diff --git a/src/repo.rs b/src/repo.rs
index 1d92f28..135c043 100644
--- a/src/repo.rs
+++ b/src/repo.rs
@@ -1668,7 +1668,18 @@ impl Repo {
                             };
                             let document = Arc::new(RwLock::new(shared_document));
                             let handle_count = Arc::new(AtomicUsize::new(0));
-                            DocumentInfo::new(state, document, handle_count)
+                            let mut info = DocumentInfo::new(state, document, handle_count);
+
+                            let storage_fut = self.storage.get(document_id.clone());
+                            info.state.add_boostrap_storage_fut(storage_fut);
+                            info.poll_storage_operation(
+                                document_id.clone(),
+                                &self.wake_sender,
+                                &self.repo_sender,
+                                &self.repo_id,
+                            );
+
+                            info
                         });
 
                     if !info.state.should_sync() {
diff --git a/test_utils/src/storage_utils.rs b/test_utils/src/storage_utils.rs
index fd0365c..c6700af 100644
--- a/test_utils/src/storage_utils.rs
+++ b/test_utils/src/storage_utils.rs
@@ -50,6 +50,12 @@ impl InMemoryStorage {
     pub fn contains_document(&self, doc_id: DocumentId) -> bool {
         self.documents.lock().contains_key(&doc_id)
     }
+
+    pub fn fork(&self) -> Self {
+        Self {
+            documents: Arc::new(Mutex::new(self.documents.lock().clone())),
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 impl Storage for InMemoryStorage {
diff --git a/tests/network/document_request.rs b/tests/network/document_request.rs
index 91b0efa..09f0373 100644
--- a/tests/network/document_request.rs
+++ b/tests/network/document_request.rs
@@ -372,6 +372,71 @@ async fn request_doc_which_is_not_shared_does_not_announce() {
     assert!(doc_handle.is_none());
 }
 
+#[test(tokio::test)]
+async fn request_doc_which_is_in_storage_loads_from_storage() {
+    // First create a storage which contains some changes for a document
+    let storage = InMemoryStorage::default();
+    let repo_1 = Repo::new(Some("repo1".to_string()), Box::new(storage.clone()));
+
+    let repo_handle_1 = repo_1.run();
+    // Create a document for repo_1
+    let doc_handle_on_1 = repo_handle_1.new_document();
+    doc_handle_on_1
+        .with_doc_mut(|d| {
+            d.transact::<_, _, automerge::AutomergeError>(|tx| {
+                tx.put(automerge::ROOT, "foo", "bar")?;
+                Ok(())
+            })
+        })
+        .unwrap();
+    let document_id = doc_handle_on_1.document_id();
+
+    // Wait a minute for storage to catch up
+    tokio::time::sleep(Duration::from_millis(100)).await;
+
+    // Now, fork the storage for use later
+    let storage_without_latest = storage.fork();
+
+    // Make some more changes on repo1
+    doc_handle_on_1
+        .with_doc_mut(|d| {
+            d.transact::<_, _, automerge::AutomergeError>(|tx| {
+                tx.put(automerge::ROOT, "baz", "qux")?;
+                Ok(())
+            })
+        })
+        .unwrap();
+
+    let heads_on_repo_1 = doc_handle_on_1.with_doc(|d| d.get_heads());
+
+    // Stop repo1
+    repo_handle_1.stop().unwrap();
+
+    // Now start two more repos, one which has the latest changes and one which has the out of date changes
+
+    let repo_2 = Repo::new(Some("repo2".to_string()), Box::new(storage.clone()));
+    let repo_3 = Repo::new(Some("repo3".to_string()), Box::new(storage_without_latest));
+
+    let repo_handle_2 = repo_2.run();
+    let repo_handle_3 = repo_3.run();
+
+    connect_repos(&repo_handle_2, &repo_handle_3);
+
+    // Open the document on repo3 so it announces
+    repo_handle_3
+        .request_document(document_id.clone())
+        .await
+        .unwrap();
+
+    // wait a bit
+    tokio::time::sleep(std::time::Duration::from_millis(100)).await;
+
+    // Request the document
+    let doc_handle = repo_handle_2.request_document(document_id).await.unwrap();
+
+    assert_eq!(doc_handle.with_doc(|d| d.get_heads()), heads_on_repo_1);
+}
+
 fn create_doc_with_contents(handle: &RepoHandle, key: &str, value: &str) -> DocumentId {
     let document_handle = handle.new_document();
     document_handle.with_doc_mut(|doc| {