diff --git a/.eslintrc.cjs b/.eslintrc.cjs
index 9002ccb06..7e69ac482 100644
--- a/.eslintrc.cjs
+++ b/.eslintrc.cjs
@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@ module.exports = {
             globals: {
                 droll: 'readonly',
                 Handlebars: 'readonly',
-                localforage: 'readonly',
                 moment: 'readonly',
                 pdfjsLib: 'readonly',
                 Popper: 'readonly',
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index d7f6dfd1b..a9a488905 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
                 "ip-matching": "^2.1.2",
                 "ipaddr.js": "^2.0.1",
                 "jimp": "^0.22.10",
+                "localforage": "^1.10.0",
                 "lodash": "^4.17.21",
                 "mime-types": "^2.1.35",
                 "multer": "^1.4.5-lts.1",
@@ -4504,6 +4505,12 @@
             "integrity": "sha512-QpLcX9ZSsq3YYUUnD3nFDY8H7wctAhQj/TFKL8Ya8v5fMm3CFXxo8zStsLAl780ltoYoo1WvKUVGBQK+1ifr7g==",
             "license": "MIT"
         },
+        "node_modules/immediate": {
+            "version": "3.0.6",
+            "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/immediate/-/immediate-3.0.6.tgz",
+            "integrity": "sha512-XXOFtyqDjNDAQxVfYxuF7g9Il/IbWmmlQg2MYKOH8ExIT1qg6xc4zyS3HaEEATgs1btfzxq15ciUiY7gjSXRGQ==",
+            "license": "MIT"
+        },
         "node_modules/import-fresh": {
             "version": "3.3.0",
             "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/import-fresh/-/import-fresh-3.3.0.tgz",
@@ -4946,6 +4953,15 @@
                 "node": ">= 0.8.0"
             }
         },
+        "node_modules/lie": {
+            "version": "3.1.1",
+            "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/lie/-/lie-3.1.1.tgz",
+            "integrity": "sha512-RiNhHysUjhrDQntfYSfY4MU24coXXdEOgw9WGcKHNeEwffDYbF//u87M1EWaMGzuFoSbqW0C9C6lEEhDOAswfw==",
+            "license": "MIT",
+            "dependencies": {
+                "immediate": "~3.0.5"
+            }
+        },
         "node_modules/load-bmfont": {
             "version": "1.4.2",
             "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/load-bmfont/-/load-bmfont-1.4.2.tgz",
@@ -4971,6 +4987,15 @@
                 "node": ">=6.11.5"
             }
         },
+        "node_modules/localforage": {
+            "version": "1.10.0",
+            "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/localforage/-/localforage-1.10.0.tgz",
+            "integrity": "sha512-14/H1aX7hzBBmmh7sGPd+AOMkkIrHM3Z1PAyGgZigA1H1p5O5ANnMyWzvpAETtG68/dC4pC0ncy3+PPGzXZHPg==",
+            "license": "Apache-2.0",
+            "dependencies": {
+                "lie": "3.1.1"
+            }
+        },
         "node_modules/locate-path": {
             "version": "6.0.0",
             "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/locate-path/-/locate-path-6.0.0.tgz",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 1a982faa9..292f29fb1 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
         "ip-matching": "^2.1.2",
         "ipaddr.js": "^2.0.1",
         "jimp": "^0.22.10",
+        "localforage": "^1.10.0",
         "lodash": "^4.17.21",
         "mime-types": "^2.1.35",
         "multer": "^1.4.5-lts.1",
diff --git a/public/global.d.ts b/public/global.d.ts
index 350cdfab7..9f475cffe 100644
--- a/public/global.d.ts
+++ b/public/global.d.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 // Global namespace modules
 declare var droll;
 declare var Handlebars;
-declare var localforage;
 declare var pdfjsLib;
 declare var Popper;
 declare var showdown;
diff --git a/public/index.html b/public/index.html
index a081f6490..a7ba21721 100644
--- a/public/index.html
+++ b/public/index.html
@@ -6758,7 +6758,6 @@
     <script src="lib/select2-search-placeholder.js"></script>
     <script src="lib/seedrandom.min.js"></script>
     <script src="lib/droll.js"></script>
-    <script src="lib/localforage.min.js"></script>
     <script src="lib/handlebars.js"></script>
     <script src="lib/pagination.js"></script>
     <script src="lib/toolcool-color-picker.js"></script>
diff --git a/public/jsconfig.json b/public/jsconfig.json
index 4b6d97541..b0f6b5295 100644
--- a/public/jsconfig.json
+++ b/public/jsconfig.json
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
             "droll",
             "handlebars",
             "highlight.js",
-            "localforage",
             "pdfjs-dist",
             "@mozilla/readability"
         ]
diff --git a/public/lib.js b/public/lib.js
index 2e4970b7d..2ee56f0d0 100644
--- a/public/lib.js
+++ b/public/lib.js
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 import Fuse from 'fuse.js';
 import DOMPurify from 'dompurify';
 import hljs from 'highlight.js';
+import localforage from 'localforage';
 
 /**
  * Expose the libraries to the 'window' object.
@@ -27,16 +28,22 @@ export function initLibraryShims() {
         // @ts-ignore
         window.hljs = hljs;
     }
+    if (!('localforage' in window)) {
+        // @ts-ignore
+        window.localforage = localforage;
+    }
 }
 
 export default {
     Fuse,
     DOMPurify,
     hljs,
+    localforage,
 };
 
 export {
     Fuse,
     DOMPurify,
     hljs,
+    localforage,
 };
diff --git a/public/script.js b/public/script.js
index 7a1eaeb2e..8e6595e30 100644
--- a/public/script.js
+++ b/public/script.js
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import {
     Fuse,
     DOMPurify,
     hljs,
+    localforage,
     initLibraryShims,
     default as libs,
 } from './lib.js';
@@ -503,7 +504,7 @@ reloadMarkdownProcessor();
 
 // array for prompt token calculations
 console.debug('initializing Prompt Itemization Array on Startup');
-const promptStorage = new localforage.createInstance({ name: 'SillyTavern_Prompts' });
+const promptStorage = localforage.createInstance({ name: 'SillyTavern_Prompts' });
 export let itemizedPrompts = [];
 
 export const systemUserName = 'SillyTavern System';
diff --git a/public/scripts/tokenizers.js b/public/scripts/tokenizers.js
index 60935f62a..846442895 100644
--- a/public/scripts/tokenizers.js
+++ b/public/scripts/tokenizers.js
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { localforage } from '../lib.js';
 import { characters, main_api, api_server, nai_settings, online_status, this_chid } from '../script.js';
 import { power_user, registerDebugFunction } from './power-user.js';
 import { chat_completion_sources, model_list, oai_settings } from './openai.js';
@@ -135,7 +136,7 @@ const TOKENIZER_URLS = {
     },
 };
 
-const objectStore = new localforage.createInstance({ name: 'SillyTavern_ChatCompletions' });
+const objectStore = localforage.createInstance({ name: 'SillyTavern_ChatCompletions' });
 
 let tokenCache = {};