diff --git a/cmd/gotosocial/action/server/server.go b/cmd/gotosocial/action/server/server.go
index e695e0789..3da9e997c 100644
--- a/cmd/gotosocial/action/server/server.go
+++ b/cmd/gotosocial/action/server/server.go
@@ -104,7 +104,6 @@ var Start action.GTSAction = func(ctx context.Context) error {
 	typeConverter := typeutils.NewConverter(dbService)
 
 	// Open the storage backend
-
 	storage, err := gtsstorage.AutoConfig()
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("error creating storage backend: %w", err)
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index f55477ec7..63181a2f9 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ require (
 	codeberg.org/gruf/go-logger/v2 v2.2.1
 	codeberg.org/gruf/go-mutexes v1.1.3
 	codeberg.org/gruf/go-runners v1.3.1
-	codeberg.org/gruf/go-store/v2 v2.0.4
+	codeberg.org/gruf/go-store/v2 v2.0.5
 	github.com/buckket/go-blurhash v1.1.0
 	github.com/coreos/go-oidc/v3 v3.4.0
 	github.com/disintegration/imaging v1.6.2
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index f30b4dd02..f2f57033e 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -95,8 +95,8 @@ codeberg.org/gruf/go-runners v1.3.1 h1:d/OQMMMiA6yPaDSbSr0/Jc+lucWmm7AiAZjWffpNK
 codeberg.org/gruf/go-runners v1.3.1/go.mod h1:rl0EdZNozkRMb21DAtOL5L4oTfmslYQdZgq2RMMc/H4=
 codeberg.org/gruf/go-sched v1.1.1 h1:YtLSQhpypzuD3HTup5oF7LLWB79gTL4nqW06kH4Vwks=
 codeberg.org/gruf/go-sched v1.1.1/go.mod h1:SRcdP/5qim+EBT3n3r4aUra1C30yPqV4OJOXuqvgdQM=
-codeberg.org/gruf/go-store/v2 v2.0.4 h1:CpGkJUz7qINh3krjtR6dKmKwJKjprbEKKq4dWF+AemI=
-codeberg.org/gruf/go-store/v2 v2.0.4/go.mod h1:vKId86ET4ZzG1tE1dMNkfV66rZkcsyqt64UhKt6EYfc=
+codeberg.org/gruf/go-store/v2 v2.0.5 h1:AbOka6LkyT9jobPYfK3h5f5dPqx5AjFPhaaqdOWkGyA=
+codeberg.org/gruf/go-store/v2 v2.0.5/go.mod h1:vKId86ET4ZzG1tE1dMNkfV66rZkcsyqt64UhKt6EYfc=
 dmitri.shuralyov.com/gpu/mtl v0.0.0-20190408044501-666a987793e9/go.mod h1:H6x//7gZCb22OMCxBHrMx7a5I7Hp++hsVxbQ4BYO7hU=
 github.com/BurntSushi/toml v0.3.1/go.mod h1:xHWCNGjB5oqiDr8zfno3MHue2Ht5sIBksp03qcyfWMU=
 github.com/BurntSushi/xgb v0.0.0-20160522181843-27f122750802/go.mod h1:IVnqGOEym/WlBOVXweHU+Q+/VP0lqqI8lqeDx9IjBqo=
diff --git a/internal/storage/local.go b/internal/storage/local.go
index 3fde7f0b9..9a5f971a2 100644
--- a/internal/storage/local.go
+++ b/internal/storage/local.go
@@ -20,43 +20,13 @@ package storage
 
 import (
 	"context"
-	"io"
 	"net/url"
 
 	"codeberg.org/gruf/go-store/v2/kv"
-	"codeberg.org/gruf/go-store/v2/storage"
 )
 
 type Local struct {
-	KVStore *kv.KVStore
-}
-
-func (l *Local) Get(ctx context.Context, key string) ([]byte, error) {
-	return l.KVStore.Get(ctx, key)
-}
-
-func (l *Local) GetStream(ctx context.Context, key string) (io.ReadCloser, error) {
-	return l.KVStore.GetStream(ctx, key)
-}
-
-func (l *Local) PutStream(ctx context.Context, key string, r io.Reader) error {
-	err := l.KVStore.PutStream(ctx, key, r)
-	if err == storage.ErrAlreadyExists {
-		return ErrAlreadyExists
-	}
-	return err
-}
-
-func (l *Local) Put(ctx context.Context, key string, value []byte) error {
-	err := l.KVStore.Put(ctx, key, value)
-	if err == storage.ErrAlreadyExists {
-		return ErrAlreadyExists
-	}
-	return err
-}
-
-func (l *Local) Delete(ctx context.Context, key string) error {
-	return l.KVStore.Delete(ctx, key)
+	*kv.KVStore
 }
 
 func (l *Local) URL(ctx context.Context, key string) *url.URL {
diff --git a/internal/storage/storage.go b/internal/storage/storage.go
index 5d712bc3c..e44c47184 100644
--- a/internal/storage/storage.go
+++ b/internal/storage/storage.go
@@ -33,8 +33,10 @@ import (
 	"github.com/superseriousbusiness/gotosocial/internal/config"
 )
 
