diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 8a8cfa52..987496e7 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -82,6 +82,18 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-core 0.62.2",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "accessory"
+version = "2.1.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "cc86a613208ca7d144ca24f6ec49c5cdfa5c05a46f2f7ab5880ff99371f165de"
+dependencies = [
+ "macroific 3.1.0",
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn 3.0.9",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "addr2line"
 version = "0.25.1"
@@ -1391,6 +1403,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "ui",
  "universal-time 0.3.1 (git+https://github.com/shadowylab/universal-time)",
  "wasm-bindgen",
+ "wasm-bindgen-futures",
  "workspace",
 ]
 
@@ -1733,6 +1746,20 @@ dependencies = [
  "thiserror 2.0.21",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "delegate-display"
+version = "3.0.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "54e3a499943fd5180aeffcb708164ffb22125ceeccb05491b5297981d37d6249"
+dependencies = [
+ "impartial-ord",
+ "itoa",
+ "macroific 3.1.0",
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn 3.0.9",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "deranged"
 version = "0.5.9"
@@ -1762,6 +1789,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "quote",
  "rustc_version",
  "syn 2.0.119",
+ "unicode-xid",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1826,7 +1854,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
  "option-ext",
  "redox_users 0.5.3",
- "windows-sys 0.60.2",
+ "windows-sys 0.61.2",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2054,7 +2082,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "39cab71617ae0d63f51a36d69f866391735b51691dbda63cf6f96d042b63efeb"
 dependencies = [
  "libc",
- "windows-sys 0.60.2",
+ "windows-sys 0.61.2",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2113,6 +2141,30 @@ dependencies = [
  "zune-inflate",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "fallible-iterator"
+version = "0.3.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "2acce4a10f12dc2fb14a218589d4f1f62ef011b2d0cc4b3cb1bba8e94da14649"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "fallible-streaming-iterator"
+version = "0.1.9"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7360491ce676a36bf9bb3c56c1aa791658183a54d2744120f27285738d90465a"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "fancy_constructor"
+version = "2.1.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "4a8211ab12c36b63c269e17873331dc1da196a3edb7a5c79015677ef972da34a"
+dependencies = [
+ "macroific 3.1.0",
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn 3.0.9",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "faster-hex"
 version = "0.10.1"
@@ -3912,6 +3964,51 @@ version = "1.12.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "6e44b0a4eaa4c82f441d50a963f2d5f05a787240aeee097597033e72accfd22f"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "impartial-ord"
+version = "2.0.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "bc680e03d1a08bdc1c01b60e0c39723430ced63d8cabd93cee0449b6ba916a25"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn 3.0.9",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "indexed_db_futures"
+version = "0.6.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "69ff41758cbd104e91033bb53bc449bec7eea65652960c81eddf3fc146ecea19"
+dependencies = [
+ "accessory",
+ "cfg-if",
+ "delegate-display",
+ "derive_more",
+ "fancy_constructor",
+ "indexed_db_futures_macros_internal",
+ "js-sys",
+ "sealed 0.6.0",
+ "smallvec",
+ "thiserror 2.0.21",
+ "tokio",
+ "wasm-bindgen",
+ "wasm-bindgen-futures",
+ "web-sys",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "indexed_db_futures_macros_internal"
+version = "1.0.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "caeba94923b68f254abef921cea7e7698bf4675fdd89d7c58bf1ed885b49a27d"
+dependencies = [
+ "macroific 2.0.0",
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn 2.0.119",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "indexmap"
 version = "1.9.3"
@@ -4310,6 +4407,17 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "libsqlite3-sys"
+version = "0.36.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "95b4103cffefa72eb8428cb6b47d6627161e51c2739fc5e3b734584157bc642a"
+dependencies = [
+ "cc",
+ "pkg-config",
+ "vcpkg",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "linebender_resource_handle"
 version = "0.1.1"
@@ -4487,6 +4595,102 @@ version = "0.6.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "dae608c151f68243f2b000364e1f7b186d9c29845f7d2d85bd31b9ad77ad552b"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "macroific"
