diff --git a/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml b/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
index 87f5eaf..f046976 100644
--- a/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -24,6 +24,4 @@
     </application>
 
     <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />
-    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" />
-    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" />
 </manifest>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/social/snort/app/MainActivity.kt b/app/src/main/java/social/snort/app/MainActivity.kt
index 298eff4..d673db6 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/social/snort/app/MainActivity.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/social/snort/app/MainActivity.kt
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ class MainActivity : ComponentActivity() {
 
         webView.settings.domStorageEnabled = true
         webView.settings.javaScriptEnabled = true
+        webView.settings.databaseEnabled = true;
 
         val assetLoader = WebViewAssetLoader.Builder()
             .addPathHandler("/", WebViewAssetLoader.AssetsPathHandler(this))
@@ -45,8 +46,8 @@ private class LocalContentWebViewClient(private val assetLoader: WebViewAssetLoa
     }
 
     override fun shouldOverrideUrlLoading(view: WebView, request: WebResourceRequest): Boolean {
-        if(request.url.host.equals("appassets.androidplatform.net")) {
-            return false;
+        if (request.url.host.equals("appassets.androidplatform.net")) {
+            return false
         }
         val intent = Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, request.url)
         view.context.startActivity(intent)