diff --git a/src/MissionManager/GeoFenceController.cc b/src/MissionManager/GeoFenceController.cc
index 254790b3da6d49f3a1cb98306c5060ca41e4cc20..228ba04e81a1f30238d3d05ee7e0117ffa9666df 100644
--- a/src/MissionManager/GeoFenceController.cc
+++ b/src/MissionManager/GeoFenceController.cc
@@ -123,8 +123,9 @@ bool GeoFenceController::load(const QJsonObject& json, QString& errorString)
 
     errorString.clear();
 
-    if (json.contains(JsonHelper::jsonVersionKey) && json[JsonHelper::jsonVersionKey].toInt() == 1) {
-        // We just ignore old version 1 data
+    if (!json.contains(JsonHelper::jsonVersionKey) ||
+            (json.contains(JsonHelper::jsonVersionKey) && json[JsonHelper::jsonVersionKey].toInt() == 1)) {
+        // We just ignore old version 1 or prior data
         return true;
     }