diff --git a/ui/fullscreen.html b/ui/fullscreen.html
index 2b16e546..d9bdd99f 100755
--- a/ui/fullscreen.html
+++ b/ui/fullscreen.html
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ body {
 <script src="images.js"></script>
 <script src="gallery-prototype.js"></script>
 <script src="ui.js"></script>
+<script src="persistance.js"></script>
+
 <script src="markers.js"></script>
 
 <!-- keep this after anything it uses -->
diff --git a/ui/persistance.js b/ui/persistance.js
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..863ac561
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ui/persistance.js
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+/*
+ * Here we will need several levels of storage:
+ * 	- state
+ * 	  this can be anything including file or localstorage.
+ * 	  this is stored in a unified location.
+ * 	  global per user/instance
+ * 	- progress
+ * 	  this is stored in file location as local config file.
+ *
+ */
+
+function loadJSONfile(path){
+	// XXX CEF (file) - binding
+	if(CEF_loadJSON != null){
+		return CEF_loadJSON(path)
+	}
+	// XXX PhoneGap (file) - binding
+	// XXX browser - open file dialog
+}
+
+function dumpJSONfile(path, value){
+	// XXX CEF (file) - binding
+	if(CEF_dumpJSON != null){
+		return CEF_dumpJSON(path, value)
+	}
+	// XXX PhoneGap (file) - binding
+	// XXX browser - download file dialog
+}
+
+