diff --git a/react/features/base/lib-jitsi-meet/actionTypes.js b/react/features/base/lib-jitsi-meet/actionTypes.js
index 25f9a44f5..dbb12d4e3 100644
--- a/react/features/base/lib-jitsi-meet/actionTypes.js
+++ b/react/features/base/lib-jitsi-meet/actionTypes.js
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+/**
+ * The type of Redux action which signals that {@link JitsiMeetJS.init()} was
+ * invoked and completed successfully.
+ *
+ * {
+ *     type: LIB_LOAD_STORAGE_DONE
+ * }
+ */
+export const LIB_LOAD_STORAGE_DONE = Symbol('LIB_LOAD_STORAGE_DONE');
+
 /**
  * The type of Redux action which signals that {@link JitsiMeetJS} was disposed.
  *
diff --git a/react/features/base/lib-jitsi-meet/middleware.js b/react/features/base/lib-jitsi-meet/middleware.js
index f6f0b5b08..1ff312dc8 100644
--- a/react/features/base/lib-jitsi-meet/middleware.js
+++ b/react/features/base/lib-jitsi-meet/middleware.js
@@ -6,7 +6,10 @@ import { PARTICIPANT_LEFT } from '../participants';
 import { MiddlewareRegistry } from '../redux';
 
 import { disposeLib, initLib, setWebRTCReady } from './actions';
-import { LIB_DID_INIT, LIB_INIT_ERROR } from './actionTypes';
+import {
+    LIB_DID_INIT, LIB_INIT_ERROR,
+    LIB_LOAD_STORAGE_DONE
+} from './actionTypes';
 import { WEBRTC_NOT_READY, WEBRTC_NOT_SUPPORTED } from './constants';
 
 /**
@@ -23,6 +26,15 @@ MiddlewareRegistry.register(store => next => action => {
     switch (action.type) {
     case LIB_DID_INIT:
         store.dispatch(setWebRTCReady(true));
+        if (window.localStorage.setLoadingCompleteCb) {
+            window.localStorage.setLoadingCompleteCb(() => {
+                store.dispatch({
+                    type: LIB_LOAD_STORAGE_DONE
+                });
+            });
+        } else {
+            console.error('No window.localStorage.setLoadingCompleteCb');
+        }
         break;
 
     case LIB_INIT_ERROR:
diff --git a/react/features/base/lib-jitsi-meet/native/Storage.js b/react/features/base/lib-jitsi-meet/native/Storage.js
index 3843057a4..ed65822b3 100644
--- a/react/features/base/lib-jitsi-meet/native/Storage.js
+++ b/react/features/base/lib-jitsi-meet/native/Storage.js
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ export default class Storage {
         if (typeof this._keyPrefix !== 'undefined') {
             // Load all previously persisted data items from React Native's
             // AsyncStorage.
+            console.info('LOAD STORAGE START');
             AsyncStorage.getAllKeys().then((...getAllKeysCallbackArgs) => {
                 // XXX The keys argument of getAllKeys' callback may or may not
                 // be preceded by an error argument.
@@ -61,11 +62,25 @@ export default class Storage {
                             this[key] = value;
                         }
                     }
+
+                    console.info('LOAD STORAGE DONE');
+                    this.loadingComplete = true;
+                    if (typeof this._loadingCompleteCallback === 'function') {
+                        console.info('LOAD STORAGE DONE - CALLING CALLBACK');
+                        this._loadingCompleteCallback();
+                    }
                 });
             });
         }
     }
 
+    setLoadingCompleteCb(callback) {
+        this._loadingCompleteCallback = callback;
+        if (this.loadingComplete) {
+            callback();
+        }
+    }
+
     /**
      * Removes all keys from this storage.
      *
diff --git a/react/features/recent/actionTypes.js b/react/features/recent/actionTypes.js
index 56dbcacf5..1b6be332b 100644
--- a/react/features/recent/actionTypes.js
+++ b/react/features/recent/actionTypes.js
@@ -6,3 +6,13 @@
  * }
  */
 export const ADD_RECENT_URL = Symbol('ADD_RECENT_URL');
+
+
+/**
+ *
+ * {
+ *     type: LOADED_RECENT_URLS,
+ *     entries: []
+ * }
+ */
+export const LOADED_RECENT_URLS = Symbol('LOADED_RECENT_URLS');
diff --git a/react/features/recent/middleware.js b/react/features/recent/middleware.js
index 075935fec..a24200529 100644
--- a/react/features/recent/middleware.js
+++ b/react/features/recent/middleware.js
@@ -3,8 +3,9 @@
 import { MiddlewareRegistry } from '../base/redux';
 import { getInviteURL } from '../base/connection';
 import { CONFERENCE_WILL_JOIN } from '../base/conference';
+import { LIB_LOAD_STORAGE_DONE } from '../base/lib-jitsi-meet';
 
-import { ADD_RECENT_URL } from './actionTypes';
+import {ADD_RECENT_URL, LOADED_RECENT_URLS} from './actionTypes';
 
 /**
  * Middleware that captures conference actions and sets the correct audio mode
@@ -18,6 +19,26 @@ MiddlewareRegistry.register(({ dispatch, getState }) => next => action => {
     const result = next(action);
 
     switch (action.type) {
+    case LIB_LOAD_STORAGE_DONE: {
+        let entries = [];
+        const recentURLs = window.localStorage.getItem('recentURLs');
+
+        if (recentURLs) {
+            console.info('FOUND STORED URLs', recentURLs);
+            try {
+                entries = JSON.parse(recentURLs);
+            } catch (error) {
+                console.error('Failed to parse recent URLS', error);
+            }
+        } else {
+            console.info('NO STORED URLs found');
+        }
+        dispatch({
+            type: LOADED_RECENT_URLS,
+            entries
+        });
+        break;
+    }
     case CONFERENCE_WILL_JOIN: {
         dispatch({
             type: ADD_RECENT_URL,
diff --git a/react/features/recent/reducer.js b/react/features/recent/reducer.js
index 1c61ab2ea..0c668d8fd 100644
--- a/react/features/recent/reducer.js
+++ b/react/features/recent/reducer.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-import { ReducerRegistry } from '../base/redux';
-import { ADD_RECENT_URL } from './actionTypes';
+import { ReducerRegistry, set } from '../base/redux';
+import { ADD_RECENT_URL, LOADED_RECENT_URLS } from './actionTypes';
 
 const MAX_LENGTH = 25;
 
@@ -12,6 +12,14 @@ const INITIAL_STATE = {
  */
 ReducerRegistry.register('features/recent', (state = INITIAL_STATE, action) => {
     switch (action.type) {
+    case LOADED_RECENT_URLS: {
+        // FIXME if that happens too late it may overwrite any recent URLs
+        const newState = set(state, 'entries', action.entries);
+
+        console.info('RECENT STATE ON LOAD: ', newState);
+
+        return newState;
+    }
     case ADD_RECENT_URL: {
         return _addRecentUrl(state, action);
     }
@@ -56,5 +64,7 @@ function _addRecentUrl(state, action) {
 
     console.info('RECENT URLs', state);
 
+    window.localStorage.setItem('recentURLs', JSON.stringify(state.entries));
+
     return state;
 }