diff --git a/modpol_core/modpol.lua b/modpol_core/modpol.lua
index 6533ade..9b3888f 100644
--- a/modpol_core/modpol.lua
+++ b/modpol_core/modpol.lua
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ dofile (topdir .. "/util/misc.lua")
 -- Select a storage method
 -- -- preferably, declare this in the init.lua that calls modpol.lua  This is the default.
 -- Works with CLI:
-modpol.storage_file_path = modpol.storage_file_path or topdir .. "/storage/storage-local.lua"
+modpol.storage_file_path = modpol.storage_file_path or topdir .. "/storage/unix-storage.lua"
 -- Works with Minetest 5:
 --modpol.storage_file_path = modpol.storage_file_path or topdir .. "/storage/storage-mod_storage.lua")
 
diff --git a/modpol_core/storage/unix-storage.lua b/modpol_core/storage/unix-storage.lua
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6e393b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modpol_core/storage/unix-storage.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,107 @@
+-- ===================================================================
+-- /unix-storage.lua
+-- Persistent storage in /data using Serpent Serializer
+-- Unix systems only
+
+modpol.datadir     = modpol.topdir  .. "/data"
+modpol.file_ledger = modpol.datadir .. "/ledger.dat"
+modpol.file_orgs   = modpol.datadir .. "/orgs.dat"
+
+os.execute ("mkdir -p " .. modpol.datadir)
+
+modpol.ocutil.setlogdir  (modpol.datadir)
+modpol.ocutil.setlogname ("modpol.log")
+
+modpol.serpent = {}
+dofile (modpol.topdir .. "/util/serpent/serpent.lua")
+
+-- ===================================================================
+
+local write_file = function(path, data)
+    local file, err
+    file, err = io.open(path, "w")
+    if err then print(err) os.exit(1) end
+    file:write(data)
+    file:close()
+end
+
+local read_file = function(path)
+    local file, err
+    file, err = io.open(path, "r")
+    if err then return nil end
+    local data = file:read()
+    file:close()
+    return data
+end
+
+-- ===================================================================
+
+local store_ledger = function(verbose)
+    local serialized_ledger = modpol.serpent.dump(modpol.ledger)
+    write_file(modpol.file_ledger, serialized_ledger)
+
+    local count = 0
+    for _ in pairs(modpol.ledger) do count = count + 1 end
+
+    if verbose then modpol.ocutil.log(count .. " ledger entries stored to disk")
+end
+
+local store_orgs = function(verbose)
+    local serialized_orgs = modpol.serpent.dump(modpol.orgs)
+    write_file(modpol.file_orgs, serialized_orgs)
+
+    local count = 0
+    for _ in pairs(modpol.orgs.array) do count = count + 1 end
+
+    if verbose then modpol.ocutil.log(count .. " orgs stored to disk")
+end
+
+modpol.store_data = function(verbose)
+    store_ledger(verbose)
+    store_orgs(verbose)
+end
+
+-- ===================================================================
+
+local load_ledger = function()
+    local obj = read_file(modpol.file_ledger)
+    if obj ~= nil then
+        local func, err = load(obj)
+        if err then
+            modpol.ocutil.log("Error loading ledger data")
+            os.exit(1)
+        end
+        modpol.ledger = func()
+        
+        local count = 0
+        for _ in pairs(modpol.ledger) do count = count + 1 end
+
+        modpol.ocutil.log(count .. " ledger entries loaded from disk")
+    else
+        modpol.ocutil.log("No stored ledger data found")
+    end
+end
+
+local load_orgs = function()
+    local obj = read_file(modpol.file_orgs)
+    if obj ~= nil then
+        local func, err = load(obj)
+        if err then 
+            modpol.ocutil.log("Error loading org data")
+            os.exit(1)
+        end
+        modpol.orgs = func()
+
+        local count = 0
+        for _ in pairs(modpol.orgs.array) do count = count + 1 end
+
+        modpol.ocutil.log(count .. " orgs loaded from disk")
+    else
+        modpol.ocutil.log("No stored orgs found")
+    end
+end
+
+modpol.load_storage = function()
+    load_ledger()
+    load_orgs()
+end
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