diff --git a/index.ts b/index.ts
index 683b16f..4501944 100644
--- a/index.ts
+++ b/index.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,15 @@ declare type Updater<T> = (value: T) => T;
 declare type StoreDict<T> = { [key: string]: Writable<T> }
 
 /* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any */
-const stores: StoreDict<any> = {}
+interface Stores {
+  local: StoreDict<any>,
+  session: StoreDict<any>,
+}
+
+const stores : Stores = {
+  local: {},
+  session: {}
+}
 
 interface Serializer<T> {
   parse(text: string): T
@@ -37,7 +45,7 @@ export function persisted<T>(key: string, initialValue: T, options?: Options<T>)
     storage?.setItem(key, serializer.stringify(value))
   }
 
-  if (!stores[key]) {
+  if (!stores[storageType][key]) {
     const store = internal(initialValue, (set) => {
       const json = storage?.getItem(key)
 
@@ -45,7 +53,7 @@ export function persisted<T>(key: string, initialValue: T, options?: Options<T>)
         set(<T>serializer.parse(json))
       }
 
-      if (browser) {
+      if (browser && storageType == 'local') {
         const handleStorage = (event: StorageEvent) => {
           if (event.key === key)
             set(event.newValue ? serializer.parse(event.newValue) : null)
@@ -59,7 +67,7 @@ export function persisted<T>(key: string, initialValue: T, options?: Options<T>)
 
     const {subscribe, set} = store
 
-    stores[key] = {
+    stores[storageType][key] = {
       set(value: T) {
         updateStorage(key, value)
         set(value)
@@ -77,5 +85,5 @@ export function persisted<T>(key: string, initialValue: T, options?: Options<T>)
     }
   }
 
-  return stores[key]
+  return stores[storageType][key]
 }
diff --git a/test/localStorageStore.test.ts b/test/localStorageStore.test.ts
index c6f6e7d..4bf4f3f 100644
--- a/test/localStorageStore.test.ts
+++ b/test/localStorageStore.test.ts
@@ -190,6 +190,22 @@ describe('persisted()', () => {
 
       unsub()
     })
+
+    it('ignores session-backed stores', () => {
+      const store = persisted('myKey10', 1, { storage: 'session' })
+      const values = []
+
+      const unsub = store.subscribe((value) => {
+        values.push(value)
+      })
+
+      const event = new StorageEvent('storage', {key: 'myKey10', newValue: '2'})
+      window.dispatchEvent(event)
+
+      expect(values).toEqual([1])
+
+      unsub()
+    })
   })
 
   it('allows custom serialize/deserialize functions', () => {
@@ -210,17 +226,17 @@ describe('persisted()', () => {
   })
 
   it('lets you switch storage type', () => {
-      vi.spyOn(Object.getPrototypeOf(window.sessionStorage), 'setItem')
-      Object.setPrototypeOf(window.sessionStorage.setItem, vi.fn())
+    vi.spyOn(Object.getPrototypeOf(window.sessionStorage), 'setItem')
+    Object.setPrototypeOf(window.sessionStorage.setItem, vi.fn())
 
-      const value = 'foo'
+    const value = 'foo'
 
-      const store = persisted('myKey12', value, {
-        storage: 'session'
-      })
+    const store = persisted('myKey12', value, {
+      storage: 'session'
+    })
 
-      store.set('bar')  
+    store.set('bar')
 
-      expect(window.sessionStorage.setItem).toHaveBeenCalled()  
+    expect(window.sessionStorage.setItem).toHaveBeenCalled()
   })
 })