diff --git a/android/android.js b/android/android.js
index ad6c98b1..4b8c3607 100644
--- a/android/android.js
+++ b/android/android.js
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import Raven from 'raven-js';
 import { setApiUrlPrefix } from '../app/api';
 import metrics from '../app/metrics';
 //import assets from '../common/assets';
+import Archive from '../app/archive';
 import Header from '../app/ui/header';
 import storage from '../app/storage';
 import controller from '../app/controller';
@@ -83,6 +84,7 @@ function body(main) {
     state.capabilities = {
       account: true
     }; //TODO
+    state.archive = new Archive();
     state.storage = storage;
     state.user = new User(storage);
     state.raven = Raven;
diff --git a/android/pages/home.js b/android/pages/home.js
index 78eb649f..87e49e9c 100644
--- a/android/pages/home.js
+++ b/android/pages/home.js
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ module.exports = function(state, emit) {
     content = html`
       <div class="p-6 w-full">${archiveTile.uploading(state, emit)}</div>
     `;
-  } else if (state.archive) {
+  } else if (state.archive.numFiles > 0) {
     content = archiveTile.wip(state, emit);
     button = '';
   } else {