diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index e35981946..4ffa0e0e0 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
     "@ionic-native/clipboard": "4.1.0",
     "@ionic-native/core": "3.12.1",
     "@ionic-native/social-sharing": "4.1.0",
+    "@ionic-native/file": "^4.1.0",
     "@ionic-native/splash-screen": "3.12.1",
     "@ionic-native/status-bar": "3.12.1",
     "@ionic-native/toast": "4.1.0",
diff --git a/src/providers/persistence/persistence.spec.ts b/src/providers/persistence/persistence.spec.ts
index 7f0da9ac6..031671f5e 100644
--- a/src/providers/persistence/persistence.spec.ts
+++ b/src/providers/persistence/persistence.spec.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 import { TestBed, inject } from '@angular/core/testing';
+import { Logger, Level as LoggerLevel } from '@nsalaun/ng-logger';
+import { Platform } from 'ionic-angular';
+
 import { PersistenceProvider } from './persistence';
 import { IStorage, ISTORAGE } from './storage/istorage';
 import { RamStorage } from './storage/ram-storage';
 import { LocalStorage } from './storage/local-storage';
-import { Logger, Level as LoggerLevel } from '@nsalaun/ng-logger';
-import { PlatformProvider } from '../platform/platform';
-import { Platform } from 'ionic-angular';
+import { ChromeStorage } from './storage/chrome-storage';
+import { FileStorage } from './storage/file-storage';
 
 describe('Storage Service', () => {
   beforeEach(() => {
@@ -13,8 +15,8 @@ describe('Storage Service', () => {
       providers: [
         PersistenceProvider,
         { provide: Logger, useValue: new Logger(LoggerLevel.DEBUG) },
-        { provide: PlatformProvider },
-        { provide: ISTORAGE, useClass: RamStorage, deps: [PlatformProvider, Logger] },
+        { provide: ISTORAGE, useClass: RamStorage, deps: [Logger, Platform] },
+        Platform,
       ]
     });
   });
@@ -24,7 +26,7 @@ describe('Storage Service', () => {
     beforeEach(inject([PersistenceProvider], (pp: PersistenceProvider) => {
       service = pp;
     }));
-    it('should correctly perform a profile roundtrip', () => {
+    it('should correctly perform a profile roundtrip', (done) => {
       let p = { name: 'My profile' };
       service.storeNewProfile(p)
         .catch((err) => expect(err).toBeNull)
@@ -34,7 +36,8 @@ describe('Storage Service', () => {
         .then((profile) => {
           expect(typeof profile).toEqual('object');
           expect(profile.name).toEqual('My profile');
-        });
+        })
+        .then(done);
     });
 
     it('should fail to create a profile when one already exists', () => {
diff --git a/src/providers/persistence/persistence.ts b/src/providers/persistence/persistence.ts
index 23c3e9186..c32e7dc6e 100644
--- a/src/providers/persistence/persistence.ts
+++ b/src/providers/persistence/persistence.ts
@@ -38,7 +38,8 @@ const Keys = {
 };
 
 export let persistenceProviderFactory = (platform: PlatformProvider, log: Logger) => {
-  let storage = new RamStorage(platform, log);
+  // TODO: select appropriate storage service based on platform
+  let storage = new RamStorage(log);
   return new PersistenceProvider(storage, log);
 };
 
