diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 1a95d15..a524bbd 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -56,8 +56,7 @@ window.addEventListener('keydown', (event) => {
 // add model to store
 import modelData from './models/circle_error.d3sketch';
 import JSONToSketchData from './src/shape/JSONToSketchData.js';
-const { data, appVersion } = JSON.parse(modelData);
-JSONToSketchData({ data }, appVersion).then(sketch => {
+JSONToSketchData(JSON.parse(modelData)).then(sketch => {
   store.dispatch(actions.openSketch(sketch));
 });
 
diff --git a/src/components/App.js b/src/components/App.js
index 85418ac..357fa63 100644
--- a/src/components/App.js
+++ b/src/components/App.js
@@ -99,8 +99,8 @@ class App extends React.Component {
         case 'D3SKETCH':
         case 'JSON':
           const url = URL.createObjectURL(file);
-          const { data, appVersion } = await fetch(url).then(result => result.json());
-          const sketchData = await JSONToSketchData(data, appVersion);
+          const data = await fetch(url).then(result => result.json());
+          const sketchData = await JSONToSketchData(data);
           openSketch(sketchData);
           break;
         case 'JPG':
diff --git a/src/components/DoodlePreview.js b/src/components/DoodlePreview.js
index acc4a6f..d18b504 100644
--- a/src/components/DoodlePreview.js
+++ b/src/components/DoodlePreview.js
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ class DoodlePreview extends React.Component {
   async componentDidMount() {
     let { docData, sketchData } = this.props;
 
-    if (docData) sketchData = await JSONToSketchData(docData.data, docData.appVersion);
+    if (docData) sketchData = await JSONToSketchData(docData);
 
     const { canvas } = this.refs;
 
diff --git a/src/shape/JSONToSketchData.js b/src/shape/JSONToSketchData.js
index 3f047be..1756365 100644
--- a/src/shape/JSONToSketchData.js
+++ b/src/shape/JSONToSketchData.js
@@ -68,12 +68,12 @@ function revive(appVersion, key, value) {
   return value;
 }
 
-export default async function JSONToSketchData(data, appVersion) {
+export default async function JSONToSketchData({ data, appVersion }) {
   let sketchData;
   if (semver.gt(appVersion, '0.17.4')) {
     sketchData = reviveObject(data, (key, value) => revive(appVersion, key, value));
   } else {
-    sketchData = JSON.parse(data.data, (key, value) => revive(appVersion, key, value));
+    sketchData = JSON.parse(data, (key, value) => revive(appVersion, key, value));
   }
   sketchData = await recursivePromiseApply(sketchData);
 
diff --git a/src/shape/docToFile.js b/src/shape/docToFile.js
index 786c4a0..c38553e 100644
--- a/src/shape/docToFile.js
+++ b/src/shape/docToFile.js
@@ -9,8 +9,7 @@ export default async function docToFile(db, doc, { image = false, sketch = false
     author: doc.author,
     id: doc._id,
     createdOn: doc.createdOn,
-    updatedOn: doc.updatedOn,
-    appVersion: doc.appVersion
+    updatedOn: doc.updatedOn
   };
   if (doc.class) response.class = doc.class;
 
@@ -28,7 +27,7 @@ export default async function docToFile(db, doc, { image = false, sketch = false
       }
       const data = await blobToJSON(doc._attachments.sketch.data);
 
-      response.data = await JSONToSketchData(data, appVersion);
+      response.data = await JSONToSketchData(data);
     } else {
       const data = { data: doc.data, appVersion };
       response.data = await JSONToSketchData(data);
diff --git a/src/shape/sketchDataToJSON.js b/src/shape/sketchDataToJSON.js
index 2599a80..10fb9db 100644
--- a/src/shape/sketchDataToJSON.js
+++ b/src/shape/sketchDataToJSON.js
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { vectorArrayToBase64, imageToBase64 } from '../utils/binaryUtils.js';
+import { VERSION } from '../constants/general.js';
 
 function createShapeData(shape) {
   shape = { ...shape };
@@ -59,5 +60,5 @@ export default function sketchDataToJSON({ objectsById, spaces }) {
     }
   }
 
-  return data;
+  return { data, appVersion: VERSION };
 }