diff --git a/todo/src/components/storage.js b/todo/src/components/storage.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..74b626f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/todo/src/components/storage.js
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+function save(data) {
+    let json = JSON.stringify(data);
+    localStorage.setItem('todoList', json);
+}
+
+function load() {
+    const data = localStorage.getItem('todoList');
+    if (data) {
+        return data;
+    } else 
+        return null;
+}
+
+export { save, load };
diff --git a/todo/src/components/todo.js b/todo/src/components/todo.js
index 77fd15c..198f09f 100644
--- a/todo/src/components/todo.js
+++ b/todo/src/components/todo.js
@@ -21,10 +21,17 @@ function createProject(name) {
 
 class todoHandler {
     // Create default project during construction
-    constructor() {
-        this.projects = [new createProject('default')];
+    constructor(projects=null) {
+        if (projects) {
+            this.projects = projects;
+        } else {
+            this.projects = [new createProject('default')];
+        }
     }
 
+    getEverything() { return this.projects }
+
+
     getTodos() {
         return this.projects.map(item => item.todos);
     }    
@@ -67,7 +74,15 @@ class todoHandler {
         return todoArr.find(todo => todo.title === title);
     }
 
-    addProject = name => this.projects.push(createProject(name));
+    addProject(name) {
+        let exists = this.projects.find(x => x.name === name);
+        if (!exists) {
+            this.projects.push(createProject(name));
+            return
+        }
+        console.log(`Project ${name} already exists!`);
+
+    } 
 
     getProjects () {
         return this.projects.map(item => item.name);
diff --git a/todo/src/index.js b/todo/src/index.js
index a6247df..cd90e47 100644
--- a/todo/src/index.js
+++ b/todo/src/index.js
@@ -1,15 +1,26 @@
 import { todoHandler } from "./components/todo";
+import { save, load } from "./components/storage";
 
-let todos = new todoHandler();
+let todos; let data = load();
+
+// if there's local data save it in the array 
+if (data) {
+    let jsonData = JSON.parse(data);
+    todos = new todoHandler(jsonData);
+} else {
+    todos = new todoHandler();
+}
 
 // todoHandler().addTodo('default', 'test', 'some stuff', 'today', 5);
-todos.addProject('chores');
+todos.addProject('job');
 todos.addTodo('default', 'test default 2', 'some stuff', 'today', 5);
 todos.addTodo('default', 'default 2', 'some stuff', 'today', 5);
 // todos.addTodo('chores', 'choretest', 'some stuff', 'today', 5);
-console.log(todos.getTodos());
 // todos.delProject('de');
 // todos.editTodo('default', 'test', 'stuffing', 'tomorrow', 4);
 // console.log(todos.getTodos());
 // todos.deleteTodo('chores', 'choretest');
 // console.log(todos.getTodos());
+//
+//
+save(todos.getEverything());