diff --git a/app/features/redux/store.js b/app/features/redux/store.js
index 3700012..4af76d1 100644
--- a/app/features/redux/store.js
+++ b/app/features/redux/store.js
@@ -1,14 +1,38 @@
 // @flow
 
 import { createStore } from 'redux';
-import { persistReducer } from 'redux-persist';
+import { persistReducer, getStoredState } from 'redux-persist';
+import storage from 'redux-persist/lib/storage'; // uses localStorage
 
 import middleware from './middleware';
 import reducers from './reducers';
 
+const migrateFromElectronStore = async state => {
+    // migrate to local storage by checking if state is undefined
+    // (first launch or first launch after switch to local storage)
+    // and previous electron-store config.json exists.
+    if (state === undefined && window.jitsiNodeAPI.electronStoreExists) {
+        const electronStoreState = await getStoredState({
+            key: 'root',
+            storage: window.jitsiNodeAPI.createElectronStorage(),
+            debug: true
+        });
+
+        if ('onboarding' in electronStoreState) {
+            return electronStoreState;
+        }
+    }
+
+    return state;
+};
+
 const persistConfig = {
     key: 'root',
-    storage: window.jitsiNodeAPI.createElectronStorage(),
+
+    // remove this and all electron-store-related dependencies end of 2021
+    // (3 months migration period from electron-store to local storage)
+    migrate: migrateFromElectronStore,
+    storage,
     whitelist: [
         'onboarding',
         'recentList',
diff --git a/app/preload/preload.js b/app/preload/preload.js
index 54bf79b..5693c86 100644
--- a/app/preload/preload.js
+++ b/app/preload/preload.js
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ window.jitsiNodeAPI = {
     openExternalLink,
     platform: process.platform,
     jitsiMeetElectronUtils,
+    electronStoreExists: ipcRenderer.sendSync('electron-store-exists'),
     ipc: {
         on: (channel, listener) => {
             if (!whitelistedIpcChannels.includes(channel)) {
diff --git a/main.js b/main.js
index 70530ea..933a84b 100644
--- a/main.js
+++ b/main.js
@@ -396,3 +396,7 @@ ipcMain.on('renderer-ready', () => {
             .send('protocol-data-msg', protocolDataForFrontApp);
     }
 });
+
+ipcMain.on('electron-store-exists', event => {
+    event.returnValue = existsSync(path.join(app.getPath('userData'), 'config.json'));
+});