diff --git a/apps/remix-ide/src/app.js b/apps/remix-ide/src/app.js
index 5e8b7ac863..09d220f369 100644
--- a/apps/remix-ide/src/app.js
+++ b/apps/remix-ide/src/app.js
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ import { LandingPage } from './app/ui/landing-page/landing-page'
 import { MainPanel } from './app/components/main-panel'
 import FetchAndCompile from './app/compiler/compiler-sourceVerifier-fetchAndCompile'
 
-import migrateFileSystem, { migrateToWorkspace } from './migrateFileSystem'
+import migrateFileSystem from './migrateFileSystem'
 
 const isElectron = require('is-electron')
 const csjs = require('csjs-inject')
@@ -494,7 +494,5 @@ Please make a backup of your contracts and start using http://remix.ethereum.org
   // get the file list from the parent iframe
   loadFileFromParent(fileManager)
 
-  migrateToWorkspace(fileManager, filePanel)
-
   if (params.embed) framingService.embed()
 }
diff --git a/apps/remix-ide/src/app/ui/landing-page/landing-page.js b/apps/remix-ide/src/app/ui/landing-page/landing-page.js
index bf89d166d8..0b550b1fab 100644
--- a/apps/remix-ide/src/app/ui/landing-page/landing-page.js
+++ b/apps/remix-ide/src/app/ui/landing-page/landing-page.js
@@ -357,6 +357,11 @@ export class LandingPage extends ViewPlugin {
       query.update({ appVersion: '0.7.7' })
       document.location.reload()
     }
+
+    const migrateWorkspace = () => {
+      migrateToWorkspace(globalRegistry.get('fileManager').api, globalRegistry.get('filePanel').api)
+    }
+
     const img = yo`<img class=${css.logoImg} src="assets/img/guitarRemiCroped.webp" onclick="${() => playRemi()}"></img>`
     const playRemi = async () => { await document.getElementById('remiAudio').play() }
     // to retrieve medium posts
@@ -435,6 +440,10 @@ export class LandingPage extends ViewPlugin {
                         <i class="fab fa-ethereum ${css.image}"></i>
                         <span class="${css.text}" onclick=${() => switchToPreviousVersion()}>Old experience</span>
                       </p>
+                      <p>
+                        <i class="fab fa-ethereum ${css.image}"></i>
+                        <span class="${css.text}" onclick=${() => migrateWorkspace()}>Migrate old filesystem to workspace</span>
+                      </p>
                     </div>
                   </div>
                 </div>
diff --git a/apps/remix-ide/src/migrateFileSystem.js b/apps/remix-ide/src/migrateFileSystem.js
index 0a64ba5b29..c15bea2b39 100644
--- a/apps/remix-ide/src/migrateFileSystem.js
+++ b/apps/remix-ide/src/migrateFileSystem.js
@@ -24,19 +24,15 @@ export default (fileProvider) => {
 export async function migrateToWorkspace (fileManager, filePanel) {
   const browserProvider = fileManager.getProvider('browser')
   const workspaceProvider = fileManager.getProvider('workspace')
-  const flag = 'status'
-  const fileStorageBrowserWorkspace = new Storage('remix_browserWorkspace_migration:')
-  if (fileStorageBrowserWorkspace.get(flag) === 'done') return
   const files = await browserProvider.copyFolderToJson('/')
   console.log(files)
   if (Object.keys(files).length > 0) {
-    const workspaceName = 'default_workspace'
+    const workspaceName = 'workspace_migrated_' + Date.now()
     const workspacePath = joinPath('browser', workspaceProvider.workspacesPath, workspaceName)
     await filePanel.processCreateWorkspace(workspaceName)
     filePanel.getWorkspaces() // refresh list
     await populateWorkspace(workspacePath, files, browserProvider)
-  }
-  fileStorageBrowserWorkspace.set(flag, 'done')
+  }  
 }
 
 const populateWorkspace = async (workspace, json, browserProvider) => {