diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index c6127b3..af105f8 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -50,3 +50,7 @@ modules.order
 Module.symvers
 Mkfile.old
 dkms.conf
+
+.vscode/
+bin/
+tt.conf
diff --git a/src/project.cpp b/src/project.cpp
index 67197bd..11edbd9 100644
--- a/src/project.cpp
+++ b/src/project.cpp
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ void ProjectList::load(std::string file_name, bool ignore_worktimes){
     // check for I/O version number in tracking file, toggle legacy mode depending on it
     if(io_ver_num < io_version_number){
         std::cout << "Reading file in legacy mode." << std::endl;
-        std::cout << "Support for files from tt v.<=1.3.0 will be dropped in the future." << std::endl;
+        std::cout << "Support for files from tt v.<=1.2.0 will be dropped in the future." << std::endl;
         std::cout << "Consider converting it using 'convert <yyyy>-<mm>'" << std::endl;
         std::cout << std::endl;
 
diff --git a/src/tt.h b/src/tt.h
index fd0a45a..1e1e1f2 100644
--- a/src/tt.h
+++ b/src/tt.h
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
 
 #include <string>
 
-#define TT_VERSION 1.3.0
-#define TT_IO_VERSION 130
+#define TT_VERSION 1.2.0
+#define TT_IO_VERSION 120
 
 // global variables:
 extern std::string user_name;
diff --git a/src/ui.cpp b/src/ui.cpp
index 27efd5e..adca560 100644
--- a/src/ui.cpp
+++ b/src/ui.cpp
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ std::string command_names[num_commands]={
     "ls",
     "start",
     "save",
+    "load",
     "version"
 };
 
@@ -180,6 +181,12 @@ void parse_input(std::string input, ProjectList *proj_list){
         }
     }else if (command == "save"){
         command_save(proj_list);
+    }else if (command == "load"){
+        if(command_end == std::string::npos){
+            std::cout << "load: please specify tracking file to load (format: yyyy-mm)" << std::endl;
+        }else{
+            command_load(argument,proj_list);
+        }
     }else if (command == "version"){
         command_version();
     }
@@ -568,7 +575,7 @@ void command_report(std::string date_str, ProjectList* proj_list){
 
     if(date_str.length() == 0){
         // report for current month
-        std::string date = get_date();
+        std::string date = proj_list->month; //get_date();
         std::cout << "Report for " << user_name << ", month: " << date << std::endl << std::endl;
         
         for (int i=0; i<proj_list->num_projects; i++){
@@ -621,6 +628,23 @@ void command_save(ProjectList *proj_list){
     std::cout << "Tracking data saved to file " << file_name << std::endl;
 }
 
+// discard current project list and load from file
+void command_load(std::string date_str, ProjectList* proj_list){
+    date_str = trim(date_str);
+    std::string file_name = tracking_dir+"/"+date_str;
+
+    // clear project list and load new one
+    proj_list->projects.clear();
+    proj_list->num_projects=0;
+    proj_list->month=date_str;
+    proj_list->load(file_name);
+
+    // reset autocomplete
+    autocomplete_names.clear();
+    init_autocomplete(proj_list);
+    std::cout << "Loaded project data for month " << proj_list->month << std::endl << std::endl;
+}
+
 // print version number
 void command_version(){
     std::cout << "tt v." << STRING(TT_VERSION) << std::endl;
diff --git a/src/ui.h b/src/ui.h
index 5fde932..a238a82 100644
--- a/src/ui.h
+++ b/src/ui.h
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 #include <string>
 #include "project.h"
 
-const int num_commands=13;
+const int num_commands=14;
 extern std::string command_names[num_commands];
 extern std::vector<std::string> autocomplete_names;
 char **tt_name_completion(const char* text, int start, int end);
@@ -30,5 +30,6 @@ void command_at(std::string input, int wtime, ProjectList *proj_list);
 void command_rt(std::string input, int wtime, ProjectList *proj_list);
 void command_report(std::string date_str, ProjectList *proj_list);
 void command_save(ProjectList *proj_list);
+void command_load(std::string date_str, ProjectList *proj_list);
 void command_version();
 #endif