diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index c0863a5f..c787faf9 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -3282,6 +3282,11 @@
         }
       }
     },
+    "idb-keyval": {
+      "version": "2.3.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/idb-keyval/-/idb-keyval-2.3.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha1-TURLgMP4b8vNUTIbTcvJJHxZSMA="
+    },
     "ieee754": {
       "version": "1.1.8",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/ieee754/-/ieee754-1.1.8.tgz",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index bab23e21..8e7414fb 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
     "fg-loadcss": "^2.0.1",
     "font-awesome-svg-png": "^1.2.2",
     "glob": "^7.1.2",
+    "idb-keyval": "^2.3.0",
     "indexeddb-getall-shim": "^1.3.1",
     "intersection-observer": "^0.5.0",
     "intl-relativeformat": "^2.1.0",
diff --git a/routes/_components/LazyTimeline.html b/routes/_components/LazyTimeline.html
index 135690a3..59c5a111 100644
--- a/routes/_components/LazyTimeline.html
+++ b/routes/_components/LazyTimeline.html
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   {{/if}}
 </div>
 {{then constructor}}
-<:Component {constructor} :target />
+<:Component {constructor} :timeline />
 {{catch error}}
 <div>Component failed to load. Please try refreshing! {{error}}</div>
 {{/await}}
diff --git a/routes/_components/Timeline.html b/routes/_components/Timeline.html
index 727afe4d..6b26fa3a 100644
--- a/routes/_components/Timeline.html
+++ b/routes/_components/Timeline.html
@@ -11,16 +11,18 @@
 </style>
 <script>
   import { store } from '../_utils/store'
-  import { getHomeTimeline } from '../_utils/mastodon/timelines'
+  import { getTimeline } from '../_utils/mastodon/timelines'
   import StatusListItem from './StatusListItem.html'
   import VirtualList from './VirtualList.html'
   import { splice, push } from 'svelte-extras'
   import {
     insertStatuses as insertStatusesIntoDatabase,
-    getTimelineAfter as getTimelineFromDatabaseAfter
+    getTimeline as getTimelineFromDatabase
   } from '../_utils/database/statuses'
   import { mergeStatuses } from '../_utils/statuses'
   import { mark, stop } from '../_utils/marks'
+  import { timelines } from '../_static/timelines'
+
 
   const FETCH_LIMIT = 20
 
@@ -30,15 +32,14 @@
       let instanceData = this.store.get('currentInstanceData')
       let online = this.get('online')
       let statuses = online ?
-        await getHomeTimeline(instanceName, instanceData.access_token, null, FETCH_LIMIT) :
-        await getTimelineFromDatabaseAfter(null, FETCH_LIMIT)
+        await getTimeline(instanceName, instanceData.access_token, this.get('timeline'), null, FETCH_LIMIT) :
+        await getTimelineFromDatabase(instanceName, this.get('timeline'), null, FETCH_LIMIT)
       if (online) {
-        insertStatusesIntoDatabase(statuses)
+        insertStatusesIntoDatabase(instanceName, this.get('timeline'), statuses)
       }
       this.addStatuses(statuses)
     },
     data: () => ({
-      target: 'home',
       StatusListItem: StatusListItem,
       statuses: [],
       runningUpdate: false
@@ -49,7 +50,7 @@
         key: status.id
       })),
       lastStatusId: (statuses) => statuses.length && statuses[statuses.length - 1].id,
-      label: (target, $currentInstance) => `${target} timeline for ${$currentInstance}`
+      label: (timeline, $currentInstance) => `${timelines[timeline].label} timeline for ${$currentInstance}`
     },
     store: () => store,
     components: {
@@ -69,10 +70,10 @@
         let instanceData = this.store.get('currentInstanceData')
         let online = this.get('online')
         let newStatuses = online ?
-          await getHomeTimeline(instanceName, instanceData.access_token, lastStatusId, FETCH_LIMIT) :
-          await getTimelineFromDatabaseAfter(lastStatusId, FETCH_LIMIT)
+          await getTimeline(instanceName, instanceData.access_token, this.get('timeline'), lastStatusId, FETCH_LIMIT) :
+          await getTimelineFromDatabase(instanceName, this.get('timeline'), lastStatusId, FETCH_LIMIT)
         if (online) {
-          insertStatusesIntoDatabase(newStatuses)
+          insertStatusesIntoDatabase(instanceName, this.get('timeline'), newStatuses)
         }
         let statuses = this.get('statuses')
         if (statuses) {
diff --git a/routes/_static/timelines.js b/routes/_static/timelines.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..15c02671
--- /dev/null
+++ b/routes/_static/timelines.js
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+const timelines = {
+  home: { name: 'home', label: 'Home' },
+  local: { name: 'local', label: 'Local' },
+  federated: { name: 'federated', label: 'Federated' }
+}
+
+export { timelines }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/routes/_utils/asyncModules.js b/routes/_utils/asyncModules.js
index 0892c54d..d1a45722 100644
--- a/routes/_utils/asyncModules.js
+++ b/routes/_utils/asyncModules.js
@@ -25,15 +25,10 @@ const importIndexedDBGetAllShim = () => import(
   /* webpackChunkName: 'indexeddb-getall-shim' */ 'indexeddb-getall-shim'
   )
 
