diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 2becd0b3cb..9e077b99ca 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "fantasy-map-generator",
-  "version": "1.156.1",
+  "version": "1.156.2",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "fantasy-map-generator",
-      "version": "1.156.1",
+      "version": "1.156.2",
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
         "alea": "^1.0.1",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 78d05f3246..7306b6e41d 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "fantasy-map-generator",
   "productName": "Fantasy Map Generator",
-  "version": "1.156.1",
+  "version": "1.156.2",
   "description": "Azgaar's _Fantasy Map Generator_ is a free web application that helps fantasy writers, game masters, and cartographers create and edit fantasy maps.",
   "homepage": "https://github.com/Azgaar/Fantasy-Map-Generator#readme",
   "bugs": {
diff --git a/src/app/chrome/tabs/heightmap-tab.ts b/src/app/chrome/tabs/heightmap-tab.ts
index 38896276fd..ebf0437f6b 100644
--- a/src/app/chrome/tabs/heightmap-tab.ts
+++ b/src/app/chrome/tabs/heightmap-tab.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,16 @@ const TEMPLATE = /* html */ `
     <button data-tip="${t("Display brushes panel")}" id="paintBrushes">${t("Paint Brushes")}</button>
     <button data-tip="${t("Template Editor")}" id="applyTemplate" style="display: none">${t("Template Editor")}</button>
     <button data-tip="${t("Image Converter")}" id="convertImage" style="display: none">${t("Image Converter")}</button>
+    <button
+      data-tip="${t("Save the painted heightmap to a draft file to continue later without generating a map")}"
+      id="saveHeightmapDraft"
+      style="display: none"
+    >${t("Save Draft")}</button>
+    <button
+      data-tip="${t("Load a heightmap draft file and continue painting")}"
+      id="loadHeightmapDraft"
+      style="display: none"
+    >${t("Load Draft")}</button>
     <button data-tip="${t("Render heightmap data as a small monochrome image")}" id="heightmapPreview">${t("Preview")}</button>
     <button data-tip="${t("Preview the heightmap in a 3D scene")}" id="heightmap3DView">${t("3D scene")}</button>
   </div>
diff --git a/src/locales/en.json b/src/locales/en.json
index 448a763751..de254c52a3 100644
--- a/src/locales/en.json
+++ b/src/locales/en.json
@@ -1537,9 +1537,11 @@
   "List below shows relations to {{state}}": "List below shows relations to {{state}}",
   "Livid": "Livid",
   "Load": "Load",
+  "Load Draft": "Load Draft",
   "Load Map": "Load Map",
   "Load Map from File": "Load Map from File",
   "Load Map from URL": "Load Map from URL",
+  "Load a heightmap draft file and continue painting": "Load a heightmap draft file and continue painting",
   "Load custom texture": "Load custom texture",
   "Load fully-functional map (.map or .gz formats)": "Load fully-functional map (.map or .gz formats)",
   "Load image to convert": "Load image to convert",
@@ -2453,6 +2455,7 @@
   "Sampling": "Sampling",
   "Satellite texture": "Satellite texture",
   "Save": "Save",
+  "Save Draft": "Save Draft",
   "Save Layers Preset": "Save Layers Preset",
   "Save Map File": "Save Map File",
   "Save Map to Dropbox": "Save Map to Dropbox",
@@ -2468,6 +2471,7 @@
   "Save reminder is turned off. Press CTRL+Q again to re-initiate": "Save reminder is turned off. Press CTRL+Q again to re-initiate",
   "Save reminder is turned on. Press CTRL+Q to turn off": "Save reminder is turned on. Press CTRL+Q to turn off",
   "Save screenshot of the 3d scene": "Save screenshot of the 3d scene",
+  "Save the painted heightmap to a draft file to continue later without generating a map": "Save the painted heightmap to a draft file to continue later without generating a map",
   "Save the project to browser storage only": "Save the project to browser storage only",
   "Save to a new file; Shift-click to overwrite the last saved file": "Save to a new file; Shift-click to overwrite the last saved file",
   "Saved map opens for browsing only, with editing disabled. Not a protection: the file itself can still be changed": "Saved map opens for browsing only, with editing disabled. Not a protection: the file itself can still be changed",
diff --git a/src/services/versioning.ts b/src/services/versioning.ts
index ecd194fc57..2d77001e39 100644
--- a/src/services/versioning.ts
+++ b/src/services/versioning.ts
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ import { isElectron } from "@/utils/environment";
 import { sentences, t } from "@/utils/i18n";
 import { findEl } from "@/utils/node-utils";
 
-export const VERSION = "1.156.1";
+export const VERSION = "1.156.2";
 
 // new changes on top, never translated
 const latestPublicChanges = (): string[] => [