@@ -49,7 +52,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	QtViewFactory viewFactory;
 	QtNetworkFactory networkFactory;
 
-	std::shared_ptr<Application> app = Application::create(&viewFactory, &networkFactory);
+	std::shared_ptr<Application> app = Application::create(version, &viewFactory, &networkFactory);
 
 	if (splash)
 	{
diff --git a/src/app/qt/window/QtAbout.cpp b/src/app/qt/window/QtAbout.cpp
index 0a78f17d..69539452 100644
--- a/src/app/qt/window/QtAbout.cpp
+++ b/src/app/qt/window/QtAbout.cpp
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #include <QLineEdit>
 #include <QLabel>
 
-#include "version.h"
+#include "utility/Version.h"
 
 QtAbout::QtAbout(QWidget *parent)
 	: QtSettingsWindow(parent)
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ void QtAbout::populateForm(QFormLayout* layout)
 	acknowledgementsLabel->setAlignment(Qt::AlignTop);
 	layout->addRow(acknowledgementsName, acknowledgementsLabel);
 
-	layout->addRow(QString("Version:"), new QLabel(GIT_VERSION_NUMBER));
+	layout->addRow(QString("Version:"), new QLabel(Version::getApplicationVersion().toDisplayString().c_str()));
 }
 
 void QtAbout::handleCancelButtonPress()
diff --git a/src/lib/Application.cpp b/src/lib/Application.cpp
index 79584d42..bfceeb67 100644
--- a/src/lib/Application.cpp
+++ b/src/lib/Application.cpp
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 #include "utility/messaging/type/MessageActivateNodes.h"
 #include "utility/messaging/type/MessageStatus.h"
 #include "utility/scheduling/TaskScheduler.h"
+#include "utility/Version.h"
 
 #include "component/view/GraphViewStyle.h"
 #include "component/controller/NetworkFactory.h"
@@ -14,8 +15,11 @@
 #include "settings/ApplicationSettings.h"
 #include "settings/ColorScheme.h"
 
-std::shared_ptr<Application> Application::create(ViewFactory* viewFactory, NetworkFactory* networkFactory)
-{
+std::shared_ptr<Application> Application::create(
+	const Version& version, ViewFactory* viewFactory, NetworkFactory* networkFactory
+){
+	Version::setApplicationVersion(version);
+
 	loadSettings();
 
 	std::shared_ptr<Application> ptr(new Application());
diff --git a/src/lib/Application.h b/src/lib/Application.h
index f2266295..6f9a5ad0 100644
--- a/src/lib/Application.h
+++ b/src/lib/Application.h
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ class NetworkFactory;
 class ViewFactory;
 class MainView;
 class StorageCache;
+class Version;
 
 class Application
 	: public MessageListener<MessageFinishedParsing>
@@ -24,7 +25,7 @@ class Application
 	, public MessageListener<MessageSaveProject>
 {
 public:
-	static std::shared_ptr<Application> create(ViewFactory* viewFactory, NetworkFactory* networkFactory);
+	static std::shared_ptr<Application> create(const Version& version, ViewFactory* viewFactory, NetworkFactory* networkFactory);
 	static void loadSettings();
 
 	~Application();
@@ -50,8 +51,6 @@ private:
 	std::shared_ptr<ComponentManager> m_componentManager;
 
 	std::shared_ptr<IDECommunicationController> m_ideCommunicationController;
-	
-	bool m_isInitialParse;
 };
 
 #endif // APPLICATION_H
diff --git a/src/lib/CMakeLists.txt b/src/lib/CMakeLists.txt
index dcf32d40..0c8bac6f 100644
--- a/src/lib/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/lib/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ add_files(
 	component/controller/FeatureController.h
 	component/controller/GraphController.cpp
 	component/controller/GraphController.h
-	
+
 	component/controller/IDECommunicationController.cpp
 	component/controller/IDECommunicationController.h
 	component/controller/NetworkFactory.cpp
@@ -307,6 +307,8 @@ add_files(
 	utility/utility.h
 	utility/utilityString.cpp
 	utility/utilityString.h
+	utility/Version.cpp
+	utility/Version.h
 