-const importOfflineNotification = () => import(
-  /* webpackHunkName: 'offlineNotification' */ '../_utils/offlineNotification'
-  )
-
 export {
   importURLSearchParams,
   importTimeline,
   importIntersectionObserver,
   importRequestIdleCallback,
-  importIndexedDBGetAllShim,
-  importOfflineNotification
+  importIndexedDBGetAllShim
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/routes/_utils/database/keyval.js b/routes/_utils/database/keyval.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6a02f1cf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/routes/_utils/database/keyval.js
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+import keyval from 'idb-keyval'
+export { keyval }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/routes/_utils/database/statuses.js b/routes/_utils/database/statuses.js
index 27ae8cb3..93ec5369 100644
--- a/routes/_utils/database/statuses.js
+++ b/routes/_utils/database/statuses.js
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
+import { keyval } from './keyval'
 import cloneDeep from 'lodash/cloneDeep'
 import padStart from 'lodash/padStart'
 
 const STORE = 'statuses'
+const databaseCache = {}
 
 function toPaddedBigInt(id) {
   return padStart(id, 30, '0')
@@ -24,26 +26,40 @@ function transformStatusForStorage(status) {
   return status
 }
 
-const dbPromise = new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-  let req = indexedDB.open(STORE, 1)
-  req.onerror = reject
-  req.onblocked = () => {
-    console.log('idb blocked')
+function getDatabase(instanceName, timeline) {
+  const key = `${instanceName}_${timeline}`
+  if (databaseCache[key]) {
+    return Promise.resolve(databaseCache[key])
   }
-  req.onupgradeneeded = () => {
-    let db = req.result;
-    let oStore = db.createObjectStore(STORE, {
-      keyPath: 'id'
-    })
-    oStore.createIndex('created_at', 'created_at')
-    oStore.createIndex('pinafore_id_as_negative_big_int', 'pinafore_id_as_negative_big_int')
-    oStore.createIndex('pinafore_id_as_big_int', 'pinafore_id_as_big_int')
-  }
-  req.onsuccess = () => resolve(req.result)
-})
 
-export async function getTimelineAfter(max_id = null, limit = 20) {
-  const db = await dbPromise
+  let objectStoreName = `${STORE}_${key}`
+
+  keyval.get('known_dbs').then(knownDbs => {
+    knownDbs = knownDbs || {}
+    knownDbs[objectStoreName] = true
+    keyval.set('known_dbs', knownDbs)
+  })
+
+  databaseCache[key] = new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+    let req = indexedDB.open(objectStoreName, 1)
+    req.onerror = reject
+    req.onblocked = () => {
+      console.log('idb blocked')
+    }
+    req.onupgradeneeded = () => {
+      let db = req.result;
+      let oStore = db.createObjectStore(STORE, {
+        keyPath: 'id'
+      })
+      oStore.createIndex('pinafore_id_as_negative_big_int', 'pinafore_id_as_negative_big_int')
+    }
+    req.onsuccess = () => resolve(req.result)
+  })
+  return databaseCache[key]
+}
+
+export async function getTimeline(instanceName, timeline, max_id = null, limit = 20) {
+  const db = await getDatabase(instanceName, timeline)
   return await new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
     const tx = db.transaction(STORE, 'readonly')
     const store = tx.objectStore(STORE)
@@ -61,8 +77,8 @@ export async function getTimelineAfter(max_id = null, limit = 20) {
   })
 }
 