+version = "2.0.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "89f276537b4b8f981bf1c13d79470980f71134b7bdcc5e6e911e910e556b0285"
+dependencies = [
+ "macroific_attr_parse 2.0.0",
+ "macroific_core 2.0.0",
+ "macroific_macro 2.0.0",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "macroific"
+version = "3.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "cc8ab95c98294764c0f1eacebdb5b027849201b71fbc383871fe991a1de7eb83"
+dependencies = [
+ "macroific_attr_parse 3.1.0",
+ "macroific_core 3.1.0",
+ "macroific_macro 3.1.0",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "macroific_attr_parse"
+version = "2.0.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ad4023761b45fcd36abed8fb7ae6a80456b0a38102d55e89a57d9a594a236be9"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "sealed 0.6.0",
+ "syn 2.0.119",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "macroific_attr_parse"
+version = "3.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "bf9b7bdb92825e6a507392b12f0570ade17480be20f4ca951b9071b40deba1d1"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "sealed 0.7.0",
+ "syn 3.0.9",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "macroific_core"
+version = "2.0.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d0a7594d3c14916fa55bef7e9d18c5daa9ed410dd37504251e4b75bbdeec33e3"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "sealed 0.6.0",
+ "syn 2.0.119",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "macroific_core"
+version = "3.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "edc880da2bc00d6d87f748805e242d670e248d1b9b6fcef3190503210b6cf056"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "sealed 0.7.0",
+ "syn 3.0.9",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "macroific_macro"
+version = "2.0.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "4da6f2ed796261b0a74e2b52b42c693bb6dee1effba3a482c49592659f824b3b"
+dependencies = [
+ "macroific_attr_parse 2.0.0",
+ "macroific_core 2.0.0",
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn 2.0.119",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "macroific_macro"
+version = "3.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "201faf668c264432727fb64e44407bcfcf1f5f8153bf4ec248eb6bbe4a39b144"
+dependencies = [
+ "macroific_attr_parse 3.1.0",
+ "macroific_core 3.1.0",
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn 3.0.9",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "malloc_buf"
 version = "0.0.6"
@@ -5006,6 +5210,19 @@ dependencies = [
  "universal-time 0.3.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "nostr-sqlite"
+version = "0.45.2"
+source = "git+https://github.com/rust-nostr/nostr#f7ebc0a88ea27ac4e3d74b941e3a44ddb10b306c"
+dependencies = [
+ "async-utility",
+ "nostr",
+ "nostr-database",
+ "rusqlite",
+ "serde_json",
+ "tokio",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "notify"
 version = "8.2.0"
@@ -5062,7 +5279,7 @@ version = "0.50.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "7957b9740744892f114936ab4a57b3f487491bbeafaf8083688b16841a4240e5"
 dependencies = [
- "windows-sys 0.60.2",
+ "windows-sys 0.61.2",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -6150,7 +6367,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "once_cell",
  "socket2",
  "tracing",
- "windows-sys 0.60.2",
+ "windows-sys 0.61.2",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -6601,6 +6818,30 @@ dependencies = [
  "memchr",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "rsqlite-vfs"
+version = "0.1.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c51c9ae4df8a7fba42103df5c621fa3c37eccf3a3c650879e90fc48b11cc192c"
+dependencies = [
+ "hashbrown 0.16.1",
+ "thiserror 2.0.21",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "rusqlite"
+version = "0.38.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f1c93dd1c9683b438c392c492109cb702b8090b2bfc8fed6f6e4eb4523f17af3"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitflags 2.13.2",
+ "fallible-iterator",
+ "fallible-streaming-iterator",
+ "libsqlite3-sys",
+ "smallvec",
+ "sqlite-wasm-rs",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "rust-embed"
 version = "8.13.0"
@@ -6723,7 +6964,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "errno",
  "libc",
  "linux-raw-sys",
- "windows-sys 0.60.2",
+ "windows-sys 0.61.2",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -6791,7 +7032,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "security-framework",
  "security-framework-sys",
  "webpki-root-certs",
- "windows-sys 0.60.2",
