diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 3ad0bfb..9d7f8af 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@
         "redux-saga": "^1.1.3",
         "styled-components": "^5.3.5",
         "tailwindcss": "^3.0.23",
+        "ts-md5": "^1.3.1",
         "typesafe-actions": "^5.1.0",
         "typescript": "^4.6.4",
         "web-vitals": "^2.1.4"
@@ -15508,6 +15509,14 @@
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/tryer/-/tryer-1.0.1.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha512-c3zayb8/kWWpycWYg87P71E1S1ZL6b6IJxfb5fvsUgsf0S2MVGaDhDXXjDMpdCpfWXqptc+4mXwmiy1ypXqRAA=="
     },
+    "node_modules/ts-md5": {
+      "version": "1.3.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/ts-md5/-/ts-md5-1.3.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-DiwiXfwvcTeZ5wCE0z+2A9EseZsztaiZtGrtSaY5JOD7ekPnR/GoIVD5gXZAlK9Na9Kvpo9Waz5rW64WKAWApg==",
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">=12"
+      }
+    },
     "node_modules/tsconfig-paths": {
       "version": "3.14.1",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/tsconfig-paths/-/tsconfig-paths-3.14.1.tgz",
@@ -27799,6 +27808,11 @@
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/tryer/-/tryer-1.0.1.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha512-c3zayb8/kWWpycWYg87P71E1S1ZL6b6IJxfb5fvsUgsf0S2MVGaDhDXXjDMpdCpfWXqptc+4mXwmiy1ypXqRAA=="
     },
+    "ts-md5": {
+      "version": "1.3.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/ts-md5/-/ts-md5-1.3.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-DiwiXfwvcTeZ5wCE0z+2A9EseZsztaiZtGrtSaY5JOD7ekPnR/GoIVD5gXZAlK9Na9Kvpo9Waz5rW64WKAWApg=="
+    },
     "tsconfig-paths": {
       "version": "3.14.1",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/tsconfig-paths/-/tsconfig-paths-3.14.1.tgz",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 9cb04a0..deb41f6 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
     "redux-saga": "^1.1.3",
     "styled-components": "^5.3.5",
     "tailwindcss": "^3.0.23",
+    "ts-md5": "^1.3.1",
     "typesafe-actions": "^5.1.0",
     "typescript": "^4.6.4",
     "web-vitals": "^2.1.4"
diff --git a/src/components/Banner.tsx b/src/components/Banner.tsx
index ef1efa5..dd2c975 100644
--- a/src/components/Banner.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Banner.tsx
@@ -1,16 +1,24 @@
-import { useState } from "react";
+import {useEffect, useState} from "react";
 import {Button, Col, Row, Space, Typography} from "antd";
 import { CloseOutlined } from '@ant-design/icons';
+import {Md5} from "ts-md5";
 
 const { Text } = Typography
 
 const Banner = () => {
-	const [show, setShow] = useState(true);
+	const [show, setShow] = useState(false);
+	const banner_md5_key = 'banner_md5'
+	const banner_closed_key = 'banner_closed'
 
 	const dismiss = () => {
 		setShow(false);
+		localStorage.setItem(banner_closed_key,'true');
 	};
 
+	const announcement = "New Release! Access private networks with the Network Routes feature."
+
+	const announcement_md5 = Md5.hashStr(announcement)
+
 	const linkLearnMore = () => {
 		return (
 			<a
@@ -22,12 +30,24 @@ const Banner = () => {
 		)
 	}
 
+	useEffect(()=>{
+		let store_banner_md5 = localStorage.getItem(banner_md5_key);
+		let stored_banner_closed = localStorage.getItem(banner_closed_key);
+
+		if((!stored_banner_closed || stored_banner_closed !== 'true') ||
+			(!store_banner_md5 || store_banner_md5 !== announcement_md5)) {
+			setShow(true);
+			localStorage.setItem(banner_md5_key,announcement_md5);
+			localStorage.setItem(banner_closed_key,'false');
+		}
+	},[])
+
 	return show ? (
 		<div className="relative bg-indigo-600 white" color="white" style={{position: "relative", padding: "0.3rem"}} >
 			<Row>
 				<Col xs={24} sm={0} lg={0}>
 					<Text className="ant-col-md-0" style={{color: "#ffffff"}}>
-						New Release! Access private networks with the Network Routes feature.
+						{announcement}
 					</Text>
 				</Col>
 				<Col xs={24} sm={0} lg={0}>
@@ -38,7 +58,7 @@ const Banner = () => {
 				<Col xs={0} sm={24}>
 					<Space align="center" style={{display: "flex", justifyContent: "center"}}>
 						<Text style={{color: "#ffffff"}}>
-							New Release! Access private networks with the Network Routes feature.
+							{announcement}
 						</Text>
 						<span>
 							{linkLearnMore()}