-export async function insertStatuses(statuses) {
-  const db = await dbPromise
+export async function insertStatuses(instanceName, timeline, statuses) {
+  const db = await getDatabase(instanceName, timeline)
   return await new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
     const tx = db.transaction(STORE, 'readwrite')
     const store = tx.objectStore(STORE)
diff --git a/routes/_utils/mastodon/timelines.js b/routes/_utils/mastodon/timelines.js
index 1148c43b..eae4666e 100644
--- a/routes/_utils/mastodon/timelines.js
+++ b/routes/_utils/mastodon/timelines.js
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 import { get, paramsString } from '../ajax'
 import { basename } from './utils'
 
-export function getHomeTimeline(instanceName, accessToken, maxId, since) {
-  let url = `${basename(instanceName)}/api/v1/timelines/home`
+export function getTimeline(instanceName, accessToken, timeline, maxId, since) {
+  let timelineUrlName = timeline === 'local' || timeline === 'federated' ?  'public' : timeline
+  let url = `${basename(instanceName)}/api/v1/timelines/${timelineUrlName}`
 
   let params = {}
   if (since) {
@@ -13,6 +14,10 @@ export function getHomeTimeline(instanceName, accessToken, maxId, since) {
     params.max_id = maxId
   }
 
+  if (timeline === 'local') {
+    params.local = true
+  }
+
   url += '?' + paramsString(params)
 
   return get(url, {
diff --git a/routes/_utils/offlineNotification.js b/routes/_utils/offlineNotification.js
index 4164a681..88ab628c 100644
--- a/routes/_utils/offlineNotification.js
+++ b/routes/_utils/offlineNotification.js
@@ -17,5 +17,9 @@ const observe = online => {
   }
 }
 
+if (!navigator.onLine) {
+  observe(false)
+}
+
 window.addEventListener('offline', () => observe(false));
 window.addEventListener('online', () => observe(true));
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/routes/_utils/serviceWorkerClient.js b/routes/_utils/serviceWorkerClient.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..31cb8983
--- /dev/null
+++ b/routes/_utils/serviceWorkerClient.js
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+import { toast } from './toast'
+import { keyval } from './database/keyval'
+
+function onUpdateFound(registration) {
+  const newWorker = registration.installing
+
+  newWorker.addEventListener('statechange', async () => {
+    if (!(await keyval.get('serviceworker_installed'))) {
+      await keyval.set('serviceworker_installed', true)
+      return
+    }
+    if (newWorker.state === 'activated' && navigator.serviceWorker.controller) {
+      toast.say('App update available. Reload to update.')
+    }
+  });
+}
+
+if (!location.origin.match('localhost') && 'serviceWorker' in navigator) {
+  navigator.serviceWorker.register('/service-worker.js').then(registration => {
+    registration.addEventListener('updatefound', () => onUpdateFound(registration))
+  })
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/routes/federated.html b/routes/federated.html
index 5cae18ba..fa54348b 100644
--- a/routes/federated.html
+++ b/routes/federated.html
@@ -3,16 +3,29 @@
 </:Head>
 
 <Layout page='federated'>
-  <h1>Federated Timeline</h1>
+  {{#if $isUserLoggedIn}}
+  <LazyTimeline timeline='federated' />
+  {{else}}
+  <FreeTextLayout>
+    <h1>Federated</h1>
 
+    <p>Your federated timeline will appear here when logged in.</p>
+  </FreeTextLayout>
+  {{/if}}
 </Layout>
 