-var ErrNotSupported = errors.New("driver does not suppport functionality")
-var ErrAlreadyExists = errors.New("storage key already exists")
+var (
+	ErrNotSupported  = errors.New("driver does not suppport functionality")
+	ErrAlreadyExists = storage.ErrAlreadyExists
+)
 
 // Driver implements the functionality to store and retrieve blobs
 // (images,video,audio)
@@ -59,19 +61,19 @@ func AutoConfig() (Driver, error) {
 		}
 		return NewS3(mc, config.GetStorageS3BucketName()), nil
 	case "local":
-		storageBasePath := config.GetStorageLocalBasePath()
-		storage, err := kv.OpenDisk(storageBasePath, &storage.DiskConfig{
+		basePath := config.GetStorageLocalBasePath()
+		disk, err := storage.OpenDisk(basePath, &storage.DiskConfig{
 			// Put the store lockfile in the storage dir itself.
 			// Normally this would not be safe, since we could end up
 			// overwriting the lockfile if we store a file called 'store.lock'.
 			// However, in this case it's OK because the keys are set by
 			// GtS and not the user, so we know we're never going to overwrite it.
-			LockFile: path.Join(storageBasePath, "store.lock"),
+			LockFile: path.Join(basePath, "store.lock"),
 		})
 		if err != nil {
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf("error creating storage backend: %s", err)
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("error openingdisk storage: %v", err)
 		}
-		return &Local{KVStore: storage}, nil
+		return &Local{kv.New(disk)}, nil
 	}
 	return nil, fmt.Errorf("invalid storage backend %s", config.GetStorageBackend())
 }
diff --git a/vendor/codeberg.org/gruf/go-store/v2/kv/store.go b/vendor/codeberg.org/gruf/go-store/v2/kv/store.go
index 86ba73f67..5ea795e7c 100644
--- a/vendor/codeberg.org/gruf/go-store/v2/kv/store.go
+++ b/vendor/codeberg.org/gruf/go-store/v2/kv/store.go
@@ -38,10 +38,7 @@ func OpenBlock(path string, cfg *storage.BlockConfig) (*KVStore, error) {
 }
 
 func OpenMemory(overwrites bool) *KVStore {
-	return &KVStore{
-		mu: mutexes.NewMap(-1, -1),
-		st: storage.OpenMemory(100, overwrites),
-	}
+	return New(storage.OpenMemory(100, overwrites))
 }
 
 func OpenS3(endpoint string, bucket string, cfg *storage.S3Config) (*KVStore, error) {
@@ -55,6 +52,7 @@ func OpenS3(endpoint string, bucket string, cfg *storage.S3Config) (*KVStore, er
 	return OpenStorage(storage)
 }
 
+// OpenStorage will return a new KVStore instance based on Storage, performing an initial storage.Clean().
 func OpenStorage(storage storage.Storage) (*KVStore, error) {
 	// Perform initial storage clean
 	err := storage.Clean(context.Background())
@@ -63,10 +61,18 @@ func OpenStorage(storage storage.Storage) (*KVStore, error) {
 	}
 
 	// Return new KVStore
+	return New(storage), nil
+}
+
+// New will simply return a new KVStore instance based on Storage.
+func New(storage storage.Storage) *KVStore {
+	if storage == nil {
+		panic("nil storage")
+	}
 	return &KVStore{
 		mu: mutexes.NewMap(-1, -1),
 		st: storage,
-	}, nil
+	}
 }
 
 // RLock acquires a read-lock on supplied key, returning unlock function.
diff --git a/vendor/modules.txt b/vendor/modules.txt
index 517cf1eb7..9fd28ccfc 100644
--- a/vendor/modules.txt
+++ b/vendor/modules.txt
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ codeberg.org/gruf/go-runners
 # codeberg.org/gruf/go-sched v1.1.1
 ## explicit; go 1.19
 codeberg.org/gruf/go-sched
-# codeberg.org/gruf/go-store/v2 v2.0.4
+# codeberg.org/gruf/go-store/v2 v2.0.5
 ## explicit; go 1.19
 codeberg.org/gruf/go-store/v2/kv
 codeberg.org/gruf/go-store/v2/storage