diff --git a/src/actions/actionTypes.js b/src/actions/actionTypes.js
index 0202029..1170cd2 100644
--- a/src/actions/actionTypes.js
+++ b/src/actions/actionTypes.js
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ export const UPDATE_BOARD_METADATA = 'UPDATE_BOARD_METADATA'
 
 export const OPEN_BOARD = 'OPEN_BOARD'
 export const OPENED_BOARD = 'OPENED_BOARD'
+export const CLOSE_BOARD = 'CLOSE_BOARD'
 
 export const UPDATE_BOARD = 'UPDATE_BOARD'
 
diff --git a/src/actions/board.js b/src/actions/board.js
index 2859142..74102df 100644
--- a/src/actions/board.js
+++ b/src/actions/board.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import {
     OPEN_BOARD,
+    CLOSE_BOARD,
     OPENED_BOARD,
     UPDATE_BOARD_METADATA
 } from './actionTypes'
@@ -24,4 +25,11 @@ export function updateBoardMetadata(address, metadata) {
         address,
         metadata 
     }
+}
+
+export function closeBoard(address) {
+    return {
+        type: CLOSE_BOARD,
+        address
+    }
 }
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diff --git a/src/components/BoardEditorForm.js b/src/components/BoardEditorForm.js
index e9c30a0..a5add3b 100644
--- a/src/components/BoardEditorForm.js
+++ b/src/components/BoardEditorForm.js
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ export default class BoardEditorForm extends Component {
                                 onChange={this.updateTitle.bind(this)}
                             />
                         </Form.Field>
-                        <Form.Group fluid widths="equal">
+                        <Form.Group widths="equal">
                             <Form.Field>
                                 <label>Website</label>
                                 <input
diff --git a/src/components/Boards.js b/src/components/Boards.js
index 93c6ad3..3199d97 100644
--- a/src/components/Boards.js
+++ b/src/components/Boards.js
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { List, Icon, Segment, Divider, Grid, Header, Button, Card } from 'semant
 import { Link } from 'react-router-dom'
 import BoardsItem from './BoardsItem'
 
-export default function Boards({ stats, boards, createBoard }) {
+export default function Boards({ stats, boards, createBoard, closeBoard }) {
     return <Grid container divided colums={2}>
         <Grid.Column width={8}>
             <Header size='large' style={{marginTop:'.5em'}}>
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ export default function Boards({ stats, boards, createBoard }) {
         </Grid.Column>
         <Grid.Column width={8} style={{paddingTop:'3em'}}>
             <Card.Group className="centered">
-                {Object.values(boards).map(board => <BoardsItem key={board.address} {...board} />)}
+                {Object.values(boards).map(board => <BoardsItem key={board.address} closeBoard={closeBoard} {...board} />)}
                 {Object.keys(boards).length === 0 ? <Segment>No boards opened</Segment> : null}
             </Card.Group>
         </Grid.Column>
diff --git a/src/components/BoardsItem.js b/src/components/BoardsItem.js
index 90ea0b4..2022098 100644
--- a/src/components/BoardsItem.js
+++ b/src/components/BoardsItem.js
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 import React from 'react'
-import { List, Button, Card } from 'semantic-ui-react'
+import { Icon, List, Button, Card } from 'semantic-ui-react'
 import { Link } from 'react-router-dom'
 import { shortenAddress } from '../utils/orbitdb'
 
-export default function BoardsItem({ address, metadata, name }) {
+export default function BoardsItem({ address, metadata, name, closeBoard }) {
     return <Card fluid>
         <Card.Content>
             <Card.Header>
@@ -29,8 +29,15 @@ export default function BoardsItem({ address, metadata, name }) {
                 </List.Item>
             </List>
         </Card.Content>
-        <Card.Content extra>
-            <Button as={Link} to={shortenAddress(address)} basic fluid>View</Button>
+        <Card.Content>
+            <div className="ui two buttons">
+                <Button onClick={() => closeBoard(address)} basic>
+                    <Icon name="close"/> Close
+                </Button>
+                <Button as={Link} to={shortenAddress(address)} basic>
+                    <Icon name="list"/> View
+                </Button>
+            </div>
         </Card.Content>
     </Card>
 }
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diff --git a/src/components/OpenBoardForm.js b/src/components/OpenBoardForm.js
index 8051aee..f15a51a 100644
--- a/src/components/OpenBoardForm.js
+++ b/src/components/OpenBoardForm.js
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ export default class OpenBoardForm extends Component {
                             <Button as={Link} to={'/'}>
                                 <Icon name="arrow left"/> Back
                             </Button>
-                            <Button type="submit" onClick={() => openBoard({ address })}>
+                            <Button type="submit" onClick={() => openBoard({ address, redirect: true })}>
                                 <Icon name="plus"/> Open
                             </Button>
                         </div>
diff --git a/src/containers/Boards.js b/src/containers/Boards.js
index 29cea43..8997968 100644
--- a/src/containers/Boards.js
+++ b/src/containers/Boards.js
@@ -3,11 +3,16 @@ import { connect } from 'react-redux'
 import { push } from 'react-router-redux'
 import BoardsComponent from '../components/Boards'
 import WithStats from './WithStats'
+import { closeBoard } from '../actions/board'
 
 const WrappedComponent = WithStats(BoardsComponent)
 
