diff --git a/src/app/puzzle/xml/vpuzzlelayoutfilereader.cpp b/src/app/puzzle/xml/vpuzzlelayoutfilereader.cpp
index c2cfc6d9f..76da5f53d 100644
--- a/src/app/puzzle/xml/vpuzzlelayoutfilereader.cpp
+++ b/src/app/puzzle/xml/vpuzzlelayoutfilereader.cpp
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 
 #include <QXmlStreamAttributes>
 #include "vpuzzlelayoutfilereader.h"
+#include "vpuzzlelayoutfilewriter.h"
 
 VPuzzleLayoutFileReader::VPuzzleLayoutFileReader()
 {
@@ -53,14 +54,25 @@ bool VPuzzleLayoutFileReader::ReadFile(VPuzzleLayout *layout, QFile *file)
         // if it doesn't start with layout, error
         // if it starts with version > than current version, error
 
-        if (name() == QString("layout")
-                && attributes().value(QString("version")) == QLatin1String("1.0.0"))
+        if (name() == QString("layout"))
         {
-            ReadLayout(layout);
+            QString versionStr = attributes().value(QString("version")).toString();
+            QStringList versionStrParts = versionStr.split('.');
+            m_layoutFormatVersion = FORMAT_VERSION(versionStrParts.at(0).toInt(),versionStrParts.at(1).toInt(),versionStrParts.at(2).toInt());
+
+            if(VPuzzleLayoutFileWriter::LayoutFileFormatVersion >= m_layoutFormatVersion)
+            {
+                ReadLayout(layout);
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                // TODO better error handling
+                raiseError(QObject::tr("You're trying to open a layout that was created with a newer version of puzzle"));
+            }
         }
         else
         {
-            raiseError(QObject::tr("The file is not a layout version 1.0.0 file."));
+            raiseError(QObject::tr("Wrong file structure"));
         }
     }
 
@@ -218,6 +230,7 @@ void VPuzzleLayoutFileReader::ReadLayer(VPuzzleLayer *layer)
 //---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 void VPuzzleLayoutFileReader::ReadPiece(VPuzzlePiece *piece)
 {
+    Q_UNUSED(piece);
     Q_ASSERT(isStartElement() && name() == QString("piece"));
 
     // TODO read the attributes
diff --git a/src/app/puzzle/xml/vpuzzlelayoutfilereader.h b/src/app/puzzle/xml/vpuzzlelayoutfilereader.h
index f2a08a23b..8ec5eb5ce 100644
--- a/src/app/puzzle/xml/vpuzzlelayoutfilereader.h
+++ b/src/app/puzzle/xml/vpuzzlelayoutfilereader.h
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 #define VPUZZLELAYOUTFILEREADER_H
 
 #include <QXmlStreamReader>
+#include "../ifc/xml/vabstractconverter.h"
 #include "vpuzzlelayout.h"
 #include "vpuzzlelayer.h"
 #include "vpuzzlepiece.h"
@@ -43,6 +44,8 @@ public:
     bool ReadFile(VPuzzleLayout *layout, QFile *file);
 
 private:
+    int m_layoutFormatVersion;
+
     void ReadLayout(VPuzzleLayout *layout);
     void ReadProperties(VPuzzleLayout *layout);
     void ReadTiles(VPuzzleLayout *layout);
diff --git a/src/app/puzzle/xml/vpuzzlelayoutfilewriter.cpp b/src/app/puzzle/xml/vpuzzlelayoutfilewriter.cpp
index 87f676107..8c265e0c0 100644
--- a/src/app/puzzle/xml/vpuzzlelayoutfilewriter.cpp
+++ b/src/app/puzzle/xml/vpuzzlelayoutfilewriter.cpp
@@ -34,6 +34,12 @@ VPuzzleLayoutFileWriter::VPuzzleLayoutFileWriter()
 
 }
 
+//---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+VPuzzleLayoutFileWriter::~VPuzzleLayoutFileWriter()
+{
+
+}
+
 //---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 void VPuzzleLayoutFileWriter::WriteFile(VPuzzleLayout *layout, QFile *file)
 {
@@ -51,7 +57,7 @@ void VPuzzleLayoutFileWriter::WriteFile(VPuzzleLayout *layout, QFile *file)
 void VPuzzleLayoutFileWriter::WriteLayout(VPuzzleLayout *layout)
 {
     writeStartElement("layout");
-    writeAttribute("version", "1.0.0"); // TODO / FIXME : get the version properly
+    writeAttribute("version", LayoutFileFormatVersionStr);
 
     WriteProperties(layout);
     WriteLayers(layout);
diff --git a/src/app/puzzle/xml/vpuzzlelayoutfilewriter.h b/src/app/puzzle/xml/vpuzzlelayoutfilewriter.h
index 5c22fdb5c..6f25e6a10 100644
--- a/src/app/puzzle/xml/vpuzzlelayoutfilewriter.h
+++ b/src/app/puzzle/xml/vpuzzlelayoutfilewriter.h
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 #define VPUZZLELAYOUTFILEWRITER_H
 
 #include <QXmlStreamWriter>
+#include "../ifc/xml/vabstractconverter.h"
 #include "vpuzzlelayout.h"
 #include "vpuzzlelayer.h"
 #include "vpuzzlepiece.h"
@@ -38,9 +39,24 @@ class VPuzzleLayoutFileWriter : public QXmlStreamWriter
 {
 public:
     VPuzzleLayoutFileWriter();
+    ~VPuzzleLayoutFileWriter();
 
     void WriteFile(VPuzzleLayout *layout, QFile *file);
 
+    /*
+     * Version rules:
+     * 1. Version have three parts "major.minor.patch";
+     * 2. major part only for stable releases;
+     * 3. minor - 10 or more patch changes, or one big change;
+     * 4. patch - little change.
+     */
+    /**
+     * @brief LayoutFileFormatVersion holds the version
+     *
+     */
+    static Q_DECL_CONSTEXPR const int LayoutFileFormatVersion = FORMAT_VERSION(1, 0, 0);
+    const QString LayoutFileFormatVersionStr = QStringLiteral("1.0.0");
+
 private:
 
     void WriteLayout(VPuzzleLayout *layout);