diff --git a/lib/store.js b/lib/store.js
index 18ef10ce..a5d4294c 100644
--- a/lib/store.js
+++ b/lib/store.js
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ Gun.on('create', function(root){
 	if(typeof window !== "undefined"){
 		opt.window = window;
 	}
-	if(true !== opt.radisk && (!opt.window && !process.env.RAD_ENV && !process.env.AWS_S3_BUCKET)){ return }
+	if(true !== opt.radisk && (!opt.window && !process.env.RAD_ENV && !process.env.AWS_S3_BUCKET) && false !== opt.localStorage){ return }
 	//if(true !== opt.radisk){ return }
 	//if(false === opt.radisk){ return }
 	var Radisk = (opt.window && opt.window.Radisk) || require('./radisk');
diff --git a/test/panic/radisk.js b/test/panic/radisk.js
index 8825798e..f825fb4b 100644
--- a/test/panic/radisk.js
+++ b/test/panic/radisk.js
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ describe("Make sure the Radix Storage Engine (RAD) works.", function(){
 			});
 			var Gun = require('gun');
 			//require('gun/lib/store');
-			var gun = Gun({web: server, localStorage: env.config.notrad, chunk: env.config.chunk, file: 'radata'});
+			var gun = Gun({web: server, localStorage: env.config.notrad, chunk: env.config.chunk, file: 'radata', radisk: true});
 			server.listen(port, function(){
 				test.done();
 			});
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ describe("Make sure the Radix Storage Engine (RAD) works.", function(){
 			});
 			var Gun = require('gun');
 			//require('gun/lib/store');
-			var gun = Gun({web: server, localStorage: env.config.notrad, chunk: env.config.notrad, file: 'radata', lack: 1000 * 60 * 60});
+			var gun = Gun({web: server, localStorage: env.config.notrad, chunk: env.config.notrad, file: 'radata', lack: 1000 * 60 * 60, radisk: true});
 			server.listen(port, function(){
 				test.done();
 			});