diff --git a/deviceonly.proto b/deviceonly.proto
index 78d65e4..a107c5b 100644
--- a/deviceonly.proto
+++ b/deviceonly.proto
@@ -5,9 +5,24 @@ option optimize_for = LITE_RUNTIME;
 
 import "mesh.proto";
 import "channel.proto";
+import "radioconfig.proto";
 
 option java_outer_classname = "DeviceOnly";
 
+/* This is a stub version of the old 1.1 representation of RadioConfig.  But only keeping the region info.  The device firmware uses
+this stub while migrating old nodes to the new preferences system.
+*/
+message LegacyRadioConfig {
+    message LegacyPreferences {
+      /*
+      * The region code for my radio (US, CN, EU433, etc...)
+      */
+      RegionCode region = 15;
+    }
+
+     LegacyPreferences preferences = 1;
+}
+
 /*
  * This message is never sent over the wire, but it is used for serializing DB
  * state to flash in the device code
@@ -22,8 +37,8 @@ message DeviceState {
      */
     reserved 12;
 
-    // Moved to its own file
-    // RadioConfig radio = 1;
+    // Moved to its own file, but we keep this here so we can automatically migrate old radio.region settings
+    LegacyRadioConfig legacyRadio = 1;
   
     /*
      * Read only settings/info about this node
diff --git a/docs/docs.md b/docs/docs.md
index e1093da..c88ecdb 100644
--- a/docs/docs.md
+++ b/docs/docs.md
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@
 - [deviceonly.proto](#deviceonly.proto)
     - [ChannelFile](#.ChannelFile)
     - [DeviceState](#.DeviceState)
+    - [LegacyRadioConfig](#.LegacyRadioConfig)
+    - [LegacyRadioConfig.LegacyPreferences](#.LegacyRadioConfig.LegacyPreferences)
   
 - [environmental_measurement.proto](#environmental_measurement.proto)
     - [EnvironmentalMeasurement](#.EnvironmentalMeasurement)
@@ -319,6 +321,7 @@ the receive queue and use the preferences store for the other stuff
 
 | Field | Type | Label | Description |
 | ----- | ---- | ----- | ----------- |
+| legacyRadio | [LegacyRadioConfig](#LegacyRadioConfig) |  | Moved to its own file, but we keep this here so we can automatically migrate old radio.region settings |
 | my_node | [MyNodeInfo](#MyNodeInfo) |  | Read only settings/info about this node |
 | owner | [User](#User) |  | My owner info |
 | node_db | [NodeInfo](#NodeInfo) | repeated |  |
@@ -332,6 +335,37 @@ the receive queue and use the preferences store for the other stuff
 
 
 
+
+<a name=".LegacyRadioConfig"></a>
+
+### LegacyRadioConfig
+This is a stub version of the old 1.1 representation of RadioConfig.  But only keeping the region info.  The device firmware uses
+this stub while migrating old nodes to the new preferences system.
+
+
+| Field | Type | Label | Description |
+| ----- | ---- | ----- | ----------- |
+| preferences | [LegacyRadioConfig.LegacyPreferences](#LegacyRadioConfig.LegacyPreferences) |  |  |
+
+
+
+
+
+
+<a name=".LegacyRadioConfig.LegacyPreferences"></a>
+
+### LegacyRadioConfig.LegacyPreferences
+
+
+
+| Field | Type | Label | Description |
+| ----- | ---- | ----- | ----------- |
+| region | [RegionCode](#RegionCode) |  | The region code for my radio (US, CN, EU433, etc...) |
+
+
+
+
+