diff --git a/web/redux/create-async-migrate.js b/web/redux/create-async-migrate.js
--- a/web/redux/create-async-migrate.js
+++ b/web/redux/create-async-migrate.js
@@ -1,8 +1,12 @@
 // @flow
 
+import { getStoredState, purgeStoredState } from 'redux-persist';
 import { DEFAULT_VERSION } from 'redux-persist/es/constants.js';
+import storage from 'redux-persist/es/storage/index.js';
 import type { PersistState } from 'redux-persist/es/types.js';
 
+import { databaseModule } from '../database/database-module-provider.js';
+
 type MigrationManifest = {
   [number | string]: (PersistedState) => Promise<PersistedState>,
 };
@@ -21,10 +25,24 @@
     currentVersion: number,
   ): Promise<PersistedState> {
     if (!state) {
+      const isSupported = await databaseModule.isDatabaseSupported();
+      if (!isSupported) {
+        if (process.env.NODE_ENV !== 'production' && debug) {
+          console.log('redux-persist: no inbound state, skipping migration');
+        }
+        return undefined;
+      }
+
+      const oldStorage = await getStoredState({ storage, key: 'root' });
+      if (!oldStorage) {
+        return undefined;
+      }
+
+      state = oldStorage;
+      purgeStoredState({ storage, key: 'root' });
       if (process.env.NODE_ENV !== 'production' && debug) {
-        console.log('redux-persist: no inbound state, skipping migration');
+        console.log('redux-persist: migrating state to SQLite storage');
       }
-      return undefined;
     }
 
     const inboundVersion: number =
diff --git a/web/root.js b/web/root.js
--- a/web/root.js
+++ b/web/root.js
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 import { composeWithDevTools } from 'redux-devtools-extension/logOnlyInProduction.js';
 import { persistReducer, persistStore } from 'redux-persist';
 import { PersistGate } from 'redux-persist/es/integration/react.js';
-import storage from 'redux-persist/es/storage/index.js';
 import thunk from 'redux-thunk';
 
 import { reduxLoggerMiddleware } from 'lib/utils/action-logger.js';
@@ -19,6 +18,7 @@
 import { isSQLiteSupported } from './database/utils/db-utils.js';
 import ErrorBoundary from './error-boundary.react.js';
 import Loading from './loading.react.js';
+import commReduxStorageEngine from './redux/comm-redux-storage-engine.js';
 import { creatAsyncMigrate } from './redux/create-async-migrate.js';
 import { reducer } from './redux/redux-setup.js';
 import type { AppState, Action } from './redux/redux-setup.js';
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@
 
 const persistConfig = {
   key: 'root',
-  storage,
+  storage: commReduxStorageEngine,
   whitelist: isDatabaseSupported
     ? persistWhitelist
     : [...persistWhitelist, 'draftStore'],