diff --git a/website/src/repl/Repl.jsx b/website/src/repl/Repl.jsx
index db586363..a606d67a 100644
--- a/website/src/repl/Repl.jsx
+++ b/website/src/repl/Repl.jsx
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ import { code2hash, hash2code } from './helpers.mjs';
 import { isTauri } from '../tauri.mjs';
 import { useWidgets } from '@strudel.cycles/react/src/hooks/useWidgets.mjs';
 import { writeText } from '@tauri-apps/api/clipboard';
+import { registerSamplesFromDB, userSamplesDBConfig } from './idbutils.mjs';
 
 const { latestCode } = settingsMap.get();
 
@@ -194,6 +195,8 @@ export function Repl({ embedded = false }) {
         setCode(randomTune);
         msg = `A random code snippet named "${name}" has been loaded!`;
       }
+      //registers samples that have been saved to the index DB
+      registerSamplesFromDB(userSamplesDBConfig);
       logger(`Welcome to Strudel! ${msg} Press play or hit ctrl+enter to run it!`, 'highlight');
       setPending(false);
     });
diff --git a/website/src/repl/idbutils.mjs b/website/src/repl/idbutils.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..414006b9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/website/src/repl/idbutils.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,148 @@
+import { registerSound, onTriggerSample } from '@strudel.cycles/webaudio';
+import { isAudioFile } from './files.mjs';
+import { logger } from '@strudel.cycles/core';
+
+//utilites for writing and reading to the indexdb
+
+export const userSamplesDBConfig = {
+  dbName: 'samples',
+  table: 'usersamples',
+  columns: ['blob', 'title'],
+  version: 1,
+};
+
+// deletes all of the databases, useful for debugging
+const clearIDB = () => {
+  window.indexedDB
+    .databases()
+    .then((r) => {
+      for (var i = 0; i < r.length; i++) window.indexedDB.deleteDatabase(r[i].name);
+    })
+    .then(() => {
+      alert('All data cleared.');
+    });
+};
+
+// queries the DB, and registers the sounds so they can be played
+export const registerSamplesFromDB = (config, onComplete = () => {}) => {
+  openDB(config, (objectStore) => {
+    let query = objectStore.getAll();
+    query.onsuccess = (event) => {
+      const soundFiles = event.target.result;
+      if (!soundFiles?.length) {
+        return;
+      }
+      const sounds = new Map();
+      [...soundFiles]
+        .sort((a, b) => a.title.localeCompare(b.title, undefined, { numeric: true, sensitivity: 'base' }))
+        .forEach((soundFile) => {
+          const title = soundFile.title;
+          if (!isAudioFile(title)) {
+            return;
+          }
+          const splitRelativePath = soundFile.id?.split('/');
+          const parentDirectory = splitRelativePath[splitRelativePath.length - 2];
+          const soundPath = soundFile.blob;
+          const soundPaths = sounds.get(parentDirectory) ?? new Set();
+          soundPaths.add(soundPath);
+          sounds.set(parentDirectory, soundPaths);
+        });
+
+      sounds.forEach((soundPaths, key) => {
+        const value = Array.from(soundPaths);
+        registerSound(key, (t, hapValue, onended) => onTriggerSample(t, hapValue, onended, value), {
+          type: 'sample',
+          samples: value,
+          baseUrl: undefined,
+          prebake: false,
+          tag: undefined,
+        });
+      });
+      logger('imported sounds registered!', 'success');
+      onComplete();
+    };
+  });
+};
+// creates a blob from a buffer that can be read
+async function bufferToDataUrl(buf) {
+  return new Promise((resolve) => {
+    var blob = new Blob([buf], { type: 'application/octet-binary' });
+    var reader = new FileReader();
+    reader.onload = function (event) {
+      resolve(event.target.result);
+    };
+    reader.readAsDataURL(blob);
+  });
+}
+//open db and initialize it if necessary
+const openDB = (config, onOpened) => {
+  const { dbName, version, table, columns } = config;
+  if (!('indexedDB' in window)) {
+    console.log('IndexedDB is not supported.');
+    return;
+  }
+  const dbOpen = indexedDB.open(dbName, version);
+
+  dbOpen.onupgradeneeded = (_event) => {
+    const db = dbOpen.result;
+    const objectStore = db.createObjectStore(table, { keyPath: 'id', autoIncrement: false });
+    columns.forEach((c) => {
+      objectStore.createIndex(c, c, { unique: false });
+    });
+  };
+  dbOpen.onerror = (err) => {
+    logger('Something went wrong while trying to open the the client DB', 'error');
+    console.error(`indexedDB error: ${err.errorCode}`);
+  };
+
+  dbOpen.onsuccess = () => {
+    const db = dbOpen.result;
+
+    const // lock store for writing
+      writeTransaction = db.transaction([table], 'readwrite'),
+      // get object store
+      objectStore = writeTransaction.objectStore(table);
+    onOpened(objectStore, db);
+  };
+};
+
+const processFilesForIDB = async (files) => {
+  return await Promise.all(
+    Array.from(files)
+      .map(async (s) => {
+        const title = s.name;
+        if (!isAudioFile(title)) {
+          return;
+        }
+        //create obscured url to file system that can be fetched
+        const sUrl = URL.createObjectURL(s);
+        //fetch the sound and turn it into a buffer array
+        const buf = await fetch(sUrl).then((res) => res.arrayBuffer());
+        //create a url blob containing all of the buffer data
+        const base64 = await bufferToDataUrl(buf);
+        return {
+          title,
+          blob: base64,
+          id: s.webkitRelativePath,
+        };
+      })
+      .filter(Boolean),
+  ).catch((error) => {
+    logger('Something went wrong while processing uploaded files', 'error');
+    console.error(error);
+  });
+};
+
+export const uploadSamplesToDB = async (config, files) => {
+  await processFilesForIDB(files).then((files) => {
+    const onOpened = (objectStore, _db) => {
+      files.forEach((file) => {
+        if (file == null) {
+          return;
+        }
+        objectStore.put(file);
+      });
+    };
+    openDB(config, onOpened);
+  });
+};
diff --git a/website/src/repl/panel/Forms.jsx b/website/src/repl/panel/Forms.jsx
index e45305e5..49d0e913 100644
--- a/website/src/repl/panel/Forms.jsx
+++ b/website/src/repl/panel/Forms.jsx
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ export function ButtonGroup({ value, onChange, items }) {
           key={key}
           onClick={() => onChange(key)}
           className={cx(
-            'px-2 border-b h-8',
+            'px-2 border-b h-8 whitespace-nowrap',
             // i === 0 && 'rounded-l-md',
             // i === arr.length - 1 && 'rounded-r-md',
             // value === key ? 'bg-background' : 'bg-lineHighlight',
diff --git a/website/src/repl/panel/ImportSoundsButton.jsx b/website/src/repl/panel/ImportSoundsButton.jsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..20a1d5e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/website/src/repl/panel/ImportSoundsButton.jsx
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+import React, { useCallback, useState } from 'react';
+import { registerSamplesFromDB, uploadSamplesToDB, userSamplesDBConfig } from '../idbutils.mjs';
+
+//choose a directory to locally import samples
+export default function ImportSoundsButton({ onComplete }) {
+  let fileUploadRef = React.createRef();
+  const [isUploading, setIsUploading] = useState(false);
+  const onChange = useCallback(async () => {
+    if (!fileUploadRef.current.files?.length) {
+      return;
+    }
+    setIsUploading(true);
+    await uploadSamplesToDB(userSamplesDBConfig, fileUploadRef.current.files).then(() => {
+      registerSamplesFromDB(userSamplesDBConfig, () => {
+        onComplete();
+        setIsUploading(false);
+      });
+    });
+  });
+
+  return (
+    <label
+      style={{ alignItems: 'center' }}
+      className="flex bg-background ml-2 pl-2 pr-2 max-w-[300px] rounded-md hover:opacity-50 whitespace-nowrap cursor-pointer"
+    >
+      <input
+        disabled={isUploading}
+        ref={fileUploadRef}
+        id="audio_file"
+        style={{ display: 'none' }}
+        type="file"
+        directory=""
+        webkitdirectory=""
+        multiple
+        accept="audio/*"
+        onChange={() => {
+          onChange();
+        }}
+      />
+      {isUploading ? 'importing...' : 'import sounds'}
+    </label>
+  );
+}
diff --git a/website/src/repl/panel/SoundsTab.jsx b/website/src/repl/panel/SoundsTab.jsx
index fe32212d..976361d0 100644
--- a/website/src/repl/panel/SoundsTab.jsx
+++ b/website/src/repl/panel/SoundsTab.jsx
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import { getAudioContext, soundMap, connectToDestination } from '@strudel.cycles
 import React, { useMemo, useRef } from 'react';
 import { settingsMap, useSettings } from '../../settings.mjs';
 import { ButtonGroup } from './Forms.jsx';
+import ImportSoundsButton from './ImportSoundsButton.jsx';
 
