diff --git a/web/database/database-module-provider.js b/web/database/database-module-provider.js
--- a/web/database/database-module-provider.js
+++ b/web/database/database-module-provider.js
@@ -121,6 +121,12 @@
   }
 }
 
-const databaseModule: DatabaseModule = new DatabaseModule();
+let databaseModule: ?DatabaseModule = null;
+async function getDatabaseModule(): Promise<DatabaseModule> {
+  if (!databaseModule) {
+    databaseModule = new DatabaseModule();
+  }
+  return databaseModule;
+}
 
-export { databaseModule };
+export { getDatabaseModule };
diff --git a/web/database/sqlite-data-handler.js b/web/database/sqlite-data-handler.js
--- a/web/database/sqlite-data-handler.js
+++ b/web/database/sqlite-data-handler.js
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 import { setClientDBStoreActionType } from 'lib/actions/client-db-store-actions.js';
 import { reportStoreOpsHandlers } from 'lib/ops/report-store-ops.js';
 
-import { databaseModule } from './database-module-provider.js';
+import { getDatabaseModule } from './database-module-provider.js';
 import { SQLITE_ENCRYPTION_KEY } from './utils/constants.js';
 import { isDesktopSafari } from './utils/db-utils.js';
 import {
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
   );
 
   const handleSensitiveData = React.useCallback(async () => {
+    const databaseModule = await getDatabaseModule();
     try {
       const currentUserData = await databaseModule.schedule({
         type: workerRequestMessageTypes.GET_CURRENT_USER_ID,
@@ -65,6 +66,8 @@
 
   React.useEffect(() => {
     (async () => {
+      const databaseModule = await getDatabaseModule();
+
       if (currentLoggedInUserID) {
         let databaseEncryptionKeyJWK = null;
         if (isDesktopSafari) {
diff --git a/web/redux/comm-redux-storage-engine.js b/web/redux/comm-redux-storage-engine.js
--- a/web/redux/comm-redux-storage-engine.js
+++ b/web/redux/comm-redux-storage-engine.js
@@ -2,11 +2,12 @@
 
 import storage from 'redux-persist/es/storage/index.js';
 
-import { databaseModule } from '../database/database-module-provider.js';
+import { getDatabaseModule } from '../database/database-module-provider.js';
 import { workerRequestMessageTypes } from '../types/worker-types.js';
 
 const commReduxStorageEngine = {
   getItem: async (key: string): Promise<string> => {
+    const databaseModule = await getDatabaseModule();
     const isSupported = await databaseModule.isDatabaseSupported();
     if (!isSupported) {
       return await storage.getItem(key);
@@ -22,6 +23,7 @@
     return result.item;
   },
   setItem: async (key: string, item: string): Promise<void> => {
+    const databaseModule = await getDatabaseModule();
     const isSupported = await databaseModule.isDatabaseSupported();
     if (!isSupported) {
       await storage.setItem(key, item);
@@ -35,6 +37,7 @@
     });
   },
   removeItem: async (key: string): Promise<void> => {
+    const databaseModule = await getDatabaseModule();
     const isSupported = await databaseModule.isDatabaseSupported();
     if (!isSupported) {
       await storage.removeItem(key);
diff --git a/web/redux/persist.js b/web/redux/persist.js
--- a/web/redux/persist.js
+++ b/web/redux/persist.js
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 
 import commReduxStorageEngine from './comm-redux-storage-engine.js';
 import type { AppState } from './redux-setup.js';
-import { databaseModule } from '../database/database-module-provider.js';
+import { getDatabaseModule } from '../database/database-module-provider.js';
 import { isSQLiteSupported } from '../database/utils/db-utils.js';
 import { workerRequestMessageTypes } from '../types/worker-types.js';
 
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@
     };
   },
   [2]: async state => {
+    const databaseModule = await getDatabaseModule();
     if (!isDatabaseSupported) {
       return state;
     }
@@ -89,6 +90,8 @@
       };
     }
 
+    const databaseModule = await getDatabaseModule();
+
     if (!isDatabaseSupported) {
       return newState;
     }
@@ -139,6 +142,7 @@
 const rootKey = 'root';
 
 const migrateStorageToSQLite: StorageMigrationFunction = async debug => {
+  const databaseModule = await getDatabaseModule();
   const isSupported = await databaseModule.isDatabaseSupported();
   if (!isSupported) {
     return undefined;
diff --git a/web/redux/redux-setup.js b/web/redux/redux-setup.js
--- a/web/redux/redux-setup.js
+++ b/web/redux/redux-setup.js
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
 import { reduceDeviceID } from './device-id-reducer.js';
 import reduceNavInfo from './nav-reducer.js';
 import { getVisibility } from './visibility.js';
-import { databaseModule } from '../database/database-module-provider.js';
+import { getDatabaseModule } from '../database/database-module-provider.js';
 import { activeThreadSelector } from '../selectors/nav-selectors.js';
 import { type NavInfo } from '../types/nav-types.js';
 import { workerRequestMessageTypes } from '../types/worker-types.js';
@@ -188,6 +188,7 @@
     } = baseReducerResult;
     if (draftStoreOperations.length > 0 || reportStoreOperations.length > 0) {
       (async () => {
+        const databaseModule = await getDatabaseModule();
         const isSupported = await databaseModule.isDatabaseSupported();
         if (!isSupported) {
           return;