diff --git a/app/dashboard/templates/dashboard/index.html b/app/dashboard/templates/dashboard/index.html
index 9db63bed..57842753 100644
--- a/app/dashboard/templates/dashboard/index.html
+++ b/app/dashboard/templates/dashboard/index.html
@@ -273,12 +273,12 @@
   <script>
     var clipboard = new ClipboardJS('.clipboard');
 
-    var introShown = localStorage.getItem("introShown");
+    var introShown = store.get("introShown");
     if ("yes" !== introShown) {
       // only show intro when screen is big enough to show "developer" tab
       if (window.innerWidth >= 1024) {
         introJs().start();
-        localStorage.setItem("introShown", "yes")
+        store.set("introShown", "yes")
       }
     }
 
diff --git a/server.py b/server.py
index 49391a2a..18d45571 100644
--- a/server.py
+++ b/server.py
@@ -412,10 +412,12 @@ def setup_do_not_track(app):
     @app.route("/dnt")
     def do_not_track():
         return """
+        <script src="/static/local-storage-polyfill.js"></script>
+        
         <script>
 // Disable GoatCounter if this script is called
 
-window.localStorage.setItem('goatcounter-ignore', 't');
+store.set('goatcounter-ignore', 't');
 
 alert("GoatCounter disabled");
 
diff --git a/static/local-storage-polyfill.js b/static/local-storage-polyfill.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..668898a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/static/local-storage-polyfill.js
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+// From https://stackoverflow.com/a/12302790/1428034
+window.store = {
+  localStoreSupport: function () {
+    try {
+      return 'localStorage' in window && window['localStorage'] !== null;
+    } catch (e) {
+      return false;
+    }
+  },
+  set: function (name, value, days) {
+    if (days) {
+      var date = new Date();
+      date.setTime(date.getTime() + (days * 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000));
+      var expires = "; expires=" + date.toGMTString();
+    }
+    else {
+      var expires = "";
+    }
+    if (this.localStoreSupport()) {
+      localStorage.setItem(name, value);
+    }
+    else {
+      document.cookie = name + "=" + value + expires + "; path=/";
+    }
+  },
+  get: function (name) {
+    if (this.localStoreSupport()) {
+      var ret = localStorage.getItem(name);
+      //console.log(typeof ret);
+      switch (ret) {
+        case 'true':
+          return true;
+        case 'false':
+          return false;
+        default:
+          return ret;
+      }
+    }
+    else {
+      // cookie fallback
+      /*
+       * after adding a cookie like
+       * >> document.cookie = "bar=test; expires=Thu, 14 Jun 2018 13:05:38 GMT; path=/"
+       * the value of document.cookie may look like
+       * >> "foo=value; bar=test"
+       */
+      var nameEQ = name + "=";  // what we are looking for
+      var ca = document.cookie.split(';');  // split into separate cookies
+      for (var i = 0; i < ca.length; i++) {
+        var c = ca[i];  // the current cookie
+        while (c.charAt(0) == ' ') c = c.substring(1, c.length);  // remove leading spaces
+        if (c.indexOf(nameEQ) == 0) {  // if it is the searched cookie
+          var ret = c.substring(nameEQ.length, c.length);
+          // making "true" and "false" a boolean again.
+          switch (ret) {
+            case 'true':
+              return true;
+            case 'false':
+              return false;
+            default:
+              return ret;
+          }
+        }
+      }
+      return null; // no cookie found
+    }
+  },
+  del: function (name) {
+    if (this.localStoreSupport()) {
+      localStorage.removeItem(name);
+    }
+    else {
+      this.set(name, "", -1);
+    }
+  },
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/templates/base.html b/templates/base.html
index a240cbd7..d5397157 100644
--- a/templates/base.html
+++ b/templates/base.html
@@ -170,6 +170,8 @@
 
 </script>
 
+<script src="/static/local-storage-polyfill.js"></script>
+
 <!-- For additional script -->
 {% block script %}
 {% endblock %}
@@ -182,7 +184,7 @@
       return;
     }
 
-    if (localStorage.getItem('goatcounter-ignore') === 't') {
+    if (store.get('goatcounter-ignore') === 't') {
       console.log("GoatCounter is disabled");
       return;
     }