diff --git a/src/providers/websql.js b/src/providers/websql.js
index 721b775..4101de1 100644
--- a/src/providers/websql.js
+++ b/src/providers/websql.js
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ define(function(require) {
   var WSQL_VERSION = require('src/constants').WSQL_VERSION;
   var WSQL_SIZE = require('src/constants').WSQL_SIZE;
   var WSQL_DESC = require('src/constants').WSQL_DESC;
+  var u8toArray = require('src/shared').u8toArray;
 
   function WebSQLContext(db, isReadOnly) {
     var that = this;
@@ -27,7 +28,7 @@ define(function(require) {
       callback(null);
     }
     this.getTransaction(function(transaction) {
-      transaction.executeSql("DELETE FROM " + FILE_STORE_NAME,
+      transaction.executeSql("DELETE FROM " + FILE_STORE_NAME + ";",
                              [], onSuccess, onError);
     });
   };
@@ -35,17 +36,37 @@ define(function(require) {
     function onSuccess(transaction, result) {
       // If the key isn't found, return null
       var value = result.rows.length === 0 ? null : result.rows.item(0).data;
-      callback(null, value);
+      try {
+        if(value) {
+          value = JSON.parse(value);
+          // Deal with special-cased flattened typed arrays in WebSQL (see put() below)
+          if(value.__isUint8Array) {
+            value = new Uint8Array(value.__array);
+          }
+        }
+        callback(null, value);
+      } catch(e) {
+        callback(e);
+      }
     }
     function onError(transaction, error) {
       callback(error);
     }
     this.getTransaction(function(transaction) {
-      transaction.executeSql("SELECT data FROM " + FILE_STORE_NAME + " WHERE id = ?",
+      transaction.executeSql("SELECT data FROM " + FILE_STORE_NAME + " WHERE id = ?;",
                              [key], onSuccess, onError);
     });
   };
   WebSQLContext.prototype.put = function(key, value, callback) {
+    // We do extra work to make sure typed arrays survive
+    // being stored in the db and still get the right prototype later.
+    if(Object.prototype.toString.call(value) === "[object Uint8Array]") {
+      value = {
+        __isUint8Array: true,
+        __array: u8toArray(value)
+      };
+    }
+    value = JSON.stringify(value);
     function onSuccess(transaction, result) {
       callback(null);
     }
@@ -53,7 +74,7 @@ define(function(require) {
       callback(error);
     }
     this.getTransaction(function(transaction) {
-      transaction.executeSql("INSERT OR REPLACE INTO " + FILE_STORE_NAME + " (id, data) VALUES (?, ?)",
+      transaction.executeSql("INSERT OR REPLACE INTO " + FILE_STORE_NAME + " (id, data) VALUES (?, ?);",
                              [key, value], onSuccess, onError);
     });
   };
@@ -65,7 +86,7 @@ define(function(require) {
       callback(error);
     }
     this.getTransaction(function(transaction) {
-      transaction.executeSql("DELETE FROM " + FILE_STORE_NAME + " WHERE id = ?",
+      transaction.executeSql("DELETE FROM " + FILE_STORE_NAME + " WHERE id = ?;",
                              [key], onSuccess, onError);
     });
   };
@@ -113,9 +134,15 @@ define(function(require) {
                              [], gotCount, onError);
     }
 
+    // Create the table and index we'll need to store the fs data.
     db.transaction(function(transaction) {
-      transaction.executeSql("CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS " + FILE_STORE_NAME + " (id unique, data)",
-                             [], onSuccess, onError);
+      function createIndex(transaction) {
+        transaction.executeSql("CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS idx_" + FILE_STORE_NAME + "_id" +
+                               " on " + FILE_STORE_NAME + " (id);",
+                               [], onSuccess, onError);
+      }
+      transaction.executeSql("CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS " + FILE_STORE_NAME + " (id unique, data TEXT);",
+                             [], createIndex, onError);
     });
   };
   WebSQL.prototype.getReadOnlyContext = function() {
diff --git a/src/shared.js b/src/shared.js
index a98d1d4..16d9439 100644
--- a/src/shared.js
+++ b/src/shared.js
@@ -15,9 +15,22 @@ define(function(require) {
 
   function nop() {}
 
+  /**
+   * Convert a Uint8Array to a regular array
+   */
+  function u8toArray(u8) {
+    var array = [];
+    var len = u8.length;
+    for(var i = 0; i < len; i++) {
+      array[i] = u8[i];
+    }
+    return array;
+  }
+
   return {
     guid: guid,
     hash: hash,
+    u8toArray: u8toArray,
     nop: nop
   };