diff --git a/src/manifest-store.js b/src/manifest-store.js
index 129b4d8..23225d1 100644
--- a/src/manifest-store.js
+++ b/src/manifest-store.js
@@ -16,13 +16,17 @@ const ManifestStore = async ({ ipfs, storage } = {}) => {
    */
 
   storage = storage || await ComposedStorage(
-    await LRUStorage({ size: 1000 }),
+    await LRUStorage({ size: 100000 }),
     await IPFSBlockStorage({ ipfs, pin: true })
   )
 
   const get = async (address) => {
     const bytes = await storage.get(address)
     const { value } = await Block.decode({ bytes, codec, hasher })
+    if (value) {
+      // Write to storage to make sure it gets pinned on IPFS
+      await storage.put(address, bytes)
+    }
     return value
   }
 
diff --git a/src/oplog/log.js b/src/oplog/log.js
index dd76c8c..8ce693f 100644
--- a/src/oplog/log.js
+++ b/src/oplog/log.js
@@ -318,6 +318,8 @@ const Log = async (identity, { logId, logHeads, access, entryStorage, headsStora
       /* 6. Add the new entry to heads (=union with current heads) */
       await _heads.add(entry)
 
+      await _entries.put(entry.hash, entry.bytes)
+
       return true
     }