diff --git a/src/containers/gui.jsx b/src/containers/gui.jsx
index e7766cf7a91b8810d2cb9cd859a2f868a37039f0..3146e55a55aadfd1d72e935e37e2397a83deda6d 100644
--- a/src/containers/gui.jsx
+++ b/src/containers/gui.jsx
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ import FontLoaderHOC from '../lib/font-loader-hoc.jsx';
 import LocalizationHOC from '../lib/localization-hoc.jsx';
 import ProjectFetcherHOC from '../lib/project-fetcher-hoc.jsx';
 import ProjectSaverHOC from '../lib/project-saver-hoc.jsx';
+import storage from '../lib/storage';
 import vmListenerHOC from '../lib/vm-listener-hoc.jsx';
 import vmManagerHOC from '../lib/vm-manager-hoc.jsx';
 
@@ -45,6 +46,7 @@ const messages = defineMessages({
 class GUI extends React.Component {
     componentDidMount () {
         this.setReduxTitle(this.props.projectTitle);
+        this.props.onStorageInit(storage);
     }
     componentDidUpdate (prevProps) {
         if (this.props.projectId !== prevProps.projectId && this.props.projectId !== null) {
@@ -75,6 +77,7 @@ class GUI extends React.Component {
             hideIntro,
             isError,
             isShowingProject,
+            onStorageInit,
             onUpdateProjectId,
             onUpdateReduxProjectTitle,
             projectHost,
@@ -111,6 +114,7 @@ GUI.propTypes = {
     isShowingProject: PropTypes.bool,
     loadingStateVisible: PropTypes.bool,
     onSeeCommunity: PropTypes.func,
+    onStorageInit: PropTypes.func,
     onUpdateProjectId: PropTypes.func,
     onUpdateProjectTitle: PropTypes.func,
     onUpdateReduxProjectTitle: PropTypes.func,
@@ -122,6 +126,7 @@ GUI.propTypes = {
 };
 
 GUI.defaultProps = {
+    onStorageInit: storageInstance => storageInstance.addOfficialScratchWebStores(),
     onUpdateProjectId: () => {}
 };
 
diff --git a/src/lib/storage.js b/src/lib/storage.js
index b0634d9c3cfa0f79a659559bb8e2f2cda6fb5ffb..546de16ec853e8ebc576cb5bedb6c46127949710 100644
--- a/src/lib/storage.js
+++ b/src/lib/storage.js
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ class Storage extends ScratchStorage {
     constructor () {
         super();
         this.cacheDefaultProject();
+    }
+    addOfficialScratchWebStores () {
         this.addWebStore(
             [this.AssetType.Project],
             this.getProjectGetConfig.bind(this),