-function Boards({ boards, createBoard }) {
-    return <WrappedComponent boards={boards} createBoard={createBoard} />
+function Boards({ boards, createBoard, closeBoard }) {
+    return <WrappedComponent
+        boards={boards}
+        createBoard={createBoard}
+        closeBoard={closeBoard}
+    />
 }
 
 function mapStateToProps(state){
@@ -18,7 +23,8 @@ function mapStateToProps(state){
 
 function mapDispatchToProps(dispatch){
     return {
-       createBoard: () => dispatch(push('/b/new')) 
+       createBoard: () => dispatch(push('/b/new')),
+       closeBoard: address => dispatch(closeBoard(address)),
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/containers/WithBoard.js b/src/containers/WithBoard.js
index 8dee0bd..bd86301 100644
--- a/src/containers/WithBoard.js
+++ b/src/containers/WithBoard.js
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ function mapStateToProps(state){
 
 function mapDispatchToProps(dispatch){
     return {
-        openBoard: address => dispatch(openBoard({ address }))
+        openBoard: address => dispatch(openBoard({ address, redirect: false }))
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/reducers/boards.js b/src/reducers/boards.js
index 21fa4c9..16b4474 100644
--- a/src/reducers/boards.js
+++ b/src/reducers/boards.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import {
     OPENED_BOARD,
+    CLOSE_BOARD,
     UPDATE_BOARD,
     ORBITDB_REPLICATE_PROGRESS,
     ORBITDB_REPLICATED,
@@ -18,12 +19,18 @@ function updateBoard(existingBoards, address, value) {
     })
 }
 
+function deleteBoard(existingBoards, address) {
+    const boards = Object.assign({}, existingBoards)
+    delete boards[address]
+    return boards
+}
+
 export default function BoardsReducer(state = getInitialState(), action) {
     let address
     switch (action.type) {
         case OPENED_BOARD:
             address = action.board.address
-            return Object.assign({}, state, { boards: updateBoard(state.boards, address, action.board) })
+            return Object.assign({}, state, { boards: updateBoard(state.boards, address, Object.assign({}, action.board, { open: true })) })
         case UPDATE_BOARD:
             address = action.address
             let { posts, metadata } = action
@@ -45,6 +52,11 @@ export default function BoardsReducer(state = getInitialState(), action) {
                 replicating: false,
                 lastReplicated: action.time
             })})
+        case CLOSE_BOARD:
+            address = action.address
+            return Object.assign({}, state, {
+                boards: deleteBoard(state.boards, address)
+            })
         default:
             return state;
     }
diff --git a/src/sagas/boards.js b/src/sagas/boards.js
index d2545ff..df10422 100644
--- a/src/sagas/boards.js
+++ b/src/sagas/boards.js
@@ -3,11 +3,14 @@ import { eventChannel } from 'redux-saga'
 import { push } from 'react-router-redux'
 import { open, connectDb } from '../orbitdb'
 import { createdBoard } from '../actions/board'
-import { shortenAddress } from '../utils/orbitdb'
+import { shortenAddress, closeBoard as closeOrbitDBBoard } from '../utils/orbitdb'
 import { UPDATE_BOARD } from '../actions/actionTypes'
+import { saveSaga } from './persistence'
 
 export function* goToBoard({ board }){
-    yield put(push(shortenAddress(board.address))) 
+    if (board.redirect) {
+        yield put(push(shortenAddress(board.address))) 
+    }
 }
 
 export function* updateBoard({ address }){
@@ -20,6 +23,11 @@ export function* updateBoard({ address }){
     }) 
 }
 