diff --git a/src/providers/persistence/storage/chrome-storage.ts b/src/providers/persistence/storage/chrome-storage.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e8abb004e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/providers/persistence/storage/chrome-storage.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+import { Injectable } from '@angular/core';
+import { Logger } from '@nsalaun/ng-logger';
+import * as _ from 'lodash';
+
+import { IStorage, KeyAlreadyExistsError } from './istorage';
+
+@Injectable()
+export class ChromeStorage implements IStorage {
+  ls: chrome.storage.StorageArea;
+  constructor(private log: Logger) {
+    if (!chrome.storage || !chrome.storage.local) throw new Error('Chrome storage not supported');
+    this.ls = chrome.storage.local;
+  }
+
+  get(k: string): Promise<any> {
+    return new Promise(resolve => {
+      let v = this.ls.get(k, (v) => {
+        if (!v) return resolve(null);
+        if (!_.isString(v)) return resolve(v);
+        let parsed: any;
+        try {
+          parsed = JSON.parse(v);
+        } catch (e) {
+        }
+        resolve(parsed || v);
+      });
+    });
+  }
+
+  set(k: string, v: any): Promise<void> {
+    if (_.isObject(v)) {
+      v = JSON.stringify(v);
+    }
+    if (v && !_.isString(v)) {
+      v = v.toString();
+    }
+
+    let obj = {};
+    obj[k] = v;
+    return new Promise<void>(resolve => {
+      this.ls.set(obj, resolve);
+    });
+  }
+
+  remove(k: string): Promise<void> {
+    return new Promise<void>(resolve => {
+      this.ls.remove(k, resolve);
+    });
+  }
+
+  create(k: string, v: any): Promise<void> {
+    return this.get(k).then((data) => {
+      if (data) throw new KeyAlreadyExistsError();
+      this.set(k, v);
+    });
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/providers/persistence/storage/file-storage.ts b/src/providers/persistence/storage/file-storage.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..627c9b473
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/providers/persistence/storage/file-storage.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,135 @@
+import { Injectable } from '@angular/core';
+import { Logger } from '@nsalaun/ng-logger';
+import * as _ from 'lodash';
+import { File, DirectoryEntry, FileEntry } from '@ionic-native/file';
+import { Platform } from 'ionic-angular';
+import { IStorage, KeyAlreadyExistsError } from './istorage';
+
+@Injectable()
+export class FileStorage implements IStorage {
+  fs: FileSystem;
+  dir: DirectoryEntry;
+
+  constructor(private file: File, private platform: Platform, private log: Logger) {
+  }
+
+  init(): Promise<void> {
+    if (this.fs && this.dir) return Promise.resolve();
+
+    let onSuccess = (fs: FileSystem): Promise<void> => {
+      console.log('File system started: ', fs.name, fs.root.name);
+      this.fs = fs;
+      return this.getDir().then(dir => {
+        if (!dir.nativeURL) return;
+        this.dir = dir;
+        this.log.debug("Got main dir:", dir.nativeURL);
+      });
+    };
+
+    function onFailure(err: Error): Promise<void> {
+      this.log.error('Could not init file system: ' + err.message);
+      return Promise.reject(err);
+    };
+
+    return this.platform.ready().then(() => {
+      window.requestFileSystem(1, 0, onSuccess, onFailure);
+    });
+  }
+
+  // See https://github.com/apache/cordova-plugin-file/#where-to-store-files
+  getDir(): Promise<DirectoryEntry> {
+    if (!this.file) {
+      return Promise.reject(new Error('Could not write on device storage'));
+    }
+
+    var url = this.file.dataDirectory;
+    return this.file.resolveDirectoryUrl(url)
+      .catch(err => {
+        let msg = 'Could not resolve filesystem ' + url;
+        this.log.warn(msg, err);
+        throw err || new Error(msg);
+      });
+  };
+
+  get(k: string): Promise<any> {
+    let parseResult = (v: any): any => {
+      if (!v) return null;
+      if (!_.isString(v)) return v;
+      let parsed: any;
+      try {
+        parsed = JSON.parse(v);
+      } catch (e) {
+      }
+      return parsed || v;
+    };
+
+    return this.init()
+      .then(() => {
+        return this.file.getFile(this.dir, k, { create: false });
+      })
+      .then(fileEntry => {
+        if (!fileEntry) return;
+        return new Promise((resolve) => {
+          fileEntry.file(file => {
+            var reader = new FileReader();
+            reader.onloadend = () => {
+              resolve(parseResult(reader.result));
+            }
+            reader.readAsText(file);
+          });
+        });
+      })
+      .catch(err => {
+        // Not found
+        if (err.code == 1) return;
+        else throw err;
+      });
+  }
+
+  set(k: string, v: any): Promise<void> {
+    return this.init()
+      .then(() => {
+        return this.file.getFile(this.dir, k, { create: true });
+      })
+      .then(fileEntry => {
+        // Create a FileWriter object for our FileEntry (log.txt).
+        return new Promise<void>((resolve, reject) => {
+          fileEntry.createWriter(fileWriter => {
+            fileWriter.onwriteend = (e) => {
+              this.log.info('Write completed:' + k);
+              resolve();
+            };
+
+            fileWriter.onerror = (e) => {
+              this.log.error('Write failed', e);
+              reject(e);
+            };
+
+            if (_.isObject(v))
+              v = JSON.stringify(v);
+
+            if (v && !_.isString(v)) {
+              v = v.toString();
+            }
+
+            this.log.debug('Writing:', k, v);
+            fileWriter.write(v);
+          }, err => {
+            this.log.error('Could not create writer', err);
+            reject(err);
+          });
+        });
+      });
+  };
+
+  remove(k: string): Promise<void> {
+    return Promise.resolve();
+  }
+
+  create(k: string, v: any): Promise<void> {
+    return this.get(k).then((data) => {
+      if (data) throw new KeyAlreadyExistsError();
+      this.set(k, v);
+    });
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/providers/persistence/storage/local-storage.ts b/src/providers/persistence/storage/local-storage.ts
index 1d232be5d..3c807fedf 100644
--- a/src/providers/persistence/storage/local-storage.ts
+++ b/src/providers/persistence/storage/local-storage.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import { Injectable } from '@angular/core';
-import { PlatformProvider } from '../../platform/platform';
 import { Logger } from '@nsalaun/ng-logger';
 import * as _ from 'lodash';
 
