diff --git a/VortexEngine/src/Modes/Modes.cpp b/VortexEngine/src/Modes/Modes.cpp
index 84e7eab596..fadb8adcb4 100644
--- a/VortexEngine/src/Modes/Modes.cpp
+++ b/VortexEngine/src/Modes/Modes.cpp
@@ -38,7 +38,9 @@ bool Modes::init()
   return true;
 #endif
   ByteStream headerBuffer;
-  Storage::read(0, headerBuffer);
+  // the save header is stored in the global storage space because it
+  // contains device-wide settings shared by all profiles
+  Storage::readGlobal(headerBuffer);
   unserializeSaveHeader(headerBuffer);
   m_loaded = false;
 #ifdef VORTEX_LIB
@@ -145,11 +147,11 @@ bool Modes::saveHeader()
   if (!serializeSaveHeader(headerBuffer)) {
     return false;
   }
-  // serialize the number of modes
-  if (!headerBuffer.serialize8(m_numModes)) {
-    return false;
-  }
-  if (!Storage::write(0, headerBuffer)) {
+  // NOTE: the save header does not contain the number of modes anymore,
+  //       that is stored in the mode header of each storage page instead
+  // the save header is written to the global storage space so that it is
+  // shared by all profiles instead of being duplicated in each one
+  if (!Storage::writeGlobal(headerBuffer)) {
     return false;
   }
   return true;
@@ -159,20 +161,15 @@ bool Modes::loadHeader()
 {
   ByteStream headerBuffer;
   // only read storage if the modebuffer isn't filled
-  if (!Storage::read(0, headerBuffer) || !headerBuffer.size()) {
+  if (!Storage::readGlobal(headerBuffer) || !headerBuffer.size()) {
     DEBUG_LOG("Empty buffer read from storage");
     // this kinda sucks whatever they had loaded is gone
     return false;
   }
-  // this erases what is stored before we know whether there is data
-  // but it's the easiest way to just re-load new data from storage
-  clearModes();
-  // read the header and load the data
+  // read the header
   if (!unserializeSaveHeader(headerBuffer)) {
     return false;
   }
-  // NOTE: We do not bother loading the number of modes because
-  //       we can't really do anything with it anyway
   return true;
 }
 
@@ -182,6 +179,15 @@ bool Modes::saveStorage()
 {
   DEBUG_LOG("Saving modes...");
   saveHeader();
+  // save the mode header of this page which contains the number of modes
+  // stored here, the modes themselves are saved in slots 1 and up
+  ByteStream modeHeader(MAX_MODE_SIZE);
+  if (!modeHeader.serialize8(m_numModes)) {
+    return false;
+  }
+  if (!Storage::writeModeHeader(modeHeader)) {
+    return false;
+  }
   // make sure the current mode is saved in case it has changed somehow
   saveCurMode();
   // uninstantiate cur mode so we have stack space to serialize
@@ -221,13 +227,11 @@ bool Modes::saveStorage()
 
 bool Modes::loadStorage()
 {
-  // NOTE: We could call loadHeader here but then we wouldn't have the headerBuffer
-  //       and in turn wouldn't be able to unserialize the number of modes. The number
-  //       of modes is a weird case, it's technically part of the mode list not the
-  //       header but it is stored in the same storage slot as the header
-  ByteStream headerBuffer;
-  // only read storage if the modebuffer isn't filled
-  if (!Storage::read(0, headerBuffer) || !headerBuffer.size()) {
+  // NOTE: The save header is global and was already loaded in init(), the
+  //       mode header at slot 0 of this page holds the number of modes
+  //       stored in this profile
+  ByteStream modeHeader;
+  if (!Storage::readModeHeader(modeHeader) || !modeHeader.size()) {
     DEBUG_LOG("Empty buffer read from storage");
     // this kinda sucks whatever they had loaded is gone
     return false;
@@ -235,13 +239,9 @@ bool Modes::loadStorage()
   // this erases what is stored before we know whether there is data
   // but it's the easiest way to just re-load new data from storage
   clearModes();
-  // read the header and load the data
-  if (!unserializeSaveHeader(headerBuffer)) {
-    return false;
-  }
-  // unserialize the number of modes next
+  // unserialize the number of modes out of the mode header
   uint8_t numModes = 0;
-  if (!headerBuffer.unserialize8(&numModes)) {
+  if (!modeHeader.unserialize8(&numModes)) {
     return false;
   }
   if (!numModes) {
@@ -740,8 +740,8 @@ bool Modes::setFlag(uint8_t flag, bool enable, bool save)
   }
   // otherwise need to update the global flags field of the save header in storage
   ByteStream headerBuffer;
-  // read out the storage header so we can update the flag field
-  if (!Storage::read(0, headerBuffer) || !headerBuffer.size()) {
+  // read out the global storage header so we can update the flag field
+  if (!Storage::readGlobal(headerBuffer) || !headerBuffer.size()) {
     // if cannot read the save header then just save it normally
     return saveHeader();
   }
@@ -762,8 +762,8 @@ bool Modes::setFlag(uint8_t flag, bool enable, bool save)
   // need to force the crc to recalc since we modified the data, just mark the
   // CRC as dirty and Storage::write() will re-calculate the CRC if it's dirty
   headerBuffer.setCRCDirty();
-  // write the save header back to storage
-  return Storage::write(0, headerBuffer);
+  // write the save header back to the global storage space
+  return Storage::writeGlobal(headerBuffer);
 }
 
 #ifdef VORTEX_LIB
diff --git a/VortexEngine/src/Storage/Storage.cpp b/VortexEngine/src/Storage/Storage.cpp
index 8f20ae27c8..6b4ff15988 100644
--- a/VortexEngine/src/Storage/Storage.cpp
+++ b/VortexEngine/src/Storage/Storage.cpp
@@ -25,6 +25,11 @@
 
