diff --git a/app/home/application-list.tsx b/app/home/application-list.tsx
index eb44b83..db543b0 100644
--- a/app/home/application-list.tsx
+++ b/app/home/application-list.tsx
@@ -103,14 +103,6 @@ function StageItemActions({ stage }: { stage: string }) {
 
 	return (
 		<div className="flex flex-row space-x-2 invisible group-hover:visible">
-			<Button
-				variant="small"
-				onClick={() => {
-					deleteStageInEntry(stage, entry.name)
-				}}
-			>
-				Edit
-			</Button>
 			<Button
 				variant="small"
 				onClick={() => {
diff --git a/app/home/graph.ts b/app/home/graph.ts
index 979c538..caf449f 100644
--- a/app/home/graph.ts
+++ b/app/home/graph.ts
@@ -1,17 +1,37 @@
-interface Node {
-	key: string
-	outs: Record<string, Connection>
-}
+import {
+	type Infer,
+	array,
+	integer,
+	min,
+	object,
+	record,
+	string,
+} from "superstruct"
 
-interface Entry {
-	name: string
-	stages: Node["key"][]
-}
+const $Connection = object({
+	nodeKey: string(),
+	weight: min(integer(), 0),
+})
+type Connection = Infer<typeof $Connection>
 
-interface Connection {
-	nodeKey: Node["key"]
-	weight: number
-}
+const $Node = object({
+	key: string(),
+	outs: record(string(), $Connection),
+})
+type Node = Infer<typeof $Node>
+
+const $Entry = object({
+	name: string(),
+	stages: array(string()),
+})
+type Entry = Infer<typeof $Entry>
+
+const $Graph = object({
+	nodes: record(string(), $Node),
+	starts: array(string()),
+	entries: record(string(), $Entry),
+})
+type Graph = Infer<typeof $Graph>
 
 const DEFAULT_NODE = {
 	applicationSubmittedNode: {
@@ -28,5 +48,5 @@ const DEFAULT_NODE = {
 	},
 } as const
 
-export { DEFAULT_NODE }
-export type { Node, Entry, Connection }
+export { $Graph, DEFAULT_NODE }
+export type { Graph, Node, Entry, Connection }
diff --git a/app/home/store.ts b/app/home/store.ts
index 3346adf..7d7f012 100644
--- a/app/home/store.ts
+++ b/app/home/store.ts
@@ -1,12 +1,15 @@
+import { is } from "superstruct"
 import { create } from "zustand/index"
 import { immer } from "zustand/middleware/immer"
-import { DEFAULT_NODE, type Entry, type Node } from "~/home/graph"
+import { $Graph, DEFAULT_NODE, type Entry, type Node } from "~/home/graph"
 
 interface RootStore {
 	nodes: Record<string, Node>
 	starts: Node["key"][]
 	entries: Record<string, Entry>
 
+	loadGraphFromLocalStorage: () => boolean
+	resetGraph: () => void
 	addEntry: (name: string) => void
 	hasEntry: (name: string) => boolean
 	addStageInEntry: (stage: string, entryName: string) => void
@@ -25,6 +28,38 @@ const useRootStore = create<RootStore>()(
 		starts: [DEFAULT_NODE.applicationSubmittedNode.key],
 		entries: {},
 
+		loadGraphFromLocalStorage: () => {
+			const graphJson = localStorage.getItem("graph")
+			if (!graphJson) {
+				// if there is no saved data, then we simply return
+				// this is not considered to be an error
+				return true
+			}
+
+			const graph = JSON.parse(graphJson)
+			if (!is(graph, $Graph)) {
+				return false
+			}
+
+			set({
+				nodes: graph.nodes,
+				starts: graph.starts,
+				entries: graph.entries,
+			})
+
+			return true
+		},
+
+		resetGraph: () =>
+			set({
+				nodes: {
+					[DEFAULT_NODE.applicationSubmittedNode.key]:
+						DEFAULT_NODE.applicationSubmittedNode,
+				},
+				starts: [DEFAULT_NODE.applicationSubmittedNode.key],
+				entries: {},
+			}),
+
 		addEntry: (name) =>
 			set((state) => {
 				const currentEntries = state.entries
diff --git a/app/routes/home.tsx b/app/routes/home.tsx
index fe31386..9a7bba1 100644
--- a/app/routes/home.tsx
+++ b/app/routes/home.tsx
@@ -16,6 +16,25 @@ export function meta() {
 }
 
