# Ember Local Storage Wipes on Refresh

**URL:** <https://discuss.emberjs.com/t/ember-local-storage-wipes-on-refresh/7075>\
**Category:** Ember CLI\
**Created:** [January 14, 2015, 3:31am UTC](https://discuss.emberjs.com/t/ember-local-storage-wipes-on-refresh/7075 "2015-01-14T03:31:20Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![fivetwentysix](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/discuss.emberjs.com/fivetwentysix/32/10100_2.png) [@fivetwentysix](https://discuss.emberjs.com/u/fivetwentysix)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2015, 3:31am UTC](https://discuss.emberjs.com/t/ember-local-storage-wipes-on-refresh/7075/1 "2015-01-14T03:31:20Z")

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Everytime I reload or update a file in development the local storage gets wiped and effectively logs me out, terribly annoying…

Is this normal behaviour? How do I make the local storage persist on reload?

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**Author:** ![jasonmit](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/discuss.emberjs.com/jasonmit/32/182_2.png) [@jasonmit](https://discuss.emberjs.com/u/jasonmit)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2015, 4:54am UTC](https://discuss.emberjs.com/t/ember-local-storage-wipes-on-refresh/7075/2 "2015-01-14T04:54:48Z")

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This is not an Ember CLI issue, this is a browser issue or implementation issue on your part.