+ "windows-sys 0.61.2",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -6961,6 +7202,28 @@ version = "4.1.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "1c107b6f4780854c8b126e228ea8869f4d7b71260f962fefb57b996b8959ba6b"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "sealed"
+version = "0.6.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "22f968c5ea23d555e670b449c1c5e7b2fc399fdaec1d304a17cd48e288abc107"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn 2.0.119",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "sealed"
+version = "0.7.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "9b68e2ea526d9fb32f23ca8894fb5da9e743f34c2f41701f0501dc8a25c4b343"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn 3.0.9",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "secp256k1"
 version = "0.30.0"
@@ -7397,7 +7660,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "c3d1e2c7f27f8d4cb10542a02c49005dbd6e93095799d6f3be745fae9f8fedd4"
 dependencies = [
  "libc",
- "windows-sys 0.60.2",
+ "windows-sys 0.61.2",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -7427,6 +7690,34 @@ dependencies = [
  "bitflags 2.13.2",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "sqlite-wasm-rs"
+version = "0.5.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "dc3efc0da82635d7e1ced0053bbbfa8c7ab9645d0bf36ceb4f7127bb85315d75"
+dependencies = [
+ "cc",
+ "js-sys",
+ "rsqlite-vfs",
+ "wasm-bindgen",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "sqlite-wasm-vfs"
+version = "0.2.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7f7a5c9ac229421d577bb5a9bb59048838509958b218dd4e0b3c1214a87c361e"
+dependencies = [
+ "indexed_db_futures",
+ "js-sys",
+ "rsqlite-vfs",
+ "thiserror 2.0.21",
+ "tokio",
+ "wasm-bindgen",
+ "wasm-bindgen-futures",
+ "web-sys",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "stable_deref_trait"
 version = "1.2.1"
@@ -7448,6 +7739,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "gpui_tokio",
  "instant",
  "js-sys",
+ "log",
  "mime_guess",
  "nostr",
  "nostr-blossom",
@@ -7457,10 +7749,13 @@ dependencies = [
  "nostr-lmdb",
  "nostr-memory",
  "nostr-sdk",
+ "nostr-sqlite",
  "rustls",
  "serde_json",
  "sha2 0.10.9",
  "smol",
+ "sqlite-wasm-rs",
+ "sqlite-wasm-vfs",
  "wasm-bindgen",
  "wasm-bindgen-futures",
  "web-sys",
@@ -7723,7 +8018,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "getrandom 0.4.3",
  "once_cell",
  "rustix",
- "windows-sys 0.60.2",
+ "windows-sys 0.61.2",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -8254,7 +8549,7 @@ checksum = "f2f6fb2847f6742cd76af783a2a2c49e9375d0a111c7bef6f71cd9e738c72d6e"
 dependencies = [
  "memoffset",
  "tempfile",
- "windows-sys 0.60.2",
+ "windows-sys 0.61.2",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -8354,6 +8649,12 @@ version = "0.2.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "b4ac048d71ede7ee76d585517add45da530660ef4390e49b098733c6e897f254"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "unicode-xid"
+version = "0.2.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ebc1c04c71510c7f702b52b7c350734c9ff1295c464a03335b00bb84fc54f853"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "universal-hash"
 version = "0.5.1"
@@ -8528,6 +8829,12 @@ version = "0.1.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "ba73ea9cf16a25df0c8caa16c51acb937d5712a8429db78a3ee29d5dcacd3a65"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "vcpkg"
+version = "0.2.15"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "accd4ea62f7bb7a82fe23066fb0957d48ef677f6eeb8215f372f52e48bb32426"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "version_check"
 version = "0.9.5"
@@ -9052,7 +9359,7 @@ version = "0.1.11"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "c2a7b1c03c876122aa43f3020e6c3c3ee5c05081c9a00739faf7503aeba10d22"
 dependencies = [
- "windows-sys 0.48.0",
+ "windows-sys 0.61.2",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -9677,7 +9984,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "7d6f32a0ff4a9f6f01231eb2059cc85479330739333e0e58cadf03b6af2cca10"
 dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
- "windows-sys 0.60.2",
+ "windows-sys 0.61.2",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 2573dced..e188678d 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ nostr-gossip-memory = { git = "https://github.com/rust-nostr/nostr" }
 nostr-connect = { git = "https://github.com/rust-nostr/nostr" }
 nostr-browser-signer = { git = "https://github.com/rust-nostr/nostr" }
 nostr-sdk = { git = "https://github.com/rust-nostr/nostr" }
+nostr-sqlite = { git = "https://github.com/rust-nostr/nostr" }
 nostr = { git = "https://github.com/rust-nostr/nostr", features = [ "nip59", "nip49", "nip44", "nip98" ] }
 
