diff --git a/src/actions/actionTypes.js b/src/actions/actionTypes.js
index 5745e33..eb42ca8 100644
--- a/src/actions/actionTypes.js
+++ b/src/actions/actionTypes.js
@@ -1,6 +1,13 @@
 
 export const ADD_POST = 'ADD_POST'
+
 export const CREATE_BOARD = 'CREATE_BOARD'
 export const CREATING_BOARD = 'CREATING_BOARD'
 export const CREATED_BOARD = 'CREATED_BOARD'
-export const BOARD_ERROR = 'BOARD_ERROR'
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+
+export const UPDATE_BOARD = 'UPDATE_BOARD'
+
+export const BOARD_ERROR = 'BOARD_ERROR'
+
+export const ORBITDB_WRITE = 'ORBITDB_WRITE'
+export const ORBITDB_REPLICATED = 'ORBITDB_REPLICATED'
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diff --git a/src/actions/post.js b/src/actions/post.js
index 4bd513c..8cf3f70 100644
--- a/src/actions/post.js
+++ b/src/actions/post.js
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 import { ADD_POST } from './actionTypes'
 
-export function addPost(post) {
+export function addPost(boardId, post) {
     return {
         type: ADD_POST,
-        post
+        post,
+        boardId
     }
 }
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diff --git a/src/components/Board.js b/src/components/Board.js
index 93b6579..02b5aa8 100644
--- a/src/components/Board.js
+++ b/src/components/Board.js
@@ -1,16 +1,14 @@
 import React from 'react'
-import PostEditor from '../containers/PostEditor'
 import Post from './Post'
-import { Segment } from 'semantic-ui-react'
+import { Segment, Button } from 'semantic-ui-react'
+import { Link } from 'react-router-dom'
 
 export default function Board({ id, posts }) {
     return <div>
         <Segment>{id}</Segment>
+        <Segment><Button as={Link} to={'p/new'}>New Post</Button></Segment>
         <Segment>
-            <PostEditor />
-        </Segment>
-        <Segment>
-            <ul>{Object.keys(posts).map(i => <Post key={posts[i]} {...posts[i]}/>)}</ul>
+            <ul>{Object.keys(posts).map(i => <Post key={posts[i].multihash} {...posts[i]}/>)}</ul>
         </Segment>
     </div>
 }
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diff --git a/src/components/Post.js b/src/components/Post.js
index 6ece7f7..24371a4 100644
--- a/src/components/Post.js
+++ b/src/components/Post.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import React from 'react'
 
-export default function Post({ title, content }) {
-    return <li>{title}: {content}</li>
+export default function Post({ title, multihash}) {
+    return <li>{title}: {multihash}</li>
 }
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diff --git a/src/containers/PostEditor.js b/src/containers/PostEditor.js
index 6549246..03cca4f 100644
--- a/src/containers/PostEditor.js
+++ b/src/containers/PostEditor.js
@@ -1,10 +1,14 @@
-import React from 'react'
+import React, { Component } from 'react'
 import { connect } from 'react-redux'
 import PostForm from '../components/PostForm'
 import { addPost } from '../actions/post'
 
-function PostEditor({ post, addPost }) {
-    return <PostForm post={post} onSave={addPost} />
+class PostEditor extends Component {
+    render() {
+        const { post, addPost, match } = this.props
+        const { boardId } = match.params
+        return <PostForm post={post} onSave={p => addPost(boardId, p)} />
+    }
 }
 
 function mapStateToProps(state){
@@ -15,7 +19,7 @@ function mapStateToProps(state){
 
 function mapDispatchToProps(dispatch) {
     return {
-        addPost: post => dispatch(addPost(post))
+        addPost: (boardId, post) => dispatch(addPost(boardId, post))
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/orbitdb/index.js b/src/orbitdb/index.js
index 1b4d352..78f2480 100644
--- a/src/orbitdb/index.js
+++ b/src/orbitdb/index.js
@@ -48,14 +48,18 @@ export async function open(id, metadata, options = {}) {
   } else if (!isValidID(id)) {
     throw new Error('invalid address')
   }
-  const db = await window.orbitDb.open(address, Object.assign(defaultOptions, options))
-  await db.load()
-  if (metadata && defaultOptions.create) {
-    await db.updateMetadata(metadata)
+  try {
+    const db = await window.orbitDb.open(address, Object.assign(defaultOptions, options))
+    await db.load()
+    if (metadata && defaultOptions.create) {
+      await db.updateMetadata(metadata)
+    }
+    if (!window.dbs) window.dbs = {}
+    window.dbs[getBoardIdFromAddress(db.address.toString())] = db
+    return db
+  } catch (error) {
+    console.log(error)
   }
-  if (!window.dbs) window.dbs = {}
-  window.dbs[db.address.toString()] = db
-  return db
 }
 
 export function connectDb(db, dispatch) {
diff --git a/src/reducers/boards.js b/src/reducers/boards.js
index c89f5e5..5a5c872 100644
--- a/src/reducers/boards.js
+++ b/src/reducers/boards.js
@@ -1,26 +1,30 @@
-import { CREATED_BOARD } from '../actions/actionTypes'
+import { CREATED_BOARD, UPDATE_BOARD } from '../actions/actionTypes'
 import { getBoardIdFromAddress } from '../utils/orbitdb'
 
