diff --git a/examples/api/src/views/Store.svelte b/examples/api/src/views/Store.svelte
index 3d8c55b2..82614038 100644
--- a/examples/api/src/views/Store.svelte
+++ b/examples/api/src/views/Store.svelte
@@ -7,9 +7,14 @@
   let key;
   let value;
 
-  let store = new LazyStore("cache.json", { serializeFnName: "pretty-json" });
+  let store;
   let cache = {};
 
+  function newStore() {
+    store = new LazyStore("cache.json", { serializeFnName: "pretty-json" });
+  }
+  newStore()
+
   async function refreshEntries() {
     try {
       const values = await store.entries();
@@ -55,7 +60,7 @@
   }
 
   function reopen() {
-    store = new LazyStore("cache.json");
+    newStore()
     onMessage("We made a new `LazyStore` instance, operations will now work");
   }
 </script>