 # Crypto (NIP-17 encrypted file messages)
diff --git a/crates/state/Cargo.toml b/crates/state/Cargo.toml
index 1485dffd..116a721d 100644
--- a/crates/state/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/state/Cargo.toml
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ futures.workspace = true
 anyhow.workspace = true
 webbrowser.workspace = true
 serde_json.workspace = true
+log.workspace = true
 
 mime_guess = "2.0.4"
 
@@ -31,6 +32,7 @@ data-encoding.workspace = true
 js-sys = "0.3"
 nostr-browser-signer.workspace = true
 nostr-memory.workspace = true
+nostr-sqlite.workspace = true
 wasm-bindgen = "0.2"
 wasm-bindgen-futures = "0.4"
 web-sys = { version = "0.3", features = [
@@ -43,6 +45,8 @@ web-sys = { version = "0.3", features = [
     "Url",
     "Window",
 ] }
+sqlite-wasm-rs = "0.5"
+sqlite-wasm-vfs = "0.2"
 
 [target.'cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))'.dependencies]
 browser-signer-proxy = { path = "../browser-signer-proxy" }
diff --git a/crates/state/src/lib.rs b/crates/state/src/lib.rs
index e5e7700b..6ea25b37 100644
--- a/crates/state/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/state/src/lib.rs
@@ -16,8 +16,6 @@ use nostr_connect::prelude::*;
 use nostr_gossip_memory::prelude::*;
 #[cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))]
 use nostr_lmdb::prelude::*;
-#[cfg(target_arch = "wasm32")]
-use nostr_memory::prelude::*;
 use nostr_sdk::prelude::*;
 
 mod blossom;
@@ -28,6 +26,8 @@ mod nip05;
 mod nip4e;
 mod signer;
 
+#[cfg(target_arch = "wasm32")]
+pub mod web_database;
 #[cfg(target_arch = "wasm32")]
 pub mod web_file;
 
@@ -114,7 +114,6 @@ impl NostrRegistry {
         let signer = UniversalSigner::new(Keys::generate());
         let authenticator = SignerAuthenticator::new(signer.clone());
 
-        // Construct the nostr lmdb instance
         #[cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))]
         let database = cx.foreground_executor().block_on(async move {
             NostrLmdb::open(config_dir().join("nostr"))
@@ -123,7 +122,7 @@ impl NostrRegistry {
         });
 
         #[cfg(target_arch = "wasm32")]
-        let database = MemoryDatabase::unbounded();
+        let database = web_database::take();
 