 function getInitialState() {
     return {
-        boards: []
+        boards: {}
     }
 }
 
 export default function BoardsReducer(state = getInitialState(), action) {
+    let id, newBoards
     switch (action.type) {
         case CREATED_BOARD:
-            const id = getBoardIdFromAddress(action.board.address)
+            id = getBoardIdFromAddress(action.board.address)
             const board = {
                 id,
-                posts: {
-                    1: {
-                        title: 'Example Post',
-                        content: 'no, this is not real'
-                    }
-                }
+                posts: {}
             }
-            const newBoards = Object.assign({}, state.boards.boards, { [id]: board })
+            newBoards = Object.assign({}, state.boards, { [id]: board })
+            return Object.assign({}, state, { boards: newBoards })
+        case UPDATE_BOARD:
+            id = action.boardId
+            let { posts } = action
+            console.log(state, action)
+            newBoards = Object.assign({}, state.boards, {
+                [id]: Object.assign({}, state.boards[id], { posts })
+            })
             return Object.assign({}, state, { boards: newBoards })
         default:
             return state;
diff --git a/src/sagas/boards.js b/src/sagas/boards.js
index 5534484..e778c13 100644
--- a/src/sagas/boards.js
+++ b/src/sagas/boards.js
@@ -1,8 +1,20 @@
-import { put, call } from 'redux-saga/effects'
+import { put, call, fork, take } from 'redux-saga/effects'
+import { eventChannel } from 'redux-saga'
 import { push } from 'react-router-redux'
 import { open, connectDb } from '../orbitdb'
 import { creatingBoard, createdBoard, boardError } from '../actions/board'
 import { getBoardIdFromAddress } from '../utils/orbitdb'
+import { UPDATE_BOARD } from '../actions/actionTypes'
+
+export function* updateBoard({ id }){
+    const db = window.dbs[id]
+    yield put({
+        type: UPDATE_BOARD,
+        boardId: id,
+        posts: db.posts,
+        metadata: db.metadata
+    }) 
+}
 
 export function* createBoard({ board }) {
     yield put(creatingBoard(board))
@@ -12,15 +24,33 @@ export function* createBoard({ board }) {
             title: board.title
         })
     } catch (error) {
-        yield put(boardError, error)
+        yield put(boardError(error))
     }
-    const address = db.address.toString()
-    const dbInfo = {
-        id: getBoardIdFromAddress(address),
-        address
+    if (db) {
+        const address = db.address.toString()
+        const dbInfo = {
+            id: getBoardIdFromAddress(address),
+            address
+        }
+        const channel = yield call(createDbEventChannel, db)
+        yield fork(watchDb, channel)
+        yield put(createdBoard(Object.assign({}, board, dbInfo)))
+        yield put(push('/b/' + dbInfo.id + '/'))
     }
-    // TODO: use https://redux-saga.js.org/docs/advanced/Channels.html to handle orbitdb events
-    // yield call(connectDb(db, dispatch))
-    yield put(createdBoard(Object.assign({}, board, dbInfo)))
-    yield put(push('/b/' + dbInfo.id + '/'))
+}
+
+function* watchDb(channel) {
+    // Dispatches action coming from the channel, terminates when ORBITDB_CLOSE arrives
+    let action
+    while(!action || action.type !== 'ORBITDB_CLOSE') {
+        action = yield take(channel)
+        yield put(action)
+    }
+}
+
+function createDbEventChannel(db) {
+    return eventChannel(emitter => {
+        connectDb(db, emitter)
+        return () => db.close()
+    })
 }
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diff --git a/src/sagas/index.js b/src/sagas/index.js
index fc29e62..4e42f00 100644
--- a/src/sagas/index.js
+++ b/src/sagas/index.js
@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
 import { takeEvery } from 'redux-saga/effects'
-import { CREATE_BOARD } from '../actions/actionTypes'
-import { createBoard } from './boards'
+import { CREATE_BOARD, ADD_POST, ORBITDB_REPLICATED, ORBITDB_WRITE } from '../actions/actionTypes'
+import { createBoard, updateBoard } from './boards'
+import { addPost } from './posts'
 
 export default function* saga(){
    yield takeEvery(CREATE_BOARD, createBoard) 
+   yield takeEvery(ADD_POST, addPost) 
+   yield takeEvery(ORBITDB_WRITE, updateBoard)
+   yield takeEvery(ORBITDB_REPLICATED, updateBoard)
 }
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diff --git a/src/sagas/posts.js b/src/sagas/posts.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..25f57a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/sagas/posts.js
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+import { put, apply, call } from 'redux-saga/effects'
+import { ipfsPut } from '../utils/ipfs'
+
+export function* addPost({ boardId, post }) {
+    const db = window.dbs[boardId]
+    const { title, content } = post
+    const multihash = yield call(ipfsPut, content)
+    yield apply(db, db.addPost, [title, multihash])
+}
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diff --git a/src/utils/ipfs.js b/src/utils/ipfs.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0505cf2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/utils/ipfs.js
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+import multihashes from 'multihashes'
+
+export async function ipfsPut(content) {
+    const dagNode = await window.ipfs.object.put(Buffer.from(content))
+    return multihashes.toB58String(dagNode.multihash)
+}
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