 <script>
-  import Layout from './_components/Layout.html';
+  import Layout from './_components/Layout.html'
+  import LazyTimeline from './_components/LazyTimeline.html'
+  import FreeTextLayout from './_components/FreeTextLayout.html'
+  import { store } from './_utils/store.js'
 
   export default {
+    store: () => store,
     components: {
-      Layout
+      Layout,
+      LazyTimeline,
+      FreeTextLayout
     }
-  };
+  }
 </script>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/routes/index.html b/routes/index.html
index d7d9c297..95a1a412 100644
--- a/routes/index.html
+++ b/routes/index.html
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 <Layout page='home'>
   {{#if $isUserLoggedIn}}
-  <LazyTimeline target='home' />
+  <LazyTimeline timeline='home' />
   {{else}}
   <NotLoggedInHome/>
   {{/if}}
diff --git a/routes/local.html b/routes/local.html
index de3408b0..2adcf307 100644
--- a/routes/local.html
+++ b/routes/local.html
@@ -3,16 +3,29 @@
 </:Head>
 
 <Layout page='local'>
-  <h1>Local</h1>
+  {{#if $isUserLoggedIn}}
+  <LazyTimeline timeline='local' />
+  {{else}}
+  <FreeTextLayout>
+    <h1>Local</h1>
 
+    <p>Your local timeline will appear here when logged in.</p>
+  </FreeTextLayout>
+  {{/if}}
 </Layout>
 
 <script>
-  import Layout from './_components/Layout.html';
+  import Layout from './_components/Layout.html'
+  import LazyTimeline from './_components/LazyTimeline.html'
+  import FreeTextLayout from './_components/FreeTextLayout.html'
+  import { store } from './_utils/store.js'
 
   export default {
+    store: () => store,
     components: {
-      Layout
+      Layout,
+      LazyTimeline,
+      FreeTextLayout
     }
-  };
+  }
 </script>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/routes/notifications.html b/routes/notifications.html
index 8a9aef22..6a621e60 100644
--- a/routes/notifications.html
+++ b/routes/notifications.html
@@ -3,16 +3,21 @@
 </:Head>
 
 <Layout page='notifications'>
-	<h1>Notifications</h1>
+  <FreeTextLayout>
+    <h1>Notifications</h1>
 
+    <p>Your notifications will appear here when logged in.</p>
+  </FreeTextLayout>
 </Layout>
 
 <script>
   import Layout from './_components/Layout.html';
+  import FreeTextLayout from './_components/FreeTextLayout.html'
 
   export default {
     components: {
-      Layout
+      Layout,
+      FreeTextLayout
     },
   };
 </script>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/routes/settings/instances/[instanceName].html b/routes/settings/instances/[instanceName].html
index 39ceeb1c..35515e08 100644
--- a/routes/settings/instances/[instanceName].html
+++ b/routes/settings/instances/[instanceName].html
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
         <span class="acct-display-name">{{instanceUserAccount.display_name}}</span>
       </div>
       <h2>Theme:</h2>
-      <form class="theme-chooser">
+      <form class="theme-chooser" aria-label="Choose a theme">
         {{#each themes as theme}}
           <div class="theme-group">
             <input type="radio" id="choice-theme-{{theme.name}}"
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
         {{/each}}
       </form>
 
-      <form class="instance-actions">
+      <form class="instance-actions" aria-label="Switch to or log out of this instance">
         {{#if $loggedInInstancesInOrder.length > 1}}
           <button class="primary" disabled="{{$currentInstance === params.instanceName}}"
             on:click="onSwitchToThisInstance()">
diff --git a/routes/settings/instances/add.html b/routes/settings/instances/add.html
index c6f67fd2..2bebdd98 100644
--- a/routes/settings/instances/add.html
+++ b/routes/settings/instances/add.html
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 <Layout page='settings'>
   <SettingsLayout page='settings/instances/add' label="Add an Instance">
-    <h1>Add an Instance</h1>
+    <h1 id="add-an-instance-h1">Add an Instance</h1>
 
     <LoadingMask show="{{loading}}"/>
 
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
     <p>Log in to an instance to start using Pinafore.</p>
     {{/if}}
 
