diff --git a/app/core.cpp b/app/core.cpp
index 79aadb211..5d7c80009 100644
--- a/app/core.cpp
+++ b/app/core.cpp
@@ -75,7 +75,6 @@
 namespace olive {
 
 Core* Core::instance_ = nullptr;
-const uint Core::kProjectVersion = 211228;
 
 Core::Core(const CoreParams& params) :
   main_window_(nullptr),
diff --git a/app/core.h b/app/core.h
index 003e9e3f3..4779d34dc 100644
--- a/app/core.h
+++ b/app/core.h
@@ -316,8 +316,6 @@ public:
 
   void OpenNodeInViewer(ViewerOutput* viewer);
 
-  static const uint kProjectVersion;
-
 public slots:
   /**
    * @brief Starts an open file dialog to load a project from file
diff --git a/app/node/nodecopypaste.cpp b/app/node/nodecopypaste.cpp
index 190146472..a48f296cc 100644
--- a/app/node/nodecopypaste.cpp
+++ b/app/node/nodecopypaste.cpp
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ void NodeCopyPasteService::CopyNodesToClipboard(QVector<Node *> nodes, void *use
   writer.writeStartDocument();
   writer.writeStartElement(QStringLiteral("olive"));
 
-  writer.writeTextElement(QStringLiteral("version"), QString::number(Core::kProjectVersion));
+  writer.writeTextElement(QStringLiteral("version"), QString::number(Project::kProjectVersion));
 
   writer.writeStartElement(QStringLiteral("nodes"));
   for (int i=0; i<nodes.size(); i++) {
diff --git a/app/node/project/project.cpp b/app/node/project/project.cpp
index 0ca246374..9641669cd 100644
--- a/app/node/project/project.cpp
+++ b/app/node/project/project.cpp
@@ -32,6 +32,12 @@
 
 namespace olive {
 
+// This is the project version that Olive will save
+const uint Project::kProjectVersion = 211228;
+
+// This is the minimum project version that Olive can load
+const uint Project::kProjectMinimumVersion = 210528;
+
 Project::Project() :
   is_modified_(false),
   autorecovery_saved_(true)
diff --git a/app/node/project/project.h b/app/node/project/project.h
index ef2e3e192..2565e3697 100644
--- a/app/node/project/project.h
+++ b/app/node/project/project.h
@@ -85,6 +85,9 @@ public:
   static bool LoadPosition(QXmlStreamReader *reader, quintptr *node_ptr, Node::Position *pos);
   static void SavePosition(QXmlStreamWriter *writer, Node *node, const Node::Position &pos);
 
+  static const uint kProjectVersion;
+  static const uint kProjectMinimumVersion;
+
 signals:
   void NameChanged();
 
diff --git a/app/task/project/load/load.cpp b/app/task/project/load/load.cpp
index e747aec33..9f1a75026 100644
--- a/app/task/project/load/load.cpp
+++ b/app/task/project/load/load.cpp
@@ -54,11 +54,11 @@ bool ProjectLoadTask::Run()
             if (!ok) {
               SetError(tr("Failed to parse project version."));
               return false;
-            } else if (project_version > Core::kProjectVersion) {
+            } else if (project_version > Project::kProjectVersion) {
               // Project is newer than we support
-              SetError(tr("This project is newer than this version of Olive and cannot be opened."));
+              SetError(tr("This project is from a newer version of Olive and cannot be opened in this version."));
               return false;
-            } else if (project_version < 210528) { // Change this if we drop support for a project version
+            } else if (project_version < Project::kProjectMinimumVersion) { // Change this if we drop support for a project version
               // Project is older than we support
               SetError(tr("This project is from a version of Olive that is no longer supported in this version."));
               return false;
diff --git a/app/task/project/save/save.cpp b/app/task/project/save/save.cpp
index 06c59a7b9..052552ce0 100644
--- a/app/task/project/save/save.cpp
+++ b/app/task/project/save/save.cpp
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ bool ProjectSaveTask::Run()
 
     // Version is stored in YYMMDD from whenever the project format was last changed
     // Allows easy integer math for checking project versions.
-    writer.writeTextElement(QStringLiteral("version"), QString::number(Core::kProjectVersion));
+    writer.writeTextElement(QStringLiteral("version"), QString::number(Project::kProjectVersion));
 
     writer.writeTextElement("url", using_filename);