diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 478c534d51e753b184c164d5ac43ae0ee9345667..07c85d6cdfa3d449b5549a0092e183063be30dc6 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -23,34 +23,20 @@ require (
 	github.com/cloudflare/circl v1.2.0 // indirect
 	github.com/desertbit/timer v0.0.0-20180107155436-c41aec40b27f // indirect
 	github.com/elliotchance/orderedmap v1.4.0 // indirect
-	github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.5.4 // indirect
 	github.com/golang-collections/collections v0.0.0-20130729185459-604e922904d3 // indirect
 	github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.2 // indirect
 	github.com/gorilla/websocket v1.5.0 // indirect
-	github.com/hashicorp/hcl v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/improbable-eng/grpc-web v0.15.0 // indirect
-	github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/json-iterator/go v1.1.12 // indirect
 	github.com/klauspost/compress v1.11.7 // indirect
 	github.com/klauspost/cpuid/v2 v2.1.0 // indirect
-	github.com/magiconair/properties v1.8.6 // indirect
 	github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.14 // indirect
 	github.com/mitchellh/go-homedir v1.1.0 // indirect
-	github.com/mitchellh/mapstructure v1.5.0 // indirect
 	github.com/nfnt/resize v0.0.0-20180221191011-83c6a9932646 // indirect
-	github.com/pelletier/go-toml v1.9.5 // indirect
-	github.com/pelletier/go-toml/v2 v2.0.2 // indirect
-	github.com/pkg/profile v1.6.0 // indirect
 	github.com/rs/cors v1.8.2 // indirect
 	github.com/sethvargo/go-diceware v0.3.0 // indirect
 	github.com/skip2/go-qrcode v0.0.0-20200617195104-da1b6568686e // indirect
 	github.com/soheilhy/cmux v0.1.5 // indirect
-	github.com/spf13/afero v1.9.2 // indirect
-	github.com/spf13/cast v1.5.0 // indirect
-	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.5.0 // indirect
-	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5 // indirect
-	github.com/spf13/viper v1.12.0 // indirect
-	github.com/subosito/gotenv v1.4.0 // indirect
 	github.com/ttacon/builder v0.0.0-20170518171403-c099f663e1c2 // indirect
 	github.com/ttacon/libphonenumber v1.2.1 // indirect
 	github.com/tyler-smith/go-bip39 v1.1.0 // indirect
@@ -68,8 +54,5 @@ require (
 	google.golang.org/genproto v0.0.0-20220822174746-9e6da59bd2fc // indirect
 	google.golang.org/grpc v1.49.0 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.28.1 // indirect
-	gopkg.in/ini.v1 v1.66.6 // indirect
-	gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.4.0 // indirect
-	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 // indirect
 	nhooyr.io/websocket v1.8.7 // indirect