@@ -8,13 +7,13 @@ import { IStorage, KeyAlreadyExistsError } from './istorage';
 @Injectable()
 export class LocalStorage implements IStorage {
   ls: Storage;
-  constructor(private platform: PlatformProvider, private log: Logger) {
+  constructor(private log: Logger) {
     this.ls = (typeof window.localStorage !== "undefined") ? window.localStorage : null;
     if (!this.ls) throw new Error('localstorage not available');
   }
 
   get(k: string): Promise<any> {
-    return new Promise((resolve) => {
+    return new Promise(resolve => {
       let v = this.ls.getItem(k);
       if (!v) return resolve(null);
       if (!_.isString(v)) return resolve(v);
@@ -28,7 +27,7 @@ export class LocalStorage implements IStorage {
   }
 
   set(k: string, v: any): Promise<void> {
-    return Promise.resolve().then(() => {
+    return new Promise<void>(resolve => {
       if (_.isObject(v)) {
         v = JSON.stringify(v);
       }
@@ -37,12 +36,14 @@ export class LocalStorage implements IStorage {
       }
 
       this.ls.setItem(k, v);
+      resolve();
     });
   }
 
   remove(k: string): Promise<void> {
-    return Promise.resolve().then(() => {
+    return new Promise<void>(resolve => {
       this.ls.removeItem(k);
+      resolve();
     });
   }
 
diff --git a/src/providers/persistence/storage/ram-storage.ts b/src/providers/persistence/storage/ram-storage.ts
index 734779c7a..1952b8894 100644
--- a/src/providers/persistence/storage/ram-storage.ts
+++ b/src/providers/persistence/storage/ram-storage.ts
@@ -1,20 +1,25 @@
 import { IStorage, KeyAlreadyExistsError } from './istorage';
-import { PlatformProvider } from '../../platform/platform';
 import { Logger } from '@nsalaun/ng-logger';
 
 export class RamStorage implements IStorage {
   hash = {};
 
-  constructor(private platform: PlatformProvider, private log: Logger) { }
+  constructor(private log: Logger) { }
 
   get(k: string): Promise<any> {
     return Promise.resolve(this.hash[k]);
   };
   set(k: string, v: any): Promise<void> {
-    return Promise.resolve().then(() => { this.hash[k] = v });
+    return new Promise<void>(resolve => {
+      this.hash[k] = v;
+      resolve();
+    });
   };
   remove(k: string): Promise<void> {
-    return Promise.resolve().then(() => { delete this.hash[k]; });
+    return new Promise<void>(resolve => {
+      delete this.hash[k];
+      resolve();
+    });
   };
   create(k: string, v: any): Promise<void> {
     return this.get(k).then((data) => {
diff --git a/tsconfig.json b/tsconfig.json
index 68aca0754..9918e7f54 100644
--- a/tsconfig.json
+++ b/tsconfig.json
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@
     "rewriteTsconfig": false
   },
   "types": [
-    "chrome",
     "lodash",
     "node"
   ]