diff --git a/app/api/offline/shell/route.ts b/app/api/offline/shell/route.ts
index 43a88d3ec..ac0fc757a 100644
--- a/app/api/offline/shell/route.ts
+++ b/app/api/offline/shell/route.ts
@@ -7,8 +7,10 @@ export const dynamic = 'force-dynamic';
 const BASE_PATH = (process.env.NEXT_PUBLIC_BASE_PATH ?? '').replace(/\/+$/, '');
 /** Files a page can load: scripts, styles, fonts and the images they name. */
 const SHELL_FILE = /\.(js|css|woff2?|svg|png|webp)$/;
+/** The local store's engine in public/. */
+const ENGINE_FILE = /\.(mjs|wasm)$/;
 
-async function listFiles(dir: string, prefix: string, out: string[]): Promise<void> {
+async function listFiles(dir: string, prefix: string, out: string[], wanted: RegExp = SHELL_FILE): Promise<void> {
   let entries;
   try {
     entries = await readdir(dir, { withFileTypes: true });
@@ -16,8 +18,8 @@ async function listFiles(dir: string, prefix: string, out: string[]): Promise<vo
     return;
   }
   for (const entry of entries) {
-    if (entry.isDirectory()) await listFiles(join(dir, entry.name), `${prefix}${entry.name}/`, out);
-    else if (SHELL_FILE.test(entry.name)) out.push(`${prefix}${entry.name}`);
+    if (entry.isDirectory()) await listFiles(join(dir, entry.name), `${prefix}${entry.name}/`, out, wanted);
+    else if (wanted.test(entry.name)) out.push(`${prefix}${entry.name}`);
   }
 }
 
@@ -26,12 +28,18 @@ async function listFiles(dir: string, prefix: string, out: string[]): Promise<vo
  * /_next/static/, which is the same for every user and content-hashed. A
  * tab with offline mode on hands the list to the service worker, which keeps
  * the files in this build's cache so the app also starts without a network.
+ * The local store's worker and its database engine come along: without them
+ * the store can't start offline. The worker's address carries the build id, as
+ * the page asks for it (lib/store/client/api.ts).
  */
 export async function GET() {
   const files: string[] = [];
   await listFiles(join(process.cwd(), '.next', 'static'), `${BASE_PATH}/_next/static/`, files);
+  await listFiles(join(process.cwd(), 'public', 'sqlite3mc'), `${BASE_PATH}/sqlite3mc/`, files, ENGINE_FILE);
+  const buildId = process.env.NEXT_PUBLIC_BUILD_ID ?? '';
+  files.push(`${BASE_PATH}/store-worker.js${buildId ? `?v=${encodeURIComponent(buildId)}` : ''}`);
   return NextResponse.json(
-    { buildId: process.env.NEXT_PUBLIC_BUILD_ID ?? '', files },
+    { buildId, files },
     { headers: { 'Cache-Control': 'no-store' } },
   );
 }
diff --git a/lib/__tests__/offline-shell-route.test.ts b/lib/__tests__/offline-shell-route.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cacd327d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/__tests__/offline-shell-route.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+// @vitest-environment node
+import { mkdirSync, mkdtempSync, rmSync, writeFileSync } from 'node:fs';
+import os from 'node:os';
+import { join } from 'node:path';
+import { afterEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest';
+
+describe('the list of files a start without a network needs', () => {
+  let dir = '';
+
+  afterEach(() => {
+    vi.restoreAllMocks();
+    vi.unstubAllEnvs();
+    if (dir) rmSync(dir, { recursive: true, force: true });
+  });
+
+  it('names the store worker with its build id, and the database engine with its .mjs and .wasm', async () => {
+    dir = mkdtempSync(join(os.tmpdir(), 'shell-'));
+    mkdirSync(join(dir, '.next', 'static', 'chunks'), { recursive: true });
+    writeFileSync(join(dir, '.next', 'static', 'chunks', 'app.js'), '');
+    writeFileSync(join(dir, '.next', 'static', 'chunks', 'app.js.map'), '');
+    mkdirSync(join(dir, 'public', 'sqlite3mc', '1.2'), { recursive: true });
+    writeFileSync(join(dir, 'public', 'sqlite3mc', '1.2', 'sqlite3.mjs'), '');
+    writeFileSync(join(dir, 'public', 'sqlite3mc', '1.2', 'sqlite3.wasm'), '');
+    writeFileSync(join(dir, 'public', 'sqlite3mc', '1.2', 'LICENSE'), '');
+    vi.spyOn(process, 'cwd').mockReturnValue(dir);
+    vi.stubEnv('NEXT_PUBLIC_BUILD_ID', 'build a');
+
+    const { GET } = await import('@/app/api/offline/shell/route');
+    const { files, buildId } = await (await GET()).json() as { files: string[]; buildId: string };
+    expect(buildId).toBe('build a');
+    expect(files.sort()).toEqual([
+      '/_next/static/chunks/app.js',
+      '/sqlite3mc/1.2/sqlite3.mjs',
+      '/sqlite3mc/1.2/sqlite3.wasm',
+      '/store-worker.js?v=build%20a',
+    ]);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/lib/__tests__/sw-offline-shell.test.ts b/lib/__tests__/sw-offline-shell.test.ts
index 094fd3e5e..193067bc1 100644
--- a/lib/__tests__/sw-offline-shell.test.ts
+++ b/lib/__tests__/sw-offline-shell.test.ts
@@ -126,6 +126,31 @@ describe('service worker with offline mode on', () => {
     expect(await worker.request({ url: `${ORIGIN}/mail`, mode: 'navigate' })).toBeNull();
   });
 
