diff --git a/js/index.js b/js/index.js
index d6536032..90476cb6 100644
--- a/js/index.js
+++ b/js/index.js
@@ -87,12 +87,14 @@ const MIN_MILKDROP_WIDTH = 725;
 
 let screenshot = false;
 let clearState = false;
+let useState = false;
 let skinUrl = configSkinUrl;
 if ("URLSearchParams" in window) {
   const params = new URLSearchParams(location.search);
   screenshot = params.get("screenshot");
   skinUrl = params.get("skinUrl") || skinUrl;
   clearState = Boolean(params.get("clearState"));
+  useState = Boolean(params.get("useState"));
 }
 
 function supressDragAndDrop(e) {
@@ -301,7 +303,7 @@ Raven.context(async () => {
   // Expose webamp instance for debugging and integration tests.
   window.__webamp = webamp;
 
-  await bindToIndexDB(webamp, clearState);
+  await bindToIndexDB(webamp, clearState, useState);
 
   await webamp.renderWhenReady(document.getElementById("app"));
 });
diff --git a/js/indexdb.js b/js/indexdb.js
index 73596012..b7e7c465 100644
--- a/js/indexdb.js
+++ b/js/indexdb.js
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import IdbKvStore from "idb-kv-store";
 import { throttle } from "./utils";
 const LOCAL_STORAGE_KEY = "webamp_state";
 
-export async function bindToIndexDB(webamp, clearState) {
+export async function bindToIndexDB(webamp, clearState, useState) {
   const localStore = new IdbKvStore("webamp_state_database");
 
   if (clearState) {
@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@ export async function bindToIndexDB(webamp, clearState) {
     }
   }
 
+  if (!useState) {
+    return;
+  }
+
   let previousSerializedState = null;
   try {
     previousSerializedState = await localStore.get(LOCAL_STORAGE_KEY);