diff --git a/FTL.h b/FTL.h
index eda21af6..333e9d79 100644
--- a/FTL.h
+++ b/FTL.h
@@ -216,6 +216,10 @@ typedef struct {
 	char **domains;
 } whitelistStruct;
 
+typedef struct {
+	int version;
+} ShmSettings;
+
 // Prepare timers, used mainly for debugging purposes
 #define NUMTIMERS LAST_TIMER
 
diff --git a/shmem.c b/shmem.c
index 924dc0ca..3fa355b0 100644
--- a/shmem.c
+++ b/shmem.c
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@
 #include "FTL.h"
 #include "shmem.h"
 
+/// The version of shared memory used
+#define SHARED_MEMORY_VERSION 1
+
 /// The name of the shared memory. Use this when connecting to the shared memory.
 #define SHARED_LOCK_NAME "/FTL-lock"
 #define SHARED_STRINGS_NAME "/FTL-strings"
@@ -20,6 +23,7 @@
 #define SHARED_QUERIES_NAME "/FTL-queries"
 #define SHARED_FORWARDED_NAME "/FTL-forwarded"
 #define SHARED_OVERTIME_NAME "/FTL-overTime"
+#define SHARED_SETTINGS_NAME "/FTL-settings"
 #define SHARED_OVERTIMECLIENT_PREFIX "/FTL-client-"
 
 /// The pointer in shared memory to the shared string buffer
@@ -31,6 +35,7 @@ static SharedMemory shm_clients = { 0 };
 static SharedMemory shm_queries = { 0 };
 static SharedMemory shm_forwarded = { 0 };
 static SharedMemory shm_overTime = { 0 };
+static SharedMemory shm_settings = { 0 };
 
 static SharedMemory *shm_overTimeClients = NULL;
 static int overTimeClientCount = 0;
@@ -264,6 +269,14 @@ bool init_shmem(void)
 	overTime = (overTimeDataStruct*)shm_overTime.ptr;
 	counters->overTime_MAX = pagesize;
 
+	/****************************** shared settings struct ******************************/
+	// Try to create shared memory object
+	shm_settings = create_shm(SHARED_SETTINGS_NAME, sizeof(ShmSettings));
+	if(shm_settings.ptr == NULL)
+		return false;
+	ShmSettings *settings = (ShmSettings*)shm_settings.ptr;
+	settings->version = SHARED_MEMORY_VERSION;
+
 	return true;
 }
 
@@ -280,6 +293,7 @@ void destroy_shmem(void)
 	delete_shm(&shm_queries);
 	delete_shm(&shm_forwarded);
 	delete_shm(&shm_overTime);
+	delete_shm(&shm_settings);
 
 	for(int i = 0; i < overTimeClientCount; i++) {
 		delete_shm(&shm_overTimeClients[i]);