diff --git a/RELEASE-NOTES.md b/RELEASE-NOTES.md
index 14f1c64f..91820656 100644
--- a/RELEASE-NOTES.md
+++ b/RELEASE-NOTES.md
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 # Release Notes
 
-## v1.10.7 - 2019-08-22
+## v1.10.9 - 2019-09-10
+* fix: allow multiple tab connections (support)
+
+## v1.10.8 - 2019-08-22
 * fix: ensureConnected consume db adddress, reconnect
 
 ## v1.10.7 - 2019-08-17
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 11d0bbcd..baa37a8c 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "3box",
-  "version": "1.10.8",
+  "version": "1.10.9",
   "description": "Interact with user data",
   "main": "lib/3box.js",
   "directories": {
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
     "events": "^3.0.0",
     "graphql-request": "^1.8.2",
     "https-did-resolver": "^0.1.0",
-    "ipfs": "^0.36.3",
+    "ipfs": "^0.36.4",
     "ipfs-did-document": "^1.2.3",
     "ipfs-mini": "^1.1.5",
     "ipfs-postmsg-proxy": "^3.1.1",
diff --git a/src/3box.js b/src/3box.js
index 236db775..297ff7ac 100644
--- a/src/3box.js
+++ b/src/3box.js
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ const utils = require('./utils/index')
 const idUtils = require('./utils/id')
 const config = require('./config.js')
 const API = require('./api')
+const IPFSRepo = require('ipfs-repo')
+const LevelStore = require('datastore-level')
 
 const ACCOUNT_TYPES = {
   ethereum: 'ethereum',
@@ -723,6 +725,26 @@ class Box {
   }
 }
 
+function initIPFSRepo () {
+  let repoOpts = {}
+  let ipfsRootPath
+
+  // if in browser, create unique root storage, and ipfs id on each instance
+  if (window && window.indexedDB) {
+    const sessionID = utils.randInt(10000)
+    ipfsRootPath = 'ipfs/root/' + sessionID
+    const levelInstance = new LevelStore(ipfsRootPath)
+    repoOpts = { storageBackends: { root: () => levelInstance } }
+  }
+
+  const repo = new IPFSRepo('ipfs', repoOpts)
+
+  return {
+    repo,
+    rootPath: ipfsRootPath
+  }
+}
+
 async function initIPFS (ipfs, iframeStore, ipfsOptions) {
   // if (!ipfs && !ipfsProxy) throw new Error('No IPFS object configured and no default available for environment')
   if (!!ipfs && iframeStore) console.log('Warning: iframeStore true, orbit db cache in iframe, but the given ipfs object is being used, and may not be running in same iframe.')
@@ -731,13 +753,24 @@ async function initIPFS (ipfs, iframeStore, ipfsOptions) {
   } else {
     // await iframeLoadedPromise
     // return ipfsProxy
+    let ipfsRepo
+    if (!ipfsOptions) {
+      ipfsRepo = initIPFSRepo()
+      ipfsOptions = Object.assign(IPFS_OPTIONS, { repo: ipfsRepo.repo })
+    }
     return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-      ipfs = new IPFS(ipfsOptions || IPFS_OPTIONS)
+      ipfs = new IPFS(ipfsOptions)
       ipfs.on('error', error => {
         console.error(error)
         reject(error)
       })
-      ipfs.on('ready', () => resolve(ipfs))
+      ipfs.on('ready', () => {
+        resolve(ipfs)
+        if (ipfsRepo && window && window.indexedDB) {
+          // deletes once db is closed again
+          window.indexedDB.deleteDatabase(ipfsRepo.rootPath)
+        }
+      })
     })
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/utils/index.js b/src/utils/index.js
index 7de30db3..7202acd0 100644
--- a/src/utils/index.js
+++ b/src/utils/index.js
@@ -131,5 +131,8 @@ module.exports = {
     const digest = Buffer.from(sha256.digest(str))
     return Multihash.encode(digest, 'sha2-256').toString('hex')
   },
+
+  randInt: max => Math.floor(Math.random() * max),
+
   sha256
 }