diff --git a/src/rageshake/rageshake.js b/src/rageshake/rageshake.js
index 8eb77bb3ae..b886f369df 100644
--- a/src/rageshake/rageshake.js
+++ b/src/rageshake/rageshake.js
@@ -434,15 +434,37 @@ function selectQuery(store, keyRange, resultMapper) {
 /**
  * Configure rage shaking support for sending bug reports.
  * Modifies globals.
+ * @param {boolean} setUpPersistence When true (default), the persistence will
+ * be set up immediately for the logs.
  * @return {Promise} Resolves when set up.
  */
-export function init() {
+export function init(setUpPersistence = true) {
     if (global.mx_rage_initPromise) {
         return global.mx_rage_initPromise;
     }
     global.mx_rage_logger = new ConsoleLogger();
     global.mx_rage_logger.monkeyPatch(window.console);
 
+    if (setUpPersistence) {
+        return tryInitStorage();
+    }
+
+    global.mx_rage_initPromise = Promise.resolve();
+    return global.mx_rage_initPromise;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Try to start up the rageshake storage for logs. If not possible (client unsupported)
+ * then this no-ops.
+ * @return {Promise} Resolves when complete.
+ */
+export function tryInitStorage() {
+    if (global.mx_rage_initStoragePromise) {
+        return global.mx_rage_initStoragePromise;
+    }
+
+    console.log("Configuring rageshake persistence...");
+
     // just *accessing* indexedDB throws an exception in firefox with
     // indexeddb disabled.
     let indexedDB;
@@ -452,11 +474,11 @@ export function init() {
 
     if (indexedDB) {
         global.mx_rage_store = new IndexedDBLogStore(indexedDB, global.mx_rage_logger);
-        global.mx_rage_initPromise = global.mx_rage_store.connect();
-        return global.mx_rage_initPromise;
+        global.mx_rage_initStoragePromise = global.mx_rage_store.connect();
+        return global.mx_rage_initStoragePromise;
     }
-    global.mx_rage_initPromise = Promise.resolve();
-    return global.mx_rage_initPromise;
+    global.mx_rage_initStoragePromise = Promise.resolve();
+    return global.mx_rage_initStoragePromise;
 }
 
 export function flush() {