 	Application.cpp
 	Application.h
diff --git a/src/lib/Project.cpp b/src/lib/Project.cpp
index f86a9f32..2beedf13 100644
--- a/src/lib/Project.cpp
+++ b/src/lib/Project.cpp
@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
 #include "Project.h"
 
+#include "utility/file/FileSystem.h"
 #include "utility/logging/logging.h"
 #include "utility/messaging/type/MessageFinishedParsing.h"
+#include "utility/scheduling/TaskGroupSequential.h"
 #include "utility/utility.h"
+#include "utility/Version.h"
 
 #include "data/access/StorageAccessProxy.h"
 #include "data/graph/Token.h"
@@ -11,8 +14,6 @@
 #include "data/TaskCleanStorage.h"
 #include "settings/ApplicationSettings.h"
 #include "settings/ProjectSettings.h"
-#include "utility/file/FileSystem.h"
-#include "utility/scheduling/TaskGroupSequential.h"
 
 std::shared_ptr<Project> Project::create(StorageAccessProxy* storageAccessProxy)
 {
@@ -144,6 +145,12 @@ void Project::setProjectSettingsFilePath(const FilePath& path)
 		FilePath dbPath = FilePath(path).replaceExtension("sqlite");
 		m_storageWasLoaded = dbPath.exists();
 		m_storage = std::make_shared<Storage>(dbPath);
+
+		if (m_storageWasLoaded && m_storage->getVersion().isOlderStorageVersionThan(Version::getApplicationVersion()))
+		{
+			m_storage->clear();
+			m_storageWasLoaded = false;
+		}
 	}
 
 	m_storageAccessProxy->setSubject(m_storage.get());
diff --git a/src/lib/data/SqliteStorage.cpp b/src/lib/data/SqliteStorage.cpp
index 8639ae87..57c9c8ba 100644
--- a/src/lib/data/SqliteStorage.cpp
+++ b/src/lib/data/SqliteStorage.cpp
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 #include "utility/text/TextAccess.h"
 #include "utility/utility.h"
 #include "utility/utilityString.h"
+#include "utility/Version.h"
 
 SqliteStorage::SqliteStorage(const std::string& dbFilePath)
 {
@@ -47,6 +48,23 @@ void SqliteStorage::rollbackTransaction()
 	m_database.execDML("ROLLBACK TRANSACTION;");
 }
 
+Version SqliteStorage::getVersion() const
+{
+	std::string versionStr = getMetaValue("version");
+
+	if (versionStr.size())
+	{
+		return Version::fromString(versionStr);
+	}
+
+	return Version();
+}
+
+void SqliteStorage::setVersion(const Version& version)
+{
+	insertOrUpdateMetaValue("version", version.toString());
+}
+
 Id SqliteStorage::addEdge(int type, Id sourceNodeId, Id targetNodeId)
 {
 	m_database.execDML(
@@ -708,10 +726,19 @@ void SqliteStorage::clearTables()
 	m_database.execDML("DROP TABLE IF EXISTS main.node;");
 	m_database.execDML("DROP TABLE IF EXISTS main.edge;");
 	m_database.execDML("DROP TABLE IF EXISTS main.element;");
+	m_database.execDML("DROP TABLE IF EXISTS main.meta;");
 }
 
 void SqliteStorage::setupTables()
 {
+	m_database.execDML(
+		"CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS meta("
+			"id INTEGER, "
+			"key TEXT, "
+			"value TEXT, "
+			"PRIMARY KEY(id));"
+	);
+
 	m_database.execDML(
 		"CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS element("
 			"id INTEGER, "
@@ -793,6 +820,43 @@ void SqliteStorage::setupTables()
 	);
 }
 
