diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e2896153e..2d8db6272 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 # Changelog
 
 ## Current Master
+
+- Fixes bug where MetaMask would not open once its storage grew too large.
 - Updates design of new-ui Add Token screen
 - New-ui can send to ens addresses
 - Update new-ui button styles
diff --git a/app/scripts/background.js b/app/scripts/background.js
index 8bd7766ad..7bbaa89d6 100644
--- a/app/scripts/background.js
+++ b/app/scripts/background.js
@@ -84,7 +84,6 @@ async function loadStateFromPersistence () {
 
   // write to disk
   if (localStore.isSupported) localStore.set(versionedData)
-  diskStore.putState(versionedData)
 
   // return just the data
   return versionedData.data
@@ -121,7 +120,6 @@ function setupController (initState) {
     debounce(1000),
     storeTransform(versionifyData),
     storeTransform(syncDataWithExtension),
-    asStream(diskStore),
     (error) => {
       log.error('pump hit error', error)
     }