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index f81165d9dbc23908c606c0cfef21ac36236e8490..b64b24f6059b701fe1539108d2f91212983a0797 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -165,7 +165,6 @@ github.com/franela/goreq v0.0.0-20171204163338-bcd34c9993f8/go.mod h1:ZhphrRTfi2
 github.com/frankban/quicktest v1.14.3/go.mod h1:mgiwOwqx65TmIk1wJ6Q7wvnVMocbUorkibMOrVTHZps=
 github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.4.7/go.mod h1:jwhsz4b93w/PPRr/qN1Yymfu8t87LnFCMoQvtojpjFo=
 github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.4.9/go.mod h1:znqG4EE+3YCdAaPaxE2ZRY/06pZUdp0tY4IgpuI1SZQ=
-github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.5.4 h1:jRbGcIw6P2Meqdwuo0H1p6JVLbL5DHKAKlYndzMwVZI=
 github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.5.4/go.mod h1:OVB6XrOHzAwXMpEM7uPOzcehqUV2UqJxmVXmkdnm1bU=
 github.com/ghodss/yaml v1.0.0/go.mod h1:4dBDuWmgqj2HViK6kFavaiC9ZROes6MMH2rRYeMEF04=
 github.com/gin-contrib/sse v0.1.0 h1:Y/yl/+YNO8GZSjAhjMsSuLt29uWRFHdHYUb5lYOV9qE=
@@ -331,7 +330,6 @@ github.com/hashicorp/go.net v0.0.1/go.mod h1:hjKkEWcCURg++eb33jQU7oqQcI9XDCnUzHA
 github.com/hashicorp/golang-lru v0.5.0/go.mod h1:/m3WP610KZHVQ1SGc6re/UDhFvYD7pJ4Ao+sR/qLZy8=
 github.com/hashicorp/golang-lru v0.5.1/go.mod h1:/m3WP610KZHVQ1SGc6re/UDhFvYD7pJ4Ao+sR/qLZy8=
 github.com/hashicorp/golang-lru v0.5.4/go.mod h1:iADmTwqILo4mZ8BN3D2Q6+9jd8WM5uGBxy+E8yxSoD4=
-github.com/hashicorp/hcl v1.0.0 h1:0Anlzjpi4vEasTeNFn2mLJgTSwt0+6sfsiTG8qcWGx4=
 github.com/hashicorp/hcl v1.0.0/go.mod h1:E5yfLk+7swimpb2L/Alb/PJmXilQ/rhwaUYs4T20WEQ=
 github.com/hashicorp/logutils v1.0.0/go.mod h1:QIAnNjmIWmVIIkWDTG1z5v++HQmx9WQRO+LraFDTW64=
 github.com/hashicorp/mdns v1.0.0/go.mod h1:tL+uN++7HEJ6SQLQ2/p+z2pH24WQKWjBPkE0mNTz8vQ=
@@ -349,7 +347,6 @@ github.com/improbable-eng/grpc-web v0.12.0/go.mod h1:6hRR09jOEG81ADP5wCQju1z71g6
 github.com/improbable-eng/grpc-web v0.14.1/go.mod h1:zEjGHa8DAlkoOXmswrNvhUGEYQA9UI7DhrGeHR1DMGU=
 github.com/improbable-eng/grpc-web v0.15.0 h1:BN+7z6uNXZ1tQGcNAuaU1YjsLTApzkjt2tzCixLaUPQ=
 github.com/improbable-eng/grpc-web v0.15.0/go.mod h1:1sy9HKV4Jt9aEs9JSnkWlRJPuPtwNr0l57L4f878wP8=
-github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.0.0 h1:Z8tu5sraLXCXIcARxBp/8cbvlwVa7Z1NHg9XEKhtSvM=
 github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.0.0/go.mod h1:PxqpIevigyE2G7u3NXJIT2ANytuPF1OarO4DADm73n8=
 github.com/influxdata/influxdb1-client v0.0.0-20191209144304-8bf82d3c094d/go.mod h1:qj24IKcXYK6Iy9ceXlo3Tc+vtHo9lIhSX5JddghvEPo=
 github.com/jmespath/go-jmespath v0.0.0-20180206201540-c2b33e8439af/go.mod h1:Nht3zPeWKUH0NzdCt2Blrr5ys8VGpn0CEB0cQHVjt7k=
@@ -405,7 +402,6 @@ github.com/lightstep/lightstep-tracer-go v0.18.1/go.mod h1:jlF1pusYV4pidLvZ+XD0U
 github.com/liyue201/goqr v0.0.0-20200803022322-df443203d4ea h1:uyJ13zfy6l79CM3HnVhDalIyZ4RJAyVfDrbnfFeJoC4=
