diff --git a/.changeset/cold-years-read.md b/.changeset/cold-years-read.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..cc9dad1a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/cold-years-read.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@openstapps/app": patch
+---
+
+fixed config version comparison
diff --git a/frontend/app/src/app/modules/config/config.provider.spec.ts b/frontend/app/src/app/modules/config/config.provider.spec.ts
index aaf7bdea..79c6103a 100644
--- a/frontend/app/src/app/modules/config/config.provider.spec.ts
+++ b/frontend/app/src/app/modules/config/config.provider.spec.ts
@@ -132,6 +132,8 @@ describe('ConfigProvider', () => {
     wrongConfig.backend.SCVersion = '0.1.0';
     storageProviderSpy.get.and.returnValue(Promise.resolve(wrongConfig));
     spyOn(configProvider.client, 'handshake').and.returnValue(Promise.resolve(sampleIndexResponse));
+    // sets StApps core version which has a different major version
+    configProvider.scVersion = '1.0.0';
     await configProvider.init();
 
     expect(ngxLogger.warn).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
@@ -139,6 +141,19 @@ describe('ConfigProvider', () => {
     );
   });
 
+  it('should load from storage if offline and same major version stored', async () => {
+    internetConnectionServiceMock = {offline$: new BehaviorSubject<boolean>(true)};
+    storageProviderSpy.has.and.returnValue(Promise.resolve(true));
+    const configInStorage = structuredClone(sampleIndexResponse);
+    configInStorage.backend.SCVersion = '1.0.0';
+    storageProviderSpy.get.and.returnValue(Promise.resolve(configInStorage));
+    // sets StApps core version which has the same major version
+    configProvider.scVersion = '1.1.1';
+    await configProvider.init();
+
+    expect(configProvider.getAnyValue('app')).toEqual(configInStorage.app);
+  });
+
   it('should throw error on saved app configuration not available', async () => {
     storageProviderSpy.has.and.returnValue(Promise.resolve(false));
     // eslint-disable-next-line unicorn/error-message
diff --git a/frontend/app/src/app/modules/config/config.provider.ts b/frontend/app/src/app/modules/config/config.provider.ts
index aaa9ff18..c26e779f 100644
--- a/frontend/app/src/app/modules/config/config.provider.ts
+++ b/frontend/app/src/app/modules/config/config.provider.ts
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ export class ConfigProvider {
       this.config = await this.loadLocal();
       this.firstSession = false;
       this.logger.log(`initialised configuration from storage`);
-      if (this.config.backend.SCVersion !== this.scVersion) {
+      if (this.config.backend.SCVersion.split('.')[0] !== this.scVersion.split('.')[0]) {
         loadError = new WrongConfigVersionInStorage(this.scVersion, this.config.backend.SCVersion);
       }
     } catch (error) {