-    <form class="add-new-instance" on:submit='onSubmit(event)'>
+    <form class="add-new-instance" on:submit='onSubmit(event)' aria-labelledby="add-an-instance-h1">
       <label for="instanceInput">Instance:</label>
       <input type="text" id="instanceInput" bind:value='$instanceNameInSearch' placeholder=''>
       <button class="primary" type="submit" id="submitButton" disabled="{{!$instanceNameInSearch}}">Add instance</button>
diff --git a/templates/2xx.html b/templates/2xx.html
index 59a29f1a..a62e46da 100644
--- a/templates/2xx.html
+++ b/templates/2xx.html
@@ -8,12 +8,6 @@
 	<link rel='manifest' href='/manifest.json'>
 	<link rel='icon' type='image/png' href='/favicon.png'>
 
-	<script>
-		if (!location.origin.match('localhost') && 'serviceWorker' in navigator) {
-			navigator.serviceWorker.register('/service-worker.js');
-		}
-	</script>
-
 	<style>
 /* auto-generated w/ build-sass.js */
 body{--button-primary-bg:#6081e6;--button-primary-text:#fff;--button-primary-border:#132c76;--button-primary-bg-active:#456ce2;--button-primary-bg-hover:#6988e7;--button-bg:#e6e6e6;--button-text:#333;--button-border:#a7a7a7;--button-bg-active:#bfbfbf;--button-bg-hover:#f2f2f2;--input-border:#dadada;--anchor-text:#4169e1;--main-bg:#fff;--body-bg:#e8edfb;--body-text-color:#333;--main-border:#dadada;--svg-fill:#4169e1;--form-bg:#f7f7f7;--form-border:#c1c1c1;--nav-bg:#4169e1;--nav-border:#214cce;--nav-a-border:#4169e1;--nav-a-selected-border:#fff;--nav-a-selected-bg:#6d8ce8;--nav-svg-fill:#fff;--nav-text-color:#fff;--nav-a-selected-border-hover:#fff;--nav-a-selected-bg-hover:#839deb;--nav-a-bg-hover:#577ae4;--nav-a-border-hover:#4169e1;--nav-svg-fill-hover:#fff;--nav-text-color-hover:#fff;--action-button-fill-color:#839deb;--action-button-fill-color-hover:#99afef;--action-button-fill-color-active:#577ae4;--settings-list-item-bg:#fff;--settings-list-item-text:#4169e1;--settings-list-item-text-hover:#4169e1;--settings-list-item-border:#dadada;--settings-list-item-bg-active:#e6e6e6;--settings-list-item-bg-hover:#fafafa;--toast-bg:#333;--toast-border:#fafafa;--toast-text:#fff;--mask-bg:#333;--mask-svg-fill:#fff;--deemphasized-text-color:#666}
diff --git a/templates/main.js b/templates/main.js
index e7c2a644..3a1fb0ed 100644
--- a/templates/main.js
+++ b/templates/main.js
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 import { init } from 'sapper/runtime.js'
-import { toast } from '../routes/_utils/toast'
+import { offlineNotifiction } from '../routes/_utils/offlineNotification'
+import { serviceWorkerClient } from '../routes/_utils/serviceWorkerClient'
 
 import {
   importURLSearchParams,
   importIntersectionObserver,
   importRequestIdleCallback,
-  importIndexedDBGetAllShim,
-  importOfflineNotification
+  importIndexedDBGetAllShim
 } from '../routes/_utils/asyncModules'
 
 // polyfills
@@ -18,14 +18,4 @@ Promise.all([
 ]).then(() => {
   // `routes` is an array of route objects injected by Sapper
   init(document.querySelector('#sapper'), __routes__)
-
-  if (navigator.serviceWorker && navigator.serviceWorker.controller) {
-    navigator.serviceWorker.controller.onstatechange = (e) => {
-      if (e.target.state === 'redundant') {
-        toast.say('App update available. Reload to update.');
-      }
-    }
-  }
-})
-
-importOfflineNotification()
\ No newline at end of file
+})
\ No newline at end of file