 const getSamples = (samples) =>
   Array.isArray(samples) ? samples.length : typeof samples === 'object' ? Object.values(samples).length : 1;
@@ -43,7 +44,7 @@ export function SoundsTab() {
   });
   return (
     <div id="sounds-tab" className="px-4 flex flex-col w-full h-full dark:text-white text-stone-900">
-      <div className="pb-2 flex-none">
+      <div className="pb-2 flex shrink-0 overflow-auto">
         <ButtonGroup
           value={soundsFilter}
           onChange={(value) => settingsMap.setKey('soundsFilter', value)}
@@ -54,6 +55,7 @@ export function SoundsTab() {
             user: 'User',
           }}
         ></ButtonGroup>
+        <ImportSoundsButton onComplete={() => settingsMap.setKey('soundsFilter', 'user')} />
       </div>
       <div className="min-h-0 max-h-full grow overflow-auto font-mono text-sm break-normal">
         {soundEntries.map(([name, { data, onTrigger }]) => (
diff --git a/website/src/repl/prebake.mjs b/website/src/repl/prebake.mjs
index 0670d57d..68f6f8a1 100644
--- a/website/src/repl/prebake.mjs
+++ b/website/src/repl/prebake.mjs
@@ -114,6 +114,9 @@ export async function prebake() {
         ],
       },
       'github:tidalcycles/Dirt-Samples/master/',
+      {
+        prebake: true,
+      },
     ),
   ]);
   // await samples('github:tidalcycles/Dirt-Samples/master');