 github.com/liyue201/goqr v0.0.0-20200803022322-df443203d4ea/go.mod h1:w4pGU9PkiX2hAWyF0yuHEHmYTQFAd6WHzp6+IY7JVjE=
 github.com/lyft/protoc-gen-validate v0.0.13/go.mod h1:XbGvPuh87YZc5TdIa2/I4pLk0QoUACkjt2znoq26NVQ=
-github.com/magiconair/properties v1.8.6 h1:5ibWZ6iY0NctNGWo87LalDlEZ6R41TqbbDamhfG/Qzo=
 github.com/magiconair/properties v1.8.6/go.mod h1:y3VJvCyxH9uVvJTWEGAELF3aiYNyPKd5NZ3oSwXrF60=
 github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.0.9/go.mod h1:9vuHe8Xs5qXnSaW/c/ABM9alt+Vo+STaOChaDxuIBZU=
 github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.4/go.mod h1:U0ppj6V5qS13XJ6of8GYAs25YV2eR4EVcfRqFIhoBtE=
@@ -438,7 +434,6 @@ github.com/mitchellh/iochan v1.0.0/go.mod h1:JwYml1nuB7xOzsp52dPpHFffvOCDupsG0Qu
 github.com/mitchellh/mapstructure v0.0.0-20160808181253-ca63d7c062ee/go.mod h1:FVVH3fgwuzCH5S8UJGiWEs2h04kUh9fWfEaFds41c1Y=
 github.com/mitchellh/mapstructure v1.1.2/go.mod h1:FVVH3fgwuzCH5S8UJGiWEs2h04kUh9fWfEaFds41c1Y=
 github.com/mitchellh/mapstructure v1.4.3/go.mod h1:bFUtVrKA4DC2yAKiSyO/QUcy7e+RRV2QTWOzhPopBRo=
-github.com/mitchellh/mapstructure v1.5.0 h1:jeMsZIYE/09sWLaz43PL7Gy6RuMjD2eJVyuac5Z2hdY=
 github.com/mitchellh/mapstructure v1.5.0/go.mod h1:bFUtVrKA4DC2yAKiSyO/QUcy7e+RRV2QTWOzhPopBRo=
 github.com/mitchellh/reflectwalk v1.0.0/go.mod h1:mSTlrgnPZtwu0c4WaC2kGObEpuNDbx0jmZXqmk4esnw=
 github.com/modern-go/concurrent v0.0.0-20180228061459-e0a39a4cb421/go.mod h1:6dJC0mAP4ikYIbvyc7fijjWJddQyLn8Ig3JB5CqoB9Q=
@@ -484,10 +479,8 @@ github.com/pact-foundation/pact-go v1.0.4/go.mod h1:uExwJY4kCzNPcHRj+hCR/HBbOOIw
 github.com/pascaldekloe/goe v0.0.0-20180627143212-57f6aae5913c/go.mod h1:lzWF7FIEvWOWxwDKqyGYQf6ZUaNfKdP144TG7ZOy1lc=
 github.com/pascaldekloe/goe v0.1.0/go.mod h1:lzWF7FIEvWOWxwDKqyGYQf6ZUaNfKdP144TG7ZOy1lc=
 github.com/pborman/uuid v1.2.0/go.mod h1:X/NO0urCmaxf9VXbdlT7C2Yzkj2IKimNn4k+gtPdI/k=
-github.com/pelletier/go-toml v1.9.5 h1:4yBQzkHv+7BHq2PQUZF3Mx0IYxG7LsP222s7Agd3ve8=
 github.com/pelletier/go-toml v1.9.5/go.mod h1:u1nR/EPcESfeI/szUZKdtJ0xRNbUoANCkoOuaOx1Y+c=
 github.com/pelletier/go-toml/v2 v2.0.1/go.mod h1:r9LEWfGN8R5k0VXJ+0BkIe7MYkRdwZOjgMj2KwnJFUo=
-github.com/pelletier/go-toml/v2 v2.0.2 h1:+jQXlF3scKIcSEKkdHzXhCTDLPFi5r1wnK6yPS+49Gw=
 github.com/pelletier/go-toml/v2 v2.0.2/go.mod h1:MovirKjgVRESsAvNZlAjtFwV867yGuwRkXbG66OzopI=
 github.com/performancecopilot/speed v3.0.0+incompatible/go.mod h1:/CLtqpZ5gBg1M9iaPbIdPPGyKcA8hKdoy6hAWba7Yac=
 github.com/pierrec/lz4 v1.0.2-0.20190131084431-473cd7ce01a1/go.mod h1:3/3N9NVKO0jef7pBehbT1qWhCMrIgbYNnFAZCqQ5LRc=
@@ -497,7 +490,6 @@ github.com/pkg/errors v0.8.1/go.mod h1:bwawxfHBFNV+L2hUp1rHADufV3IMtnDRdf1r5NINE