+export function* closeBoard({ address }){
+    yield call(closeOrbitDBBoard, address)
+    yield saveSaga()
+}
+
 export function* updateBoardMetadata({ address, metadata }){
     const db = window.dbs[address]
     if (db) {
@@ -47,7 +55,7 @@ export function* openBoard({ board }) {
         try {
             const channel = yield call(createDbEventChannel, db)
             yield fork(watchDb, channel)
-            yield put(createdBoard(Object.assign({}, board, dbInfo)))
+            yield put(createdBoard(Object.assign({ redirect: !!board.redirect }, board, dbInfo)))
         } catch (error) {
             yield put({ type: 'ERROR', error })
         }
diff --git a/src/sagas/index.js b/src/sagas/index.js
index ca2a91f..596e128 100644
--- a/src/sagas/index.js
+++ b/src/sagas/index.js
@@ -1,15 +1,29 @@
-import { takeEvery } from 'redux-saga/effects'
-import { OPEN_BOARD, OPENED_BOARD, ADD_POST, ORBITDB_REPLICATED, ORBITDB_WRITE, UPDATE_BOARD_METADATA } from '../actions/actionTypes'
-import { openBoard, updateBoard, goToBoard, updateBoardMetadata } from './boards'
+import { takeEvery, put, call } from 'redux-saga/effects'
+import {
+    OPEN_BOARD,
+    OPENED_BOARD,
+    CLOSE_BOARD,
+    ADD_POST,
+    ORBITDB_REPLICATED,
+    ORBITDB_WRITE,
+    UPDATE_BOARD_METADATA
+} from '../actions/actionTypes'
+import { openBoard, updateBoard, goToBoard, updateBoardMetadata, closeBoard } from './boards'
+import { openBoard as openBoardAction } from '../actions/board'
 import { addPost } from './posts'
+import { openPreviousBoards, saveSaga } from './persistence'
 
 export default function* saga(){
    yield takeEvery(OPEN_BOARD, openBoard) 
    yield takeEvery(OPENED_BOARD, goToBoard) 
+   yield takeEvery(OPENED_BOARD, saveSaga) 
+   yield takeEvery(CLOSE_BOARD, closeBoard) 
 
    yield takeEvery(ADD_POST, addPost) 
    yield takeEvery(UPDATE_BOARD_METADATA, updateBoardMetadata)
 
    yield takeEvery(ORBITDB_WRITE, updateBoard)
    yield takeEvery(ORBITDB_REPLICATED, updateBoard)
+
+   yield openPreviousBoards()
 }
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diff --git a/src/sagas/persistence.js b/src/sagas/persistence.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f0df9a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/sagas/persistence.js
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+import { call, put } from 'redux-saga/effects'
+import { openBoard } from '../actions/board'
+import { save, load } from '../utils/persistence'
+
+export function* openPreviousBoards() {
+    const data = yield call(load)
+    if (Array.isArray(data.addresses)) {
+        for (const address of data.addresses) {
+            yield put(openBoard({ address, redirect: false }))
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+export function* saveSaga() {
+    yield call(save)
+}
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diff --git a/src/utils/ipfs.js b/src/utils/ipfs.js
index 2097b30..4b5de1d 100644
--- a/src/utils/ipfs.js
+++ b/src/utils/ipfs.js
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ export async function getStats() {
     const orbitDb = window.orbitDb
     const dbs = {}
     const stats = {}
-    if (ipfs) {
+    if (ipfs && ipfs.isOnline()) {
         stats.ipfsLoaded = true
         const peers = await ipfs.swarm.peers()
         const id = await ipfs.id()
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ export async function getStats() {
     } else {
         stats.ipfsLoaded = false
     }
-    if (orbitDb) {
+    if (stats.ipfsLoaded && orbitDb) {
         stats.orbitDbLoaded = true
         stats.pubKey = await orbitDb.key.getPublic('hex')
         Object.values(window.dbs || {}).forEach(db => {
diff --git a/src/utils/orbitdb.js b/src/utils/orbitdb.js
index 31181cf..a8abc62 100644
--- a/src/utils/orbitdb.js
+++ b/src/utils/orbitdb.js
@@ -5,4 +5,10 @@ export function getBoardAddress(hash, name) {
 
 export function shortenAddress(address) {
     return address.replace(/^\/orbitdb/, '/b')
+}
+
+export function closeBoard(address) {
+    const db = window.dbs[address]
+    delete window.dbs[address]
+    if (db && db.close) db.close()
 }
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diff --git a/src/utils/persistence.js b/src/utils/persistence.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5a38b41
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/utils/persistence.js
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+
+export function save(){
+    const obj = {
+        addresses: Object.keys(window.dbs || {})
+    }
+    localStorage.setItem('ipfs-boards-v0', JSON.stringify(obj))
+}
+
+export function load(){
+    const str = localStorage.getItem('ipfs-boards-v0')
+    try {
+        return JSON.parse(str) || {};
+    } catch (error) {
+        return {}
+    }
+}
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