+bool SqliteStorage::hasTable(const std::string& tableName) const
+{
+	CppSQLite3Query q = m_database.execQuery((
+		"SELECT name FROM sqlite_master WHERE type='table' AND name='" + tableName + "';"
+	).c_str());
+
+	if (!q.eof())
+	{
+		return q.getStringField(0, "") == tableName;
+	}
+
+	return false;
+}
+
+std::string SqliteStorage::getMetaValue(const std::string& key) const
+{
+	if (hasTable("meta"))
+	{
+		CppSQLite3Query q = m_database.execQuery(("SELECT value FROM meta WHERE key = '" + key + "';").c_str());
+
+		if (!q.eof())
+		{
+			return q.getStringField(0, "");
+		}
+	}
+
+	return "";
+}
+
+void SqliteStorage::insertOrUpdateMetaValue(const std::string& key, const std::string& value)
+{
+	m_database.execDML((
+		"INSERT OR REPLACE INTO meta(id, key, value) "
+			"VALUES( (SELECT id FROM meta WHERE key = '" + key + "'), '" + key + "', '" + value + "');"
+	).c_str());
+}
+
 StorageFile SqliteStorage::getFirstFile(const std::string& query) const
 {
 	CppSQLite3Query q = m_database.execQuery(query.c_str());
diff --git a/src/lib/data/SqliteStorage.h b/src/lib/data/SqliteStorage.h
index 8c412fc4..51c608f6 100644
--- a/src/lib/data/SqliteStorage.h
+++ b/src/lib/data/SqliteStorage.h
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 #include "data/StorageTypes.h"
 
 class TextAccess;
+class Version;
 
 class SqliteStorage
 {
@@ -29,6 +30,9 @@ public:
 	void commitTransaction();
 	void rollbackTransaction();
 
+	Version getVersion() const;
+	void setVersion(const Version& version);
+
 	Id addEdge(int type, Id sourceNodeId, Id targetNodeId);
 	Id addNode(int type, Id nameId, bool defined);
 	Id addFile(Id nameId, const std::string& filePath, const std::string& modificationTime);
@@ -107,6 +111,11 @@ private:
 	void clearTables();
 	void setupTables();
 
+	bool hasTable(const std::string& tableName) const;
+
+	std::string getMetaValue(const std::string& key) const;
+	void insertOrUpdateMetaValue(const std::string& key, const std::string& value);
+
 	StorageFile getFirstFile(const std::string& query) const;
 	std::vector<StorageFile> getAllFiles(const std::string& query) const;
 	StorageSourceLocation getFirstSourceLocation(const std::string& query) const;
diff --git a/src/lib/data/Storage.cpp b/src/lib/data/Storage.cpp
index 3d296bf1..94eba30f 100644
--- a/src/lib/data/Storage.cpp
+++ b/src/lib/data/Storage.cpp
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 #include "data/parser/ParseVariable.h"
 #include "data/type/DataType.h"
 #include "settings/ApplicationSettings.h"
+#include "utility/Version.h"
 
 Storage::Storage(const FilePath& dbPath)
 	: m_sqliteStorage(dbPath.str())
@@ -29,6 +30,11 @@ Storage::~Storage()
 {
 }
 
+Version Storage::getVersion() const
+{
+	return m_sqliteStorage.getVersion();
+}
+
 void Storage::clear()
 {
 	m_sqliteStorage.clear();
@@ -148,6 +154,7 @@ void Storage::logStats() const
 
 void Storage::startParsing()
 {
+	m_sqliteStorage.setVersion(Version::getApplicationVersion());
 }
 
 void Storage::finishParsing()
diff --git a/src/lib/data/Storage.h b/src/lib/data/Storage.h
index 8b24b6ae..abd16a8d 100644
--- a/src/lib/data/Storage.h
+++ b/src/lib/data/Storage.h
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ public:
 	Storage(const FilePath& dbPath);
 	virtual ~Storage();
 
