diff --git a/patches/redux-persist+6.0.0.patch b/patches/redux-persist+6.0.0.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c88dd5b1a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/patches/redux-persist+6.0.0.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+diff --git a/node_modules/redux-persist/lib/persistReducer.js.flow b/node_modules/redux-persist/lib/persistReducer.js.flow
+index cf8d980..b8535dc 100644
+--- a/node_modules/redux-persist/lib/persistReducer.js.flow
++++ b/node_modules/redux-persist/lib/persistReducer.js.flow
+@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import createPersistoid from './createPersistoid'
+ import defaultGetStoredState from './getStoredState'
+ import purgeStoredState from './purgeStoredState'
+ 
+-type PersistPartial = { _persist: PersistState }
++type PersistPartial = { _persist: ?PersistState }
+ const DEFAULT_TIMEOUT = 5000
+ /*
+   @TODO add validation / handling for:
+@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@ const DEFAULT_TIMEOUT = 5000
+ */
+ export default function persistReducer<State: Object, Action: Object>(
+   config: PersistConfig,
+-  baseReducer: (State, Action) => State
+-): (State, Action) => State & PersistPartial {
++  baseReducer: (State | void, Action) => State
++): (State | void, Action) => { ...State, ...PersistPartial } {
+   if (process.env.NODE_ENV !== 'production') {
+     if (!config) throw new Error('config is required for persistReducer')
+     if (!config.key) throw new Error('key is required in persistor config')
diff --git a/web/package.json b/web/package.json
index e922a45ab..0269973de 100644
--- a/web/package.json
+++ b/web/package.json
@@ -1,95 +1,96 @@
 {
   "name": "web",
   "version": "0.0.1",
   "type": "module",
   "private": true,
   "license": "BSD-3-Clause",
   "scripts": {
     "clean": "rm -rf dist/ && rm -rf node_modules/",
     "dev": "yarn concurrently --names=\"NODESSR,BROWSER\" -c \"bgBlue.bold,bgMagenta.bold\" \"yarn webpack --config webpack.config.cjs --config-name=server --watch\" \"yarn webpack-dev-server --hot --config webpack.config.cjs --config-name=browser\"",
     "prod": "yarn webpack --config webpack.config.cjs --env prod --progress",
     "test": "jest"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@babel/core": "^7.13.14",
     "@babel/plugin-proposal-class-properties": "^7.13.0",
     "@babel/plugin-proposal-nullish-coalescing-operator": "^7.13.8",
     "@babel/plugin-proposal-object-rest-spread": "^7.13.8",
     "@babel/plugin-proposal-optional-chaining": "^7.13.12",
     "@babel/plugin-transform-react-constant-elements": "^7.13.13",
     "@babel/plugin-transform-runtime": "^7.13.10",
     "@babel/preset-env": "^7.13.12",
     "@babel/preset-flow": "^7.13.13",
     "@babel/preset-react": "^7.13.13",
     "@hot-loader/react-dom": "16.13.0",
     "assets-webpack-plugin": "^3.9.7",
     "babel-jest": "^26.6.3",
     "babel-loader": "^8.1.0",
     "babel-plugin-transform-remove-console": "^6.9.4",
     "clean-webpack-plugin": "^3.0.0",
     "concurrently": "^5.3.0",
     "css-loader": "^4.3.0",
     "flow-bin": "^0.158.0",
     "flow-typed": "^3.2.1",
     "jest": "^26.6.3",
     "mini-css-extract-plugin": "^0.11.2",
     "optimize-css-assets-webpack-plugin": "^5.0.3",
     "style-loader": "^1.2.1",
     "terser-webpack-plugin": "^2.1.2",
     "url-loader": "^2.2.0",
     "webpack": "^4.41.0",
     "webpack-cli": "^3.3.9",
     "webpack-dev-server": "^3.11.0"
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@babel/runtime": "^7.13.10",
     "@fortawesome/fontawesome-svg-core": "1.2.25",
     "@fortawesome/free-regular-svg-icons": "5.11.2",
     "@fortawesome/free-solid-svg-icons": "5.11.2",
     "@fortawesome/react-fontawesome": "0.1.5",
     "basscss": "8.0.2",
     "classnames": "^2.2.5",
     "core-js": "^3.6.5",
     "dateformat": "^3.0.3",
     "detect-browser": "^4.0.4",
     "exif-js": "^2.3.0",
     "history": "^4.6.3",
     "invariant": "^2.2.4",
     "is-svg": "^4.3.0",
     "isomorphic-fetch": "^3.0.0",
     "lib": "0.0.1",
     "lodash": "^4.17.21",
     "react": "17.0.2",
     "react-circular-progressbar": "^2.0.2",
     "react-color": "^2.13.0",
     "react-dnd": "^11.1.3",
     "react-dnd-html5-backend": "^11.1.3",
     "react-dom": "17.0.2",
     "react-feather": "^2.0.3",
     "react-hot-loader": "^4.12.14",
     "react-icomoon": "^2.4.1",
     "react-redux": "^7.1.1",
     "react-router": "^5.2.0",
     "react-router-dom": "^5.2.0",
     "react-switch": "^5.0.1",
     "react-timeago": "^5.2.0",
     "redux": "^4.0.4",
     "redux-devtools-extension": "^2.13.2",
+    "redux-persist": "^6.0.0",
     "redux-thunk": "^2.2.0",
     "reselect": "^4.0.0",
     "simple-markdown": "^0.7.2",
     "tinycolor2": "^1.4.1",
     "visibilityjs": "^2.0.2"
   },
   "jest": {
     "roots": [
       "<rootDir>/utils"
     ],
     "transform": {
       "\\.js$": "babel-jest"
     },
     "transformIgnorePatterns": [
       "/node_modules/(?!@babel/runtime)"
     ]
   }
 }