diff --git a/Quaver.API/Maps/Qua.cs b/Quaver.API/Maps/Qua.cs
index e51b41e68..054d54643 100644
--- a/Quaver.API/Maps/Qua.cs
+++ b/Quaver.API/Maps/Qua.cs
@@ -26,6 +26,14 @@ namespace Quaver.API.Maps
     [Serializable] // ReSharper disable CognitiveComplexity CompareOfFloatsByEqualityOperator
     public class Qua
     {
+        // 0 versioning added
+        public int QuaVersion { get; set; } = 0;
+
+        // Max supported version by this client
+        // This should be incremented whenever breaking changes are made to quas
+        // DetermineMinimumQuaVersion() should also be updated to allow older clients to load maps without new features
+        public const int CurrentQuaVersion = 0;
+
         /// <summary>
         ///     The name of the audio file
         /// </summary>
@@ -303,6 +311,12 @@ private bool CompareTimingGroups(Dictionary<string, TimingGroup> other)
                 .WithTagMapping("!ScrollGroup", typeof(ScrollGroup))
                 .Build();
 
+        
+        public int DetermineMinimumQuaVersion()
+        {
+            return 0;
+        }
+
         /// <summary>
         ///     Loads a .qua file from a stream
         /// </summary>
@@ -375,6 +389,8 @@ x.Signature is TimeSignature.Quadruple
             // Sort the object before saving.
             Sort();
 
+            QuaVersion = DetermineMinimumQuaVersion();
+
             // Set default values to zero so they don't waste space in the .qua file.
             var originalTimingPoints = TimingPoints;
             var originalHitObjects = HitObjects;
@@ -1165,6 +1181,9 @@ private static void AfterLoad(Qua qua, bool checkValidity)
             if (checkValidity && qua.Validate() is var errors && errors.Count > 0)
                 throw new ArgumentException(string.Join("\n", errors));
 
+            if (qua.QuaVersion > Qua.CurrentQuaVersion)
+                throw new QuaVersionException($"Map \"{qua.Artist} - {qua.Title}\" cannot be loaded because it requires features from a newer client.");
+
             // Try to sort the Qua before returning.
             qua.Sort();
         }
diff --git a/Quaver.API/Maps/QuaVersionException.cs b/Quaver.API/Maps/QuaVersionException.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2d6f1f6f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Quaver.API/Maps/QuaVersionException.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+[System.Serializable]
+public class QuaVersionException : System.Exception
+{
+    public QuaVersionException() { }
+    public QuaVersionException(string message) : base(message) { }
+    public QuaVersionException(string message, System.Exception inner) : base(message, inner) { }
+}
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