Parse.com for Windows Phone 8 - get_LocalSettings() not implemented - windows-phone-8

I am using Parse.com storage service for Windows Phone 8. When I try to initialize
ParseClient.Initialize("MY_APP_ID","MY_NET_ID");
I am getting this exception:
System.NotImplementedException: The method or operation is not implemented.
at Windows.Storage.ApplicationData.get_LocalSettings()
at Parse.PlatformHooks.SettingsWrapper..ctor()
at Parse.PlatformHooks.SettingsWrapper.get_Wrapper()
at Parse....
I am targeting Windows Phone 8 and I found out that WP8 is not supporting LocalSettings, just WP8.1.
When I target it to WP8.1 everything is working fine.
But...
I have another application for WP8 in which I am using Parse and everything is working fine.
How can I avoid this problem?
Just for info: App which does not work was built for WP7.1 and than upgraded to WP8, and another which works fine was from beginnig targeting WP8.
Thanks

I found the solution. If someone has the same problem, just install older version of parse package in Nuget.
PM> unInstall-Package parse
PM> Install-Package parse -Version 1.2.16

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