 #define DEFAULT_STORAGE_FILENAME "FlashStorage.flash"
 
+// the storage page reserved for the global storage space where the save
+// header is kept, this must be a page number that no profile will ever
+// use so that it can never collide with any of the storage pages
+#define GLOBAL_STORAGE_PAGE 15
+
 #ifdef VORTEX_LIB
 std::string Storage::m_storageFilename;
 #define STORAGE_FILENAME m_storageFilename.c_str()
@@ -63,6 +68,43 @@ uint8_t Storage::getStoragePage()
   return m_storagePage;
 }
 
+// store a serial buffer to the global storage space, this simply targets
+// slot 0 of the reserved global page so that the save header is not
+// affected by whichever storage page is currently selected
+bool Storage::writeGlobal(ByteStream &buffer)
+{
+  uint8_t currentPage = m_storagePage;
+  m_storagePage = GLOBAL_STORAGE_PAGE;
+  bool ok = write(0, buffer);
+  m_storagePage = currentPage;
+  return ok;
+}
+
+// read a serial buffer from the global storage space
+bool Storage::readGlobal(ByteStream &buffer)
+{
+  uint8_t currentPage = m_storagePage;
+  m_storagePage = GLOBAL_STORAGE_PAGE;
+  bool ok = read(0, buffer);
+  m_storagePage = currentPage;
+  return ok;
+}
+
+// store a serial buffer to the mode header slot of the currently selected
+// storage page
+bool Storage::writeModeHeader(ByteStream &buffer)
+{
+  // slot 0 of each page is the mode header which holds the number of
+  // modes stored in that page, the modes themselves are in slots 1 and up
+  return write(0, buffer);
+}
+
+// read the mode header from the currently selected storage page
+bool Storage::readModeHeader(ByteStream &buffer)
+{
+  return read(0, buffer);
+}
+
 // store a serial buffer to storage
 bool Storage::write(uint16_t slot, ByteStream &buffer)
 {
@@ -103,7 +145,7 @@ bool Storage::write(uint16_t slot, ByteStream &buffer)
     return false;
   }
   DWORD written = 0;
-  DWORD offset = (slot * MAX_MODE_SIZE) + (m_storagePage * (MAX_MODE_SIZE * MAX_MODES));
+  DWORD offset = (slot * MAX_MODE_SIZE) + (m_storagePage * (MAX_MODE_SIZE * NUM_MODE_SLOTS));
   SetFilePointer(hFile, offset, NULL, FILE_BEGIN);
   if (!WriteFile(hFile, buffer.rawData(), MAX_MODE_SIZE, &written, NULL)) {
     // error
@@ -115,7 +157,7 @@ bool Storage::write(uint16_t slot, ByteStream &buffer)
   if (!f) {
     return false;
   }
-  long offset = (slot * MAX_MODE_SIZE) + (m_storagePage * (MAX_MODE_SIZE * MAX_MODES));
+  long offset = (slot * MAX_MODE_SIZE) + (m_storagePage * (MAX_MODE_SIZE * NUM_MODE_SLOTS));
   fseek(f, offset, SEEK_SET);
   if (!fwrite(buffer.rawData(), sizeof(char), MAX_MODE_SIZE, f)) {
     return false;
@@ -169,7 +211,7 @@ bool Storage::read(uint16_t slot, ByteStream &buffer)
     return false;
   }
   DWORD bytesRead = 0;
-  DWORD offset = (slot * MAX_MODE_SIZE) + (m_storagePage * (MAX_MODE_SIZE * MAX_MODES));
+  DWORD offset = (slot * MAX_MODE_SIZE) + (m_storagePage * (MAX_MODE_SIZE * NUM_MODE_SLOTS));
   SetFilePointer(hFile, offset, NULL, FILE_BEGIN);
   if (!ReadFile(hFile, buffer.rawData(), MAX_MODE_SIZE, &bytesRead, NULL)) {
     // error
@@ -181,7 +223,7 @@ bool Storage::read(uint16_t slot, ByteStream &buffer)
   if (!f) {
     return false;
   }
-  long offset = (slot * MAX_MODE_SIZE) + (m_storagePage * (MAX_MODE_SIZE * MAX_MODES));
+  long offset = (slot * MAX_MODE_SIZE) + (m_storagePage * (MAX_MODE_SIZE * NUM_MODE_SLOTS));
   fseek(f, offset, SEEK_SET);
   if (!fread(buffer.rawData(), sizeof(char), MAX_MODE_SIZE, f)) {
     return false;
diff --git a/VortexEngine/src/Storage/Storage.h b/VortexEngine/src/Storage/Storage.h
index 60a1b755df..a2df2a9cd7 100644
--- a/VortexEngine/src/Storage/Storage.h
+++ b/VortexEngine/src/Storage/Storage.h
@@ -28,6 +28,20 @@ class Storage
   // read a serial buffer from storage
   static bool read(uint16_t slot, ByteStream &buffer);
 
+  // store a serial buffer to the global storage space which is not affected
+  // by the selected storage page, this is where the single global save
+  // header lives as it is shared by all profiles
+  static bool writeGlobal(ByteStream &buffer);
+  // read a serial buffer from the global storage space
+  static bool readGlobal(ByteStream &buffer);
+
+  // store a serial buffer to the mode header slot of the currently selected
+  // storage page, the mode header sits at slot 0 of each page and contains
+  // the number of modes stored in that page
+  static bool writeModeHeader(ByteStream &buffer);
+  // read the mode header from the currently selected storage page
+  static bool readModeHeader(ByteStream &buffer);
+
   // the last save size (use STORAGE_SIZE For total space)
   static uint32_t lastSaveSize();