diff --git a/lib/util.js b/lib/util.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9f56745
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/util.js
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+import morph from 'morphmorph'
+const KEY = 'CARBON_STATE'
+
+const assign = morph.assign(KEY)
+
+const parse = v => {
+  try {
+    return JSON.parse(v)
+  } catch (e) {}
+}
+
+export const getState = morph.compose(parse, morph.get(KEY))
+export const saveState = (window, v) => assign(window, JSON.stringify(v))
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 80829ae..a8b191d 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
     "highlight.js": "^9.12.0",
     "lodash.debounce": "^4.0.8",
     "morgan": "^1.8.2",
-    "morphmorph": "0.0.2",
+    "morphmorph": "^0.0.2",
     "ms": "^2.0.0",
     "next": "^3.2.2",
     "react": "^15.6.1",
diff --git a/pages/editor.js b/pages/editor.js
index 19e8f68..8a5a5a9 100644
--- a/pages/editor.js
+++ b/pages/editor.js
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import {
   COLORS,
   DEFAULT_CODE
 } from '../lib/constants'
+import { getState, saveState } from '../lib/util'
 
 class Editor extends React.Component {
   /* pathname, asPath, err, req, res */
@@ -50,7 +51,7 @@ class Editor extends React.Component {
       paddingVertical: '48px',
       paddingHorizontal: '32px',
       uploading: false,
-      code: props.content || DEFAULT_CODE
+      code: props.content
     }
 
     this.save = this.save.bind(this)
@@ -58,7 +59,20 @@ class Editor extends React.Component {
     this.updateCode = this.updateCode.bind(this)
   }
 
-  getCarbonImage() {
+  componentDidMount() {
+    const state = getState(localStorage)
+    if (state) {
+      this.setState(state)
+    }
+  }
+
+  componentDidUpdate() {
+    const s = Object.assign({}, this.state)
+    delete s.code
+    saveState(localStorage, s)
+  }
+
+  getCarbonImage () {
     const node = document.getElementById('section')
 
     const config = {
@@ -140,7 +154,7 @@ class Editor extends React.Component {
                 title={`Drop your file here to import ${isOver ? '✋' : '✊'}`}
               >
                 <Carbon config={this.state} updateCode={this.updateCode}>
-                  {this.state.code}
+                  {this.state.code || DEFAULT_CODE}
                 </Carbon>
               </Overlay>
             )}
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index e2f763b..f9a15a3 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -2877,7 +2877,7 @@ morgan@^1.8.2:
     on-finished "~2.3.0"
     on-headers "~1.0.1"
 
-morphmorph@0.0.2:
+morphmorph@^0.0.2:
   version "0.0.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/morphmorph/-/morphmorph-0.0.2.tgz#b2401b5e976ca4f4e068b730145aa64634aaa689"