diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 62bf7cd..2b16d7c 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -28,10 +28,11 @@
         "@lumeweb/kernel-swarm-client": "git+https://git.lumeweb.com/LumeWeb/kernel-swarm-client.git",
         "@multiformats/mafmt": "^11.1.2",
         "b4a": "^1.6.3",
-        "blockstore-core": "^3.0.0",
+        "blockstore-idb": "^1.1.0",
         "buffer": "^6.0.3",
         "compact-encoding": "^2.11.0",
         "datastore-core": "^8.0.4",
+        "datastore-idb": "^2.1.0",
         "helia": "^0.0.1",
         "ipfs-http-client": "^60.0.0",
         "ipfs-in-memory-repo": "^0.1.0",
diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index 41d1d52..3352515 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 import { createLibp2p } from "libp2p";
-import { MemoryDatastore } from "datastore-core";
-import { MemoryBlockstore } from "blockstore-core";
 import { createHelia } from "helia";
 import { yamux } from "@chainsafe/libp2p-yamux";
 // @ts-ignore
@@ -38,6 +36,8 @@ import { substr } from "runes2";
 import { MultibaseDecoder } from "multiformats";
 import { peerIdFromCID } from "@libp2p/peer-id";
 import { bootstrap } from "@libp2p/bootstrap";
+import { IDBBlockstore } from "blockstore-idb";
+import { IDBDatastore } from "datastore-idb";
 
 const basesByPrefix: { [prefix: string]: MultibaseDecoder<any> } = Object.keys(
   bases
@@ -113,10 +113,17 @@ async function handlePresentSeed() {
     pubsub: gossipsub(),
   });
 
-  // @ts-ignore
+  const blockstore = new IDBBlockstore("ipfs_blocks");
+  const datastore = new IDBDatastore("ipfs_data");
+
+  await blockstore.open();
+  await datastore.open();
+
   PeerManager.instance.ipfs = await createHelia({
-    blockstore: new MemoryBlockstore(),
-    datastore: new MemoryDatastore(),
+    // @ts-ignore
+    blockstore,
+    // @ts-ignore
+    datastore,
     libp2p,
   });