+  it('keeps the store\'s worker and database engine, so the store starts offline', async () => {
+    const caches = new FakeCaches();
+    await shellOn(caches, true);
+    let online = true;
+    const fetchMock = vi.fn(async (url: unknown) => {
+      if (!online) throw new TypeError('Failed to fetch');
+      return sameOrigin(`file ${String(url)}`, 'text/javascript');
+    });
+    const worker = loadWorker({ buildId: 'a', caches, clients: [], fetch: fetchMock });
+    await settle();
+    const urls = ['/store-worker.js?v=a', '/sqlite3mc/1.2/sqlite3.mjs', '/sqlite3mc/1.2/sqlite3.wasm'];
+    await worker.dispatch('message', { data: { type: 'offline-shell', on: true, urls, buildId: 'a' } });
+    const shell = await caches.open('bulwark-shell-a');
+    await vi.waitFor(async () => {
+      for (const url of urls) expect(await shell.match(`${ORIGIN}${url}`)).toBeDefined();
+    });
+    online = false;
+    for (const url of urls) {
+      const answer = await worker.request({ url: `${ORIGIN}${url}` });
+      expect(await answer!.text()).toContain(url);
+    }
+    // Only those: another root file still goes to the network.
+    expect(await worker.request({ url: `${ORIGIN}/other.js` })).toBeNull();
+  });
+
   it('keeps a newer tab’s shell in that tab’s build cache, not its own', async () => {
     const caches = new FakeCaches();
     const fetchMock = vi.fn(async () => sameOrigin('x', 'text/javascript'));
diff --git a/public/sw.js b/public/sw.js
index 3dc7ff7b8..21601b2f0 100644
--- a/public/sw.js
+++ b/public/sw.js
@@ -126,7 +126,10 @@ function appPagePath(url) {
 
 function staticPath(url) {
   if (url.origin !== self.location.origin) return false;
-  return url.pathname.startsWith(BASE_PATH + "/_next/static/");
+  if (url.pathname.startsWith(BASE_PATH + "/_next/static/")) return true;
+  // The local store's engine: named by build (?v=) and by version, so it can be
+  // kept like a hashed file, and an offline start needs it.
+  return url.pathname === BASE_PATH + "/store-worker.js" || url.pathname.startsWith(BASE_PATH + "/sqlite3mc/");
 }
 
 /** Where a page of the app is kept: its address without the query. */