         // Construct the nostr client
         let client = ClientBuilder::default()
diff --git a/crates/state/src/web_database.rs b/crates/state/src/web_database.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0bbc8de7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/state/src/web_database.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+use std::cell::RefCell;
+use std::sync::Arc;
+
+use nostr_memory::prelude::*;
+use nostr_sqlite::prelude::NostrSqlite;
+use sqlite_wasm_rs::WasmOsCallback;
+use sqlite_wasm_vfs::relaxed_idb;
+
+const DATABASE_PATH: &str = "coop.sqlite3";
+const VFS_NAME: &str = "coop-relaxed-idb";
+
+thread_local! {
+    static DATABASE: RefCell<Option<NostrSqlite>> = const { RefCell::new(None) };
+}
+
+/// Install the IndexedDB storage backend and open the database.
+pub async fn open() {
+    match open_persistent().await {
+        Some(database) => DATABASE.with(|slot| *slot.borrow_mut() = Some(database)),
+        None => log::error!("Falling back to the in-memory nostr database"),
+    }
+}
+
+/// Hand the opened database to the client constructor
+pub(crate) fn take() -> Arc<dyn NostrDatabase> {
+    let database = DATABASE.with(|slot| slot.borrow_mut().take());
+
+    match database {
+        Some(database) => Arc::new(database),
+        None => {
+            log::error!("Persistent web database was not opened, falling back to memory");
+            Arc::new(MemoryDatabase::unbounded())
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+/// Open the database on IndexedDB storage, or `None` when unavailable
+async fn open_persistent() -> Option<NostrSqlite> {
+    let options = relaxed_idb::RelaxedIdbCfgBuilder::new()
+        .vfs_name(VFS_NAME)
+        .build();
+
+    if let Err(e) = relaxed_idb::install::<WasmOsCallback>(&options, true).await {
+        log::warn!("IndexedDB storage unavailable: {e:?}");
+        return None;
+    }
+
+    match NostrSqlite::builder()
+        .persistent_with_vfs(DATABASE_PATH, VFS_NAME)
+        .build()
+        .await
+    {
+        Ok(database) => {
+            log::info!("Nostr database opened on IndexedDB storage");
+            Some(database)
+        }
+        Err(e) => {
+            log::error!("Failed to open the nostr database on IndexedDB: {e:?}");
+            None
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/web/Cargo.toml b/web/Cargo.toml
index b4afec19..8658a426 100644
--- a/web/Cargo.toml
+++ b/web/Cargo.toml
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ console_error_panic_hook = "0.1"
 tracing-wasm = "0.2"
 console_log = "1.0"
 wasm-bindgen = "0.2"
+wasm-bindgen-futures = "0.4"
 js-sys = "0.3"
 universal-time = { git = "https://github.com/shadowylab/universal-time" }
 
diff --git a/web/src/lib.rs b/web/src/lib.rs
index d1046d5f..5afcbbf4 100644
--- a/web/src/lib.rs
+++ b/web/src/lib.rs
@@ -32,15 +32,34 @@ impl MonotonicClock for BrowserTimeProvider {
 
 define_time_provider!(BrowserTimeProvider);
 
+fn init_logging() {
+    // Called from both entry points; the first one wins
+    static ONCE: std::sync::OnceLock<()> = std::sync::OnceLock::new();
+
+    ONCE.get_or_init(|| {
+        console_error_panic_hook::set_once();
+
+        // Initialize logging to browser console
+        console_log::init_with_level(log::Level::Info).ok();
+
+        // Also initialize tracing for WASM
+        tracing_wasm::set_as_global_default();
+    });
+}
+
+/// Open the persistent nostr database before the app starts.
+#[wasm_bindgen]
+pub async fn open_database() -> Result<(), JsValue> {
+    init_logging();
+
+    state::web_database::open().await;
+
+    Ok(())
+}
+
 #[wasm_bindgen]
 pub fn run() -> Result<(), JsValue> {
-    console_error_panic_hook::set_once();
-
-    // Initialize logging to browser console
-    console_log::init_with_level(log::Level::Info).expect("Failed to initialize logger");
-
-    // Also initialize tracing for WASM
-    tracing_wasm::set_as_global_default();
+    init_logging();
 
     // Sets the panic hook and GPUI's console logger
     gpui_platform::web_init();
@@ -59,12 +78,11 @@ pub fn run() -> Result<(), JsValue> {
 
     APPLICATION.with(|application| {
         *application.borrow_mut() = Some(app.run_embedded(|cx| {
+            gpui_kit::init(cx);
+
             load_embedded_fonts(cx);
             apply_web_fonts(cx);
 
-            // Initialize the framework before anything renders
-            gpui_kit::init(cx);
-
             // Initialize settings
             settings::init(cx);
 
diff --git a/web/www/main.js b/web/www/main.js
index 48d644c3..88df4453 100644
--- a/web/www/main.js
+++ b/web/www/main.js
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ async function init() {
     const wasm = await import('./wasm/coop_web.js');
     await wasm.default();
 
+    // Open the persistent nostr database before the app starts
+    await wasm.open_database();
+
     // Initialize the story gallery
     await wasm.run();