 github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1 h1:FEBLx1zS214owpjy7qsBeixbURkuhQAwrK5UwLGTwt4=
 github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1/go.mod h1:bwawxfHBFNV+L2hUp1rHADufV3IMtnDRdf1r5NINEl0=
 github.com/pkg/profile v1.2.1/go.mod h1:hJw3o1OdXxsrSjjVksARp5W95eeEaEfptyVZyv6JUPA=
-github.com/pkg/profile v1.6.0 h1:hUDfIISABYI59DyeB3OTay/HxSRwTQ8rB/H83k6r5dM=
 github.com/pkg/profile v1.6.0/go.mod h1:qBsxPvzyUincmltOk6iyRVxHYg4adc0OFOv72ZdLa18=
 github.com/pkg/sftp v1.13.1/go.mod h1:3HaPG6Dq1ILlpPZRO0HVMrsydcdLt6HRDccSgb87qRg=
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 h1:4DBwDE0NGyQoBHbLQYPwSUPoCMWR5BEzIk/f1lZbAQM=
@@ -564,19 +556,14 @@ github.com/sony/gobreaker v0.4.1/go.mod h1:ZKptC7FHNvhBz7dN2LGjPVBz2sZJmc0/PkyDJ
 github.com/spaolacci/murmur3 v0.0.0-20180118202830-f09979ecbc72/go.mod h1:JwIasOWyU6f++ZhiEuf87xNszmSA2myDM2Kzu9HwQUA=
 github.com/spaolacci/murmur3 v1.1.0/go.mod h1:JwIasOWyU6f++ZhiEuf87xNszmSA2myDM2Kzu9HwQUA=
 github.com/spf13/afero v1.8.2/go.mod h1:CtAatgMJh6bJEIs48Ay/FOnkljP3WeGUG0MC1RfAqwo=
-github.com/spf13/afero v1.9.2 h1:j49Hj62F0n+DaZ1dDCvhABaPNSGNkt32oRFxI33IEMw=
 github.com/spf13/afero v1.9.2/go.mod h1:iUV7ddyEEZPO5gA3zD4fJt6iStLlL+Lg4m2cihcDf8Y=
-github.com/spf13/cast v1.5.0 h1:rj3WzYc11XZaIZMPKmwP96zkFEnnAmV8s6XbB2aY32w=
 github.com/spf13/cast v1.5.0/go.mod h1:SpXXQ5YoyJw6s3/6cMTQuxvgRl3PCJiyaX9p6b155UU=
 github.com/spf13/cobra v0.0.3/go.mod h1:1l0Ry5zgKvJasoi3XT1TypsSe7PqH0Sj9dhYf7v3XqQ=
-github.com/spf13/cobra v1.5.0 h1:X+jTBEBqF0bHN+9cSMgmfuvv2VHJ9ezmFNf9Y/XstYU=
 github.com/spf13/cobra v1.5.0/go.mod h1:dWXEIy2H428czQCjInthrTRUg7yKbok+2Qi/yBIJoUM=
 github.com/spf13/jwalterweatherman v1.1.0 h1:ue6voC5bR5F8YxI5S67j9i582FU4Qvo2bmqnqMYADFk=
 github.com/spf13/jwalterweatherman v1.1.0/go.mod h1:aNWZUN0dPAAO/Ljvb5BEdw96iTZ0EXowPYD95IqWIGo=
 github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.1/go.mod h1:DYY7MBk1bdzusC3SYhjObp+wFpr4gzcvqqNjLnInEg4=
-github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5 h1:iy+VFUOCP1a+8yFto/drg2CJ5u0yRoB7fZw3DKv/JXA=
 github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5/go.mod h1:McXfInJRrz4CZXVZOBLb0bTZqETkiAhM9Iw0y3An2Bg=
-github.com/spf13/viper v1.12.0 h1:CZ7eSOd3kZoaYDLbXnmzgQI5RlciuXBMA+18HwHRfZQ=
 github.com/spf13/viper v1.12.0/go.mod h1:b6COn30jlNxbm/V2IqWiNWkJ+vZNiMNksliPCiuKtSI=
 github.com/streadway/amqp v0.0.0-20190404075320-75d898a42a94/go.mod h1:AZpEONHx3DKn8O/DFsRAY58/XVQiIPMTMB1SddzLXVw=
 github.com/streadway/amqp v0.0.0-20190827072141-edfb9018d271/go.mod h1:AZpEONHx3DKn8O/DFsRAY58/XVQiIPMTMB1SddzLXVw=
@@ -595,7 +582,6 @@ github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.2/go.mod h1:R6va5+xMeoiuVRoj+gSkQ7d3FALtqAAGI1F