 export default function Home() {
+	const loadGraphFromLocalStorage = useRootStore(
+		(state) => state.loadGraphFromLocalStorage,
+	)
+
+	useEffect(function saveGraphToLocalStorage() {
+		const unsub = useRootStore.subscribe(({ nodes, starts, entries }) => {
+			localStorage.setItem("graph", JSON.stringify({ nodes, starts, entries }))
+		})
+		return () => {
+			unsub()
+		}
+	}, [])
+
+	useEffect(() => {
+		if (!loadGraphFromLocalStorage()) {
+			alert("Unable to load locally saved data due to inconsistency.")
+		}
+	}, [loadGraphFromLocalStorage])
+
 	return (
 		<div className="flex items-center justify-center p-4 md:px-16 md:pt-20 w-full">
 			<main className="w-full max-w-xl flex flex-col items-start">
@@ -37,26 +56,34 @@ export default function Home() {
 function FlufferChart() {
 	const nodes = useRootStore((state) => state.nodes)
 	const starts = useRootStore((state) => state.starts)
+	const resetGraph = useRootStore((state) => state.resetGraph)
 	const uiMode = useUiMode()
 
 	const data = useMemo(() => {
-		const rows: [string, string, number][] = []
-		const queue = new Queue<Node>()
-		for (const nodeKey of starts) {
-			queue.enqueue(nodes[nodeKey])
-		}
-		while (!queue.isEmpty) {
-			// biome-ignore lint/style/noNonNullAssertion: if queue is non empty, then dequeue will always be non null
-			const currentNode = queue.dequeue()!
-			for (const nodeKey in currentNode.outs) {
-				// biome-ignore lint/style/noNonNullAssertion: <explanation>
-				const connection = currentNode.outs[nodeKey]!
-				rows.push([currentNode.key, connection.nodeKey, connection.weight])
-				queue.enqueue(nodes[connection.nodeKey])
+		try {
+			const rows: [string, string, number][] = []
+			const queue = new Queue<Node>()
+			for (const nodeKey of starts) {
+				queue.enqueue(nodes[nodeKey])
 			}
+			while (!queue.isEmpty) {
+				// biome-ignore lint/style/noNonNullAssertion: if queue is non empty, then dequeue will always be non null
+				const currentNode = queue.dequeue()!
+				for (const nodeKey in currentNode.outs) {
+					// biome-ignore lint/style/noNonNullAssertion: <explanation>
+					const connection = currentNode.outs[nodeKey]!
+					rows.push([currentNode.key, connection.nodeKey, connection.weight])
+					queue.enqueue(nodes[connection.nodeKey])
+				}
+			}
+			return rows
+		} catch {
+			if (confirm("Invalid data detected. Erase data and reset?")) {
+				resetGraph()
+			}
+			return []
 		}
-		return rows
-	}, [starts, nodes])
+	}, [starts, nodes, resetGraph])
 
 	const hasData = data.length > 0
 
diff --git a/bun.lockb b/bun.lockb
index fec5af0..3b03ec8 100755
Binary files a/bun.lockb and b/bun.lockb differ
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 35b9281..8d42648 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
     "react-dom": "^19.0.0",
     "react-google-charts": "^5.2.1",
     "react-router": "^7.1.3",
+    "superstruct": "^2.0.2",
     "zustand": "^5.0.3"
   },
   "devDependencies": {