diff --git a/StreamAwesome/src/logic/persistence/PersistenceHandler.ts b/StreamAwesome/src/logic/persistence/PersistenceHandler.ts
index 9f5d33b..0815ac4 100644
--- a/StreamAwesome/src/logic/persistence/PersistenceHandler.ts
+++ b/StreamAwesome/src/logic/persistence/PersistenceHandler.ts
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ export class PersistenceHandler {
       return null
     }
 
-    if (record.version !== streamAwesomeVersion) {
-      console.error('Incompatible version found in persistent icon.')
+    if (!PersistenceHandler.isCompatibleVersion(record.version)) {
+      console.error(`Incompatible version found in persistent icon: ${record.version} (current: ${streamAwesomeVersion}).`)
 
       return null
     }
@@ -29,6 +29,21 @@ export class PersistenceHandler {
     ) as CustomIcon<FontAwesomePreset> | null
   }
 
+  // major versions are compatible
+  private static isCompatibleVersion(version: string): boolean {
+    if (!/^\d+\.\d+\.\d+$/.test(version)) {
+      return false
+    }
+
+    // dev environment
+    const currentMajor = streamAwesomeVersion.split('.')[0]
+    if (currentMajor === '0') {
+      return true
+    }
+
+    return version.split('.')[0] === currentMajor
+  }
+
   public static convertIconToPersistentIcon(icon: CustomIcon<FontAwesomePreset>): PersistentIcon {
     const flattenedIcon = PersistenceHandler.flattenObject(
       icon as unknown as Record<string, unknown>,
diff --git a/StreamAwesome/src/logic/persistence/PersistentIconConverter.ts b/StreamAwesome/src/logic/persistence/PersistentIconConverter.ts
index a3a8d62..3d5d70a 100644
--- a/StreamAwesome/src/logic/persistence/PersistentIconConverter.ts
+++ b/StreamAwesome/src/logic/persistence/PersistentIconConverter.ts
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ export class PersistentIconConverter {
       isBrandsIcon: this.extractBoolean(record, 'fontawesomeicon.isbrandsicon'),
       style: this.extractString(record, 'fontawesomeicon.style'),
       family: this.extractString(record, 'fontawesomeicon.family'),
-      duotoneAlpha: this.extractNumber(record, 'fontawesomeicon.duotonealpha')
+      duotoneAlpha: this.extractOptionalNumber(record, 'fontawesomeicon.duotonealpha', 0.5)
     }
   }
 
@@ -74,6 +74,13 @@ export class PersistentIconConverter {
     return parsedNumber
   }
 
+  private extractOptionalNumber(record: Record<string, unknown>, key: string, fallback: number): number {
+    if (record[key] === undefined || record[key] === null) {
+      return fallback
+    }
+    return this.extractNumber(record, key)
+  }
+
   private extractString(record: Record<string, unknown>, key: string): string {
     const value = record[key]
     if (value === undefined || value === null || Array.isArray(value)) {