diff --git a/web/app.react.js b/web/app.react.js
--- a/web/app.react.js
+++ b/web/app.react.js
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@
 import Chat from './chat/chat.react.js';
 import { EditModalProvider } from './chat/edit-message-provider.js';
 import { MemberListSidebarProvider } from './chat/member-list-sidebar/member-list-sidebar-provider.react.js';
+import { DBOpsHandler } from './components/db-ops-handler.react.js';
 import NavigationArrows from './components/navigation-arrows.react.js';
 import MinVersionHandler from './components/version-handler.react.js';
 import { olmAPI } from './crypto/olm-api.js';
@@ -82,7 +83,6 @@
 import { TooltipProvider } from './tooltips/tooltip-provider.js';
 import { canonicalURLFromReduxState, navInfoFromURL } from './url-utils.js';
 import { useWebLock, TUNNELBROKER_LOCK_NAME } from './web-lock.js';
-
 // We want Webpack's css-loader and style-loader to handle the Fontawesome CSS,
 // so we disable the autoAddCss logic and import the CSS file. Otherwise every
 // icon flashes huge for a second before the CSS is loaded.
@@ -541,6 +541,7 @@
               dispatch={dispatch}
               modals={modals}
             />
+            <DBOpsHandler />
           </IdentitySearchProvider>
         </TunnelbrokerProvider>
       </AppThemeWrapper>
diff --git a/web/root.js b/web/root.js
--- a/web/root.js
+++ b/web/root.js
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
 import { getWagmiConfig } from 'lib/utils/wagmi-utils.js';
 
 import App from './app.react.js';
-import { DBOpsHandler } from './components/db-ops-handler.react.js';
 import ErrorBoundary from './error-boundary.react.js';
 import IdentityServiceContextProvider from './grpc/identity-service-context-provider.react.js';
 import { defaultWebState } from './redux/default-state.js';
@@ -75,7 +74,6 @@
                 <SQLiteDataHandler />
                 <IntegrityHandler />
                 <ReportHandler canSendReports={true} />
-                <DBOpsHandler />
               </IdentityServiceContextProvider>
             </InitialReduxStateGate>
           </CallKeyserverEndpointProvider>