+	Version getVersion() const;
+
 	void clear();
 	void clearCaches();
 
diff --git a/src/lib/utility/Version.cpp b/src/lib/utility/Version.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2b329966
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/utility/Version.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,114 @@
+#include "utility/Version.h"
+
+#include "utility/utilityString.h"
+#include "utility/logging/logging.h"
+
+Version Version::s_version;
+
+Version Version::fromString(const std::string& versionString)
+{
+	Version version;
+	std::vector<std::string> components = utility::splitToVector(versionString, '-');
+
+	if (components.size() != 3)
+	{
+		LOG_ERROR("Version string is invalid: " + versionString);
+		return version;
+	}
+
+	std::vector<std::string> numbers = utility::splitToVector(components[0], '.');
+	if (numbers.size() > 0)
+	{
+		version.m_majorNumber = std::stoi(numbers[0]);
+	}
+	if (numbers.size() > 1)
+	{
+		version.m_minorNumber = std::stoi(numbers[1]);
+	}
+	if (numbers.size() > 2)
+	{
+		version.m_refreshNumber = std::stoi(numbers[2]);
+	}
+
+	version.m_commitNumber = std::stoi(components[1]);
+	version.m_commitHash = components[2];
+
+	return version;
+}
+
+void Version::setApplicationVersion(const Version& version)
+{
+	s_version = version;
+}
+
+const Version& Version::getApplicationVersion()
+{
+	return s_version;
+}
+
+Version::Version()
+	: m_majorNumber(0)
+	, m_minorNumber(0)
+	, m_refreshNumber(0)
+	, m_commitNumber(0)
+{
+}
+
+bool Version::operator<(const Version& other)
+{
+	if (m_majorNumber != other.m_majorNumber)
+	{
+		return m_majorNumber < other.m_majorNumber;
+	}
+	else if (m_minorNumber != other.m_minorNumber)
+	{
+		return m_minorNumber < other.m_minorNumber;
+	}
+	else if (m_refreshNumber != other.m_refreshNumber)
+	{
+		return m_refreshNumber < other.m_refreshNumber;
+	}
+	else if (m_commitNumber != other.m_commitNumber)
+	{
+		return m_commitNumber < other.m_commitNumber;
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		return false;
+	}
+}
+
+bool Version::isOlderStorageVersionThan(const Version& other)
+{
+	if (m_majorNumber != other.m_majorNumber)
+	{
+		return m_majorNumber < other.m_majorNumber;
+	}
+	else if (m_minorNumber != other.m_minorNumber)
+	{
+		return m_minorNumber < other.m_minorNumber;
+	}
+	else if (m_refreshNumber != other.m_refreshNumber)
+	{
+		return m_refreshNumber < other.m_refreshNumber;
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		return false;
+	}
+}
+
+std::string Version::toString() const
+{
+	std::stringstream ss;
+	ss << m_majorNumber << '.' << m_minorNumber << '.' << m_refreshNumber;
+	ss << '-' << m_commitNumber << '-' << m_commitHash;
+	return ss.str();
+}
+
+std::string Version::toDisplayString() const
+{
+	std::stringstream ss;
+	ss << m_majorNumber << '.' << m_minorNumber << '.' << m_refreshNumber << '.' << m_commitNumber;
+	return ss.str();
+}
diff --git a/src/lib/utility/Version.h b/src/lib/utility/Version.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c2014e5f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/utility/Version.h
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+#ifndef VERSION_H
+#define VERSION_H
+
+#include <string>
+
+class Version
+{
+public:
+	static Version fromString(const std::string& versionString);
+
+	static void setApplicationVersion(const Version& version);
+	static const Version& getApplicationVersion();
+
+	Version();
+
+	bool operator<(const Version& other);
+	bool isOlderStorageVersionThan(const Version& other);
+
+	std::string toString() const;
+	std::string toDisplayString() const;
+
+private:
+	static Version s_version;
+
+	int m_majorNumber;
+	int m_minorNumber;
+	int m_refreshNumber;
+	int m_commitNumber;
+
+	std::string m_commitHash;
+};
+
+#endif // VERSION_H