diff --git a/src/pypelines/__init__.py b/src/pypelines/__init__.py
index f3247a520ff1602f256632a69cbd7d385cad8b65..c8f6ef2e673380f4795d4e6c93a54838eccd33b4 100644
--- a/src/pypelines/__init__.py
+++ b/src/pypelines/__init__.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-__version__ = "0.0.77"
+__version__ = "0.0.78"
 
 from . import loggs
 from .pipes import *
diff --git a/src/pypelines/pickle_backend.py b/src/pypelines/pickle_backend.py
index f66cfd0bbb05625820939b213fb1b075ca8a54c9..37eb96165ca03b6fe5c0380585b4da9427159985 100644
--- a/src/pypelines/pickle_backend.py
+++ b/src/pypelines/pickle_backend.py
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ import pickle, natsort, os, re, logging
 import pandas as pd
 
 
+IGNORE_VERSIONS = False
+
+
 class PickleDiskObject(BaseDiskObject):
     collection = ["preprocessing_saves"]  # collection a.k.a subfolders in the session.path
     extension = "pickle"
@@ -37,6 +40,9 @@ class PickleDiskObject(BaseDiskObject):
         """
         logger = logging.getLogger("pickle.version_deprecated")
 
+        if IGNORE_VERSIONS:
+            return False
+
         # if we didn't found the disk version, we return False.
         # it's not labeled as "deprecated" for retro-compatibility
         if self.disk_version is None or self.disk_version == "":