diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 0ba7b27d..db7faedb 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -161,3 +161,6 @@ cython_debug/
 #  and can be added to the global gitignore or merged into this file.  For a more nuclear
 #  option (not recommended) you can uncomment the following to ignore the entire idea folder.
 #.idea/
+
+#Custom stuff
+zt_backend/notebook.toml
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/zt_backend/main.py b/zt_backend/main.py
index 2a12d9d2..098c8f04 100644
--- a/zt_backend/main.py
+++ b/zt_backend/main.py
@@ -1,8 +1,12 @@
 from fastapi import FastAPI
 from fastapi.staticfiles import StaticFiles
 from fastapi.middleware.cors import CORSMiddleware
+from typing import OrderedDict
+from zt_backend.models.notebook import Notebook, CodeCell
 import router
+import toml
 import os
+import uuid
 
 app = FastAPI()
 
@@ -24,6 +28,20 @@
     expose_headers=["*"]
 )
 
+@app.on_event("startup")
+def open_project():
+    if not os.path.exists('notebook.toml'):
+        codeCell = CodeCell(
+            id=str(uuid.uuid4()),
+            code='#code here or else',
+            components=[],
+            output='',
+            cellType='code'
+        )
+        zt_notebook = Notebook(cells=OrderedDict([(codeCell.id, codeCell)]))
+        with open('notebook.toml', "w") as project_file:
+            toml.dump(zt_notebook.model_dump(), project_file)
+
 if run_mode=='app':
     app.mount(route_prefix, StaticFiles(directory="dist_app"), name="assets")
 else:
diff --git a/zt_backend/requirements.txt b/zt_backend/requirements.txt
index 81a49306..34f5f2ac 100644
--- a/zt_backend/requirements.txt
+++ b/zt_backend/requirements.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 fastapi
 uvicorn
-pydantic
\ No newline at end of file
+pydantic
+toml
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/zt_backend/router.py b/zt_backend/router.py
index d8c11a1b..07dd046d 100644
--- a/zt_backend/router.py
+++ b/zt_backend/router.py
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-from fastapi import APIRouter, Request
+from fastapi import APIRouter
 from fastapi.responses import FileResponse
-from zt_backend.models import request
-from zt_backend.models import notebook
+from zt_backend.models import request, notebook, response
 from runner.execute_code import execute_request
 import os
 import uuid
+import toml
 
 router = APIRouter()
 
@@ -20,15 +20,43 @@ def health():
     return('UP')
 
 @router.post("/api/runcode")
-async def runcode(request: request.Request):
-    return execute_request(request)
+def runcode(request: request.Request):
+    globalStateUpdate(run_request=request)
+    response = execute_request(request)
+    globalStateUpdate(run_response=response)
+    return response
 
 @router.post("/api/create_cell")
 def create_cell():
-     return notebook.CodeCell(
+     createdCell = notebook.CodeCell(
          id=str(uuid.uuid4()),
          code='#code here or else',
          components=[],
          output='',
          cellType='code'
-     )
\ No newline at end of file
+     )
+     globalStateUpdate(newCell=createdCell)
+     return createdCell
+
+@router.get("/api/notebook")
+def get_notebook():
+    return get_notebook()
+
+def get_notebook():
+    with open('notebook.toml', "r") as project_file:
+        notebook_data = toml.load(project_file)
+    return notebook.Notebook(**notebook_data)
+
+def globalStateUpdate(newCell: notebook.CodeCell=None, run_request: request.Request=None, run_response: response.Response=None):
+    zt_notebook = get_notebook()
+    if newCell is not None:
+        zt_notebook.cells[newCell.id] = newCell
+    if run_request is not None:
+        for requestCell in run_request.cells:
+            zt_notebook.cells[requestCell.id].code = requestCell.code
+    if run_response is not None:
+        for responseCell in run_response.cells:
+            zt_notebook.cells[responseCell.id].components = responseCell.components
+            zt_notebook.cells[responseCell.id].output = responseCell.output
+    with open('notebook.toml', "w") as project_file:
+        toml.dump(zt_notebook.model_dump(), project_file)
diff --git a/zt_frontend/src/App.vue b/zt_frontend/src/App.vue
index c5b1e761..42d40ea6 100644
--- a/zt_frontend/src/App.vue
+++ b/zt_frontend/src/App.vue
@@ -40,24 +40,22 @@ export default {
   },
 
   async created() {
-      const response = await axios.post(import.meta.env.VITE_BACKEND_URL + 'api/create_cell');
-      const startCell: CodeCell = response.data
-      this.notebook.cells = {}
-      this.notebook.cells[startCell.id] = startCell
+      const response = await axios.get(import.meta.env.VITE_BACKEND_URL + 'api/notebook')
+      this.notebook = response.data
   },
 
   methods: {
     async runCode() {
-      const cellRequests: CodeRequest[] = [];
+      const cellRequests: CodeRequest[] = []
       const requestComponents: ZTComponent[] = []
       for (let key in this.notebook.cells){
-        const cellRequest: CodeRequest = {id: key, code: this.notebook.cells[key].code};
+        const cellRequest: CodeRequest = {id: key, code: this.notebook.cells[key].code}
         requestComponents.push.apply(requestComponents, this.notebook.cells[key].components)
-        cellRequests.push(cellRequest);
+        cellRequests.push(cellRequest)
       }
-      const request: Request = { cells: cellRequests, components: requestComponents };
-      const axiosResponse = await axios.post(import.meta.env.VITE_BACKEND_URL + 'api/runcode', request);
-      const response: Response = axiosResponse.data;
+      const request: Request = { cells: cellRequests, components: requestComponents }
+      const axiosResponse = await axios.post(import.meta.env.VITE_BACKEND_URL + 'api/runcode', request)
+      const response: Response = axiosResponse.data
       for (const cellResponse of response.cells){
         this.notebook.cells[cellResponse.id].components = cellResponse.components
         this.notebook.cells[cellResponse.id].output = cellResponse.output