diff --git a/assets/js/src/announcements/feature_announcement.jsx b/assets/js/src/announcements/feature_announcement.jsx
index f2d3c1e55a..7df62d20df 100644
--- a/assets/js/src/announcements/feature_announcement.jsx
+++ b/assets/js/src/announcements/feature_announcement.jsx
@@ -3,14 +3,38 @@ import classNames from 'classnames';
 import MailPoet from 'mailpoet';
 import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
 
+const LAST_ANNOUNCEMENT_SEEN_LS_KEY = 'last_announcement_seen';
+
+const getLocalStorageKey = function getLocalStorageKey() {
+  try {
+    return parseInt(window.localStorage.getItem(LAST_ANNOUNCEMENT_SEEN_LS_KEY), 10);
+  } catch (e) {
+    return null;
+  }
+};
+
+const setLocalStorageKey = function setLocalStorageKey(value) {
+  try {
+    return window.localStorage.setItem(LAST_ANNOUNCEMENT_SEEN_LS_KEY, String(value));
+  } catch (e) {
+    return null;
+  }
+};
+
 class FeatureAnnouncement extends React.Component {
   constructor(props) {
     super(props);
     this.loadBeamer = this.loadBeamer.bind(this);
     this.beamerCallback = this.beamerCallback.bind(this);
 
+    // localStorage is used as a backup for users who don't have a permission to update settings
+    const lastAnnouncementSeenLS = getLocalStorageKey();
+    const hasNewsLS = lastAnnouncementSeenLS > 0 ?
+      lastAnnouncementSeenLS < window.mailpoet_last_announcement_date :
+      null;
+
     this.state = {
-      showDot: props.hasNews,
+      showDot: hasNewsLS !== null ? hasNewsLS : props.hasNews,
       beamerLoaded: typeof window.Beamer !== 'undefined',
     };
   }
@@ -40,7 +64,9 @@ class FeatureAnnouncement extends React.Component {
     window.Beamer.show();
     const data = { last_announcement_seen: window.mailpoet_last_announcement_seen || {} };
     const userId = window.mailpoet_current_wp_user.ID;
-    data.last_announcement_seen[userId] = Math.floor(Date.now() / 1000);
+    const lastAnnouncementSeen = Math.floor(Date.now() / 1000);
+    data.last_announcement_seen[userId] = lastAnnouncementSeen;
+    setLocalStorageKey(lastAnnouncementSeen);
     MailPoet.Ajax.post({
       api_version: window.mailpoet_api_version,
       endpoint: 'settings',
diff --git a/lib/Config/Menu.php b/lib/Config/Menu.php
index aa3e9789b7..54d21e287f 100644
--- a/lib/Config/Menu.php
+++ b/lib/Config/Menu.php
@@ -587,6 +587,7 @@ class Menu {
     $data['feature_announcement_has_news'] = empty($data['settings']['last_announcement_seen'][$user_id])
       || $data['settings']['last_announcement_seen'][$user_id] < strtotime(self::LAST_ANNOUNCEMENT_DATE);
     $data['last_announcement_seen'] = isset($data['settings']['last_announcement_seen']) ? $data['settings']['last_announcement_seen'] : false;
+    $data['last_announcement_date'] = strtotime(self::LAST_ANNOUNCEMENT_DATE);
 
     $data['automatic_emails'] = array(
       array(
diff --git a/views/newsletters.html b/views/newsletters.html
index c8314c0f81..db01352525 100644
--- a/views/newsletters.html
+++ b/views/newsletters.html
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
     var mailpoet_automatic_emails = <%= json_encode(automatic_emails) %>;
     var mailpoet_feature_announcement_has_news = <%= json_encode(feature_announcement_has_news) %>;
     var mailpoet_last_announcement_seen = <%= json_encode(last_announcement_seen) %>;
+    var mailpoet_last_announcement_date = <%= json_encode(last_announcement_date) %>;
     var mailpoet_user_locale = '<%= get_locale() %>';
     var mailpoet_in_app_announcements = mailpoet_settings.in_app_announcements;
     var mailpoet_free_welcome_emails_image = '<%= cdn_url('in-app-announcements/hello-illustration-for-welcome-emails.20181121-1440.png') %>';