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.0 h1:pSgiaMZlXftHpm5L7V1+rVB+AZJydKsMxsQBIJw4PKk=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.0/go.mod h1:yNjHg4UonilssWZ8iaSj1OCr/vHnekPRkoO+kdMU+MU=
 github.com/subosito/gotenv v1.3.0/go.mod h1:YzJjq/33h7nrwdY+iHMhEOEEbW0ovIz0tB6t6PwAXzs=
-github.com/subosito/gotenv v1.4.0 h1:yAzM1+SmVcz5R4tXGsNMu1jUl2aOJXoiWUCEwwnGrvs=
 github.com/subosito/gotenv v1.4.0/go.mod h1:mZd6rFysKEcUhUHXJk0C/08wAgyDBFuwEYL7vWWGaGo=
 github.com/tmc/grpc-websocket-proxy v0.0.0-20170815181823-89b8d40f7ca8/go.mod h1:ncp9v5uamzpCO7NfCPTXjqaC+bZgJeR0sMTm6dMHP7U=
 github.com/ttacon/builder v0.0.0-20170518171403-c099f663e1c2 h1:5u+EJUQiosu3JFX0XS0qTf5FznsMOzTjGqavBGuCbo0=
@@ -630,10 +616,6 @@ github.com/zeebo/pcg v1.0.1 h1:lyqfGeWiv4ahac6ttHs+I5hwtH/+1mrhlCtVNQM2kHo=
 github.com/zeebo/pcg v1.0.1/go.mod h1:09F0S9iiKrwn9rlI5yjLkmrug154/YRW6KnnXVDM/l4=
 gitlab.com/elixxir/bloomfilter v0.0.0-20211222005329-7d931ceead6f h1:yXGvNBqzZwAhDYlSnxPRbgor6JWoOt1Z7s3z1O9JR40=
 gitlab.com/elixxir/bloomfilter v0.0.0-20211222005329-7d931ceead6f/go.mod h1:H6jztdm0k+wEV2QGK/KYA+MY9nj9Zzatux/qIvDDv3k=
-gitlab.com/elixxir/client v1.5.1-0.20221020212317-63030831a467 h1:aUP4LS7/FHQ8pE3nNVOVWXdCR05oZ0TSfLvI86x07to=
-gitlab.com/elixxir/client v1.5.1-0.20221020212317-63030831a467/go.mod h1:/j/GbuxAVfR5cqLqYAq5s8IgafpyHVO63efwh/Xob4w=
-gitlab.com/elixxir/client v1.5.1-0.20221020212832-7c6321933f9e h1:eJHgKw9BjR0odoma5l42/Q+4/Dpoi0w5BK+CKf9/rrA=
-gitlab.com/elixxir/client v1.5.1-0.20221020212832-7c6321933f9e/go.mod h1:/j/GbuxAVfR5cqLqYAq5s8IgafpyHVO63efwh/Xob4w=
 gitlab.com/elixxir/client v1.5.1-0.20221020213942-c3ae5e65fada h1:hlMG3/klZAuQlHBFs3oFjFFsWArUuYYGLbRUIbHJumA=
 gitlab.com/elixxir/client v1.5.1-0.20221020213942-c3ae5e65fada/go.mod h1:/j/GbuxAVfR5cqLqYAq5s8IgafpyHVO63efwh/Xob4w=
 gitlab.com/elixxir/comms v0.0.4-0.20221017173926-4eaa6061dfaa h1:/FEpu0N0rAyq74FkvO3uY8BcQoWLSbVPhj/s5QfscZw=
@@ -1226,7 +1208,6 @@ gopkg.in/errgo.v2 v2.1.0/go.mod h1:hNsd1EY+bozCKY1Ytp96fpM3vjJbqLJn88ws8XvfDNI=
 gopkg.in/fsnotify.v1 v1.4.7/go.mod h1:Tz8NjZHkW78fSQdbUxIjBTcgA1z1m8ZHf0WmKUhAMys=
 gopkg.in/gcfg.v1 v1.2.3/go.mod h1:yesOnuUOFQAhST5vPY4nbZsb/huCgGGXlipJsBn0b3o=
 gopkg.in/ini.v1 v1.66.4/go.mod h1:pNLf8WUiyNEtQjuu5G5vTm06TEv9tsIgeAvK8hOrP4k=
-gopkg.in/ini.v1 v1.66.6 h1:LATuAqN/shcYAOkv3wl2L4rkaKqkcgTBQjOyYDvcPKI=
 gopkg.in/ini.v1 v1.66.6/go.mod h1:pNLf8WUiyNEtQjuu5G5vTm06TEv9tsIgeAvK8hOrP4k=
 gopkg.in/resty.v1 v1.12.0/go.mod h1:mDo4pnntr5jdWRML875a/NmxYqAlA73dVijT2AXvQQo=
 gopkg.in/tomb.v1 v1.0.0-20141024135613-dd632973f1e7/go.mod h1:dt/ZhP58zS4L8KSrWDmTeBkI65Dw0HsyUHuEVlX15mw=
diff --git a/utils/localStorage.go b/utils/localStorage.go
index 11b49c82f23ebeddafaaed17905ef5e52b07ef48..b0bd76be067b850043c69733f58770957e9d695c 100644
