diff --git a/examples/browser/example.js b/examples/browser/example.js
index b9de405..80997f7 100644
--- a/examples/browser/example.js
+++ b/examples/browser/example.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 const creatures = [
-  '🐙', '🐷', '🐬', '🐞', 
+  '🐙', '🐷', '🐬', '🐞',
   '🐈', '🙉', '🐸', '🐓',
   '🐊', '🕷', '🐠', '🐘',
   '🐼', '🐰', '🐶', '🐥'
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ const readonlyCheckbox = document.getElementById("readonly")
 
 function handleError(e) {
   console.error(e.stack)
-  statusElm.innerHTML = e.message  
+  statusElm.innerHTML = e.message
 }
 
 const main = (IPFS, ORBITDB) => {
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ const main = (IPFS, ORBITDB) => {
   const ipfs = new Ipfs({
     repo: '/orbitdb/examples/browser/new/ipfs/0.33.1',
     start: true,
-    preload: { 
+    preload: {
       enabled: false
     },
     EXPERIMENTAL: {
@@ -151,16 +151,16 @@ const main = (IPFS, ORBITDB) => {
 
       db = await orbitdb.open(name, {
         // If database doesn't exist, create it
-        create: true, 
+        create: true,
         overwrite: true,
-        // Load only the local version of the database, 
+        // Load only the local version of the database,
         // don't load the latest from the network yet
         localOnly: false,
         type: type,
         // If "Public" flag is set, allow anyone to write to the database,
         // otherwise only the creator of the database can write
         accessController: {
-          write: publicAccess ? ['*'] : [orbitdb.identity.publicKey],
+          write: publicAccess ? ['*'] : [orbitdb.identity.id],
         }
       })