diff --git a/src/VisualEditor/VisualEditor.css b/src/VisualEditor/VisualEditor.css
index f628afa..acef0c9 100644
--- a/src/VisualEditor/VisualEditor.css
+++ b/src/VisualEditor/VisualEditor.css
@@ -32,11 +32,11 @@ svg > text {
   cursor: grabbing;
 }
 
-/* .rountangle.selected {
+.rountangle.selected {
   fill: rgba(0, 0, 255, 0.2);
-  stroke: blue;
-  stroke-width: 4px;
-} */
+  /* stroke: blue;
+  stroke-width: 4px; */
+}
 
 .lineHelper {
   stroke: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ svg > text {
 
 
 
-.selected {
+line.selected, circle.selected {
   fill: rgba(0, 0, 255, 0.2);
   /* stroke-dasharray: 7 6; */
   stroke: blue;
diff --git a/src/VisualEditor/VisualEditor.tsx b/src/VisualEditor/VisualEditor.tsx
index b1e4afc..67d4451 100644
--- a/src/VisualEditor/VisualEditor.tsx
+++ b/src/VisualEditor/VisualEditor.tsx
@@ -95,6 +95,21 @@ export function VisualEditor() {
   //   console.log('selectingState:', selectingState);
   // }, [selectingState]);
 
+  useEffect(() => {
+    const recoveredState = JSON.parse(window.localStorage.getItem("state") || "null") || emptyState;
+    setState(recoveredState);
+  }, []);
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    // delay is necessary for 2 reasons:
+    //   1) it's a hack - prevents us from writing the initial state to localstorage (before having recovered the state that was in localstorage)
+    //   2) performance: only save when the user does nothing
+    const timeout = setTimeout(() => {
+      window.localStorage.setItem("state", JSON.stringify(state));
+      console.log('saved to localStorage');
+    }, 100);
+    return () => clearTimeout(timeout);
+  }, [state]);
 
 
   const onMouseDown: MouseEventHandler<SVGSVGElement> = (e) => {
@@ -368,7 +383,7 @@ export function RountangleSVG(props: {rountangle: Rountangle, dragging: boolean,
     <rect
       className={"rountangle"
         +(props.dragging?" dragging":"")
-        // +(props.selected.length===4?" selected":"")
+        +(props.selected.length===4?" selected":"")
         +((props.rountangle.kind==="or")?" or":"")}
       rx={20} ry={20}
       x={0}