diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 628fff69..f6d88cf5 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1085,13 +1085,14 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "diopser"
-version = "0.3.0"
+version = "0.4.0"
 dependencies = [
  "atomic_float",
  "nih_plug",
  "nih_plug_vizia",
  "open",
  "realfft",
+ "semver 1.0.14",
  "triple_buffer",
 ]
 
@@ -3809,6 +3810,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "semver-parser 0.10.2",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "semver"
+version = "1.0.14"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e25dfac463d778e353db5be2449d1cce89bd6fd23c9f1ea21310ce6e5a1b29c4"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "semver-parser"
 version = "0.7.0"
diff --git a/plugins/diopser/Cargo.toml b/plugins/diopser/Cargo.toml
index 4b41f05b..d6703970 100644
--- a/plugins/diopser/Cargo.toml
+++ b/plugins/diopser/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "diopser"
-version = "0.3.0"
+version = "0.4.0"
 edition = "2021"
 authors = ["Robbert van der Helm <mail@robbertvanderhelm.nl>"]
 license = "GPL-3.0-or-later"
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ nih_plug = { path = "../../", features = ["assert_process_allocs"] }
 nih_plug_vizia = { path = "../../nih_plug_vizia" }
 
 atomic_float = "0.1"
+semver = "1.0.14"
 
 # For the GUI
 realfft = "3.0"
diff --git a/plugins/diopser/src/lib.rs b/plugins/diopser/src/lib.rs
index b6d6f9b4..a47a0113 100644
--- a/plugins/diopser/src/lib.rs
+++ b/plugins/diopser/src/lib.rs
@@ -137,6 +137,19 @@ impl Plugin for Diopser {
         )
     }
 
+    fn filter_state(state: &mut PluginState) {
+        // Safe-mode is enabled by default, so to avoid changing the behavior we'll keep it disabled
+        // for older presets
+        if semver::Version::parse(&state.version)
+            .map(|version| version < semver::Version::parse("0.4.0").unwrap())
+            .unwrap_or(true)
+        {
+            state
+                .fields
+                .insert(String::from("safe-mode"), String::from("false"));
+        }
+    }
+
     fn accepts_bus_config(&self, config: &BusConfig) -> bool {
         // The SIMD version only supports stereo
         config.num_input_channels == config.num_output_channels && config.num_input_channels == 2