diff --git a/web/database/utils/constants.js b/web/database/utils/constants.js
--- a/web/database/utils/constants.js
+++ b/web/database/utils/constants.js
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 // @flow
 
+import localforage from 'localforage';
+
 export const SQLITE_CONTENT = 'sqliteFileContent';
 export const SQLITE_ENCRYPTION_KEY = 'encryptionKey';
 
@@ -21,3 +23,11 @@
   'firefox',
   'opera',
 ];
+
+export const localforageConfig: PartialConfig = {
+  driver: localforage.INDEXEDDB,
+  name: 'comm',
+  storeName: 'commStorage',
+  description: 'Comm encrypted database storage',
+  version: '1.0',
+};
diff --git a/web/database/worker/db-worker.js b/web/database/worker/db-worker.js
--- a/web/database/worker/db-worker.js
+++ b/web/database/worker/db-worker.js
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
 } from '../queries/storage-engine-queries.js';
 import {
   CURRENT_USER_ID_KEY,
+  localforageConfig,
   SQLITE_CONTENT,
   SQLITE_ENCRYPTION_KEY,
 } from '../utils/constants.js';
@@ -49,13 +50,6 @@
   generateDatabaseCryptoKey,
 } from '../utils/worker-crypto-utils.js';
 
-const localforageConfig: PartialConfig = {
-  driver: localforage.INDEXEDDB,
-  name: 'comm',
-  storeName: 'commStorage',
-  description: 'Comm encrypted database storage',
-  version: '1.0',
-};
 localforage.config(localforageConfig);
 
 let sqliteDb: ?SqliteDatabase = null;
diff --git a/web/root.js b/web/root.js
--- a/web/root.js
+++ b/web/root.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 // @flow
 
+import localforage from 'localforage';
 import * as React from 'react';
 import { Provider } from 'react-redux';
 import { Router, Route } from 'react-router';
@@ -13,6 +14,7 @@
 
 import App from './app.react.js';
 import { SQLiteDataHandler } from './database/sqlite-data-handler.js';
+import { localforageConfig } from './database/utils/constants.js';
 import ErrorBoundary from './error-boundary.react.js';
 import Loading from './loading.react.js';
 import { persistConfig } from './redux/persist.js';
@@ -20,6 +22,8 @@
 import history from './router-history.js';
 import Socket from './socket.react.js';
 
+localforage.config(localforageConfig);
+
 declare var preloadedState: AppState;
 
 const persistedReducer = persistReducer(persistConfig, reducer);