diff --git a/TODO.md b/TODO.md
index 07221c4..af2abcd 100644
--- a/TODO.md
+++ b/TODO.md
@@ -1,7 +1,3 @@
-- save/restore state in local storage
-  - need to save all not-computed resource properties that can change
-    - resource.value
-    - resource.cost
 - second click functionality (for selling)
 - more infrastructure
   - more follower storage space
diff --git a/src/main.ts b/src/main.ts
index 4b27a49..bc2a1f2 100644
--- a/src/main.ts
+++ b/src/main.ts
@@ -19,6 +19,11 @@ function gameLoop (state: GameState, renderer: IRenderer): void {
     gameLoop(state, renderer), cycleLength);
 }
 
+function startGame (state: GameState, renderer: IRenderer): void {
+  state.load(); // load saved game if one exists
+  gameLoop(state, renderer); // start the main loop
+}
+
 // run with default config at startup
 ((): void => {
   const config: GameConfig = new GameConfig();
@@ -39,7 +44,7 @@ function gameLoop (state: GameState, renderer: IRenderer): void {
     }
   });
 
-  if (document.readyState !== 'loading') gameLoop(state, renderer);
+  if (document.readyState !== 'loading') startGame(state, renderer);
   else document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', (): void =>
-    gameLoop(state, renderer));
+    startGame(state, renderer));
 })();
diff --git a/src/model/GameState.ts b/src/model/GameState.ts
index a33acab..3d62599 100644
--- a/src/model/GameState.ts
+++ b/src/model/GameState.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,10 @@
 class GameState {
+  private _versionMaj: number = 0;
+  private _versionMin: number = 1;
+
+  private _timeSinceSave: number = 0;
+  private readonly _timeBetweenSaves: number = 10000;
+
   private _resources: Record<string, IResource> = { };
   private _resourceKeys: string[] = [];
 
@@ -16,6 +22,12 @@ class GameState {
   public advance (time: number): void {
     this.now = (new Date()).getTime();
 
+    this._timeSinceSave += time;
+    if (this._timeSinceSave >= this._timeBetweenSaves) {
+      this.save();
+      this._timeSinceSave = 0;
+    }
+
     // advance each resource
     for (const rkey of this._resourceKeys) {
       if (this._resources[rkey].isUnlocked(this)
@@ -109,4 +121,50 @@ class GameState {
       this.logger.msg(text);
     }
   }
+
+  public save (): void {
+    const saveObj: { [key: string]: any } = { };
+    saveObj.version = {
+      maj: this._versionMaj,
+      min: this._versionMin
+    };
+    for (const rkey of this._resourceKeys) {
+      saveObj[rkey] = {
+        value: this._resources[rkey].value,
+        cost: this._resources[rkey].cost
+      };
+    }
+    const saveStr: string = btoa(JSON.stringify(saveObj));
+    localStorage.setItem('savegame', saveStr);
+  }
+
+  public load (): void {
+    const saveStr: string = localStorage.getItem('savegame');
+    if (saveStr !== null) {
+      try {
+        const saveObj: { [key: string]: any } =
+          JSON.parse(atob(saveStr));
+        if (this._versionMaj === saveObj.version.maj) {
+          for (const rkey of this._resourceKeys) {
+            if (saveObj[rkey] !== undefined
+              && saveObj[rkey].value !== undefined
+              && saveObj[rkey].cost !== undefined) {
+              this._resources[rkey].value = saveObj[rkey].value;
+              this._resources[rkey].cost = saveObj[rkey].cost;
+            }
+          }
+        } else {
+          // tslint:disable-next-line
+          console.log('The saved game is too old to load.');
+        }
+      } catch (e) {
+        // tslint:disable-next-line
+        console.log('There was an error loading the saved game.');
+        console.log(e); // tslint:disable-line
+      }
+    } else {
+      // tslint:disable-next-line
+      console.log('No save game was found.');
+    }
+  }
 }
diff --git a/src/model/resource/Money.ts b/src/model/resource/Money.ts
index cc174e6..2cf2f94 100644
--- a/src/model/resource/Money.ts
+++ b/src/model/resource/Money.ts
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ class Money extends Purchasable {
 
   protected _purchaseLog (amount: number, state: GameState): string {
     const followers: number = state.getResource('plorg').value;
-    return `You collected $${amount} from ${followers} followers.`;
+    return `You collected $${state.formatNumber(amount)} from ${state.formatNumber(followers)} followers.`;
   }
 
   public max (state: GameState): number | null {
diff --git a/tslint.json b/tslint.json
index 53bd174..6e37074 100644
--- a/tslint.json
+++ b/tslint.json
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
       true, {
         "limit": 75,
         "check-strings": true,
-        "ignore-pattern": "(^\\s+state\\.log\\(|^\\s+['\"`])"
+        "ignore-pattern": "(^\\s+state\\.log\\(|^\\s+(return )?['\"`])"
       }
     ],
     "whitespace": [