diff --git a/plugins/store/build.rs b/plugins/store/build.rs
index a144df296..5d30417d0 100644
--- a/plugins/store/build.rs
+++ b/plugins/store/build.rs
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 const COMMANDS: &[&str] = &[
     "create_store",
     "get_store",
+    "get_or_create_store",
     "set",
     "get",
     "has",
diff --git a/plugins/store/guest-js/index.ts b/plugins/store/guest-js/index.ts
index 2c2be4768..d21ce45c3 100644
--- a/plugins/store/guest-js/index.ts
+++ b/plugins/store/guest-js/index.ts
@@ -42,6 +42,17 @@ export async function getStore(path: string): Promise<Store | undefined> {
   return await Store.getStore(path)
 }
 
+/**
+ * @param path: Path to save the store in `app_data_dir`
+ * @param options: Store configuration options
+ */
+export async function getOrCreateStore(
+  path: string,
+  options?: StoreOptions
+): Promise<Store> {
+  return await Store.getOrCreateStore(path, options)
+}
+
 /**
  * A lazy loaded key-value store persisted by the backend layer.
  *
@@ -56,9 +67,7 @@ export class LazyStore implements IStore {
 
   private get store(): Promise<Store> {
     if (!this._store) {
-      this._store = createStore(this.path, this.options).catch(
-        async () => (await getStore(this.path))!
-      )
+      this._store = getOrCreateStore(this.path, this.options)
     }
     return this._store
   }
@@ -174,6 +183,24 @@ export class Store extends Resource implements IStore {
     return resourceId ? new Store(resourceId, path) : undefined
   }
 
+  /**
+   * @param path: Path to save the store in `app_data_dir`
+   * @param options: Store configuration options
+   */
+  static async getOrCreateStore(
+    path: string,
+    options?: StoreOptions
+  ): Promise<Store> {
+    const resourceId = await invoke<number>(
+      'plugin:store|get_or_create_store',
+      {
+        path,
+        ...options
+      }
+    )
+    return new Store(resourceId, path)
+  }
+
   async set(key: string, value: unknown): Promise<void> {
     await invoke('plugin:store|set', {
       rid: this.rid,
diff --git a/plugins/store/permissions/autogenerated/commands/get_or_create_store.toml b/plugins/store/permissions/autogenerated/commands/get_or_create_store.toml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..73f12fd7d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/store/permissions/autogenerated/commands/get_or_create_store.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+# Automatically generated - DO NOT EDIT!
+
+"$schema" = "../../schemas/schema.json"
+
+[[permission]]
+identifier = "allow-get-or-create-store"
+description = "Enables the get_or_create_store command without any pre-configured scope."
+commands.allow = ["get_or_create_store"]
+
+[[permission]]
+identifier = "deny-get-or-create-store"
+description = "Denies the get_or_create_store command without any pre-configured scope."
+commands.deny = ["get_or_create_store"]
diff --git a/plugins/store/permissions/autogenerated/reference.md b/plugins/store/permissions/autogenerated/reference.md
index ce8573460..203bdc7a8 100644
--- a/plugins/store/permissions/autogenerated/reference.md
+++ b/plugins/store/permissions/autogenerated/reference.md
@@ -165,6 +165,32 @@ Denies the get command without any pre-configured scope.
 <tr>
 <td>
 
+`store:allow-get-or-create-store`
+
+</td>
+<td>
+
+Enables the get_or_create_store command without any pre-configured scope.
+
+</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td>
+
+`store:deny-get-or-create-store`
+
+</td>
+<td>
+
+Denies the get_or_create_store command without any pre-configured scope.
+
+</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td>
+
 `store:allow-get-store`
 
 </td>
diff --git a/plugins/store/permissions/default.toml b/plugins/store/permissions/default.toml
index bf888679f..225a4b261 100644
--- a/plugins/store/permissions/default.toml
+++ b/plugins/store/permissions/default.toml
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ All operations are enabled by default.
 """
 permissions = [
   "allow-create-store",
+  "allow-get-store",
+  "allow-get-or-create-store",
   "allow-clear",
   "allow-delete",
   "allow-entries",
diff --git a/plugins/store/permissions/schemas/schema.json b/plugins/store/permissions/schemas/schema.json
index bfd50f9cb..69ef4f64a 100644
--- a/plugins/store/permissions/schemas/schema.json
+++ b/plugins/store/permissions/schemas/schema.json
@@ -344,6 +344,16 @@
           "type": "string",
           "const": "deny-get"
         },
+        {
+          "description": "Enables the get_or_create_store command without any pre-configured scope.",
+          "type": "string",
+          "const": "allow-get-or-create-store"
+        },
+        {
+          "description": "Denies the get_or_create_store command without any pre-configured scope.",
+          "type": "string",
+          "const": "deny-get-or-create-store"
+        },
         {
           "description": "Enables the get_store command without any pre-configured scope.",
           "type": "string",
diff --git a/plugins/store/src/lib.rs b/plugins/store/src/lib.rs
index 532ee1ab7..ac444aef2 100644
--- a/plugins/store/src/lib.rs
+++ b/plugins/store/src/lib.rs
@@ -77,6 +77,19 @@ async fn get_store<R: Runtime>(app: AppHandle<R>, path: PathBuf) -> Option<Resou
     stores.get(&path).copied()
 }
 
+#[tauri::command]
+async fn get_or_create_store<R: Runtime>(
+    app: AppHandle<R>,
+    path: PathBuf,
+    auto_save: Option<AutoSave>,
+) -> Result<ResourceId> {
+    if let Some(rid) = get_store(app.clone(), path.clone()).await {
+        Ok(rid)
+    } else {
+        create_store(app, path, auto_save).await
+    }
+}
+
 #[tauri::command]
 async fn set<R: Runtime>(
     app: AppHandle<R>,
@@ -232,6 +245,7 @@ impl<R: Runtime> Builder<R> {
             .invoke_handler(tauri::generate_handler![
                 create_store,
                 get_store,
+                get_or_create_store,
                 set,
                 get,
                 has,