--- a/utils/localStorage.go
+++ b/utils/localStorage.go
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import (
 
 // LocalStorage contains the js.Value representation of localStorage.
 type LocalStorage struct {
+	// The Javascript value containing the localStorage object
 	v js.Value
 }
 
@@ -41,8 +42,8 @@ func GetLocalStorage() *LocalStorage {
 //    https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/webstorage.html#dom-storage-getitem-dev
 //  - Documentation:
 //    https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Storage/getItem
-func (s *LocalStorage) GetItem(keyName string) ([]byte, error) {
-	keyValue := s.v.Call("getItem", keyName)
+func (ls *LocalStorage) GetItem(keyName string) ([]byte, error) {
+	keyValue := ls.getItem(keyName)
 	if keyValue.IsNull() {
 		return nil, os.ErrNotExist
 	}
@@ -62,9 +63,9 @@ func (s *LocalStorage) GetItem(keyName string) ([]byte, error) {
 //    https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/webstorage.html#dom-storage-setitem-dev
 //  - Documentation:
 //    https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Storage/setItem
-func (s *LocalStorage) SetItem(keyName string, keyValue []byte) {
+func (ls *LocalStorage) SetItem(keyName string, keyValue []byte) {
 	encodedKeyValue := base64.StdEncoding.EncodeToString(keyValue)
-	s.v.Call("setItem", keyName, encodedKeyValue)
+	ls.setItem(keyName, encodedKeyValue)
 }
 
 // RemoveItem removes a key's value from local storage given its name. If there
@@ -75,8 +76,8 @@ func (s *LocalStorage) SetItem(keyName string, keyValue []byte) {
 //    https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/webstorage.html#dom-storage-removeitem-dev
 //  - Documentation:
 //    https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Storage/removeItem
-func (s *LocalStorage) RemoveItem(keyName string) {
-	s.v.Call("removeItem", keyName)
+func (ls *LocalStorage) RemoveItem(keyName string) {
+	ls.removeItem(keyName)
 }
 
 // Clear clears all the keys in storage. Underneath, it calls
@@ -86,8 +87,8 @@ func (s *LocalStorage) RemoveItem(keyName string) {
 //    https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/webstorage.html#dom-storage-clear-dev
 //  - Documentation:
 //    https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Storage/clear
-func (s *LocalStorage) Clear() {
-	s.v.Call("clear")
+func (ls *LocalStorage) Clear() {
+	ls.clear()
 }
 
 // Key returns the name of the nth key in localStorage. Return os.ErrNotExist if
@@ -99,8 +100,8 @@ func (s *LocalStorage) Clear() {
 //    https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/webstorage.html#dom-storage-key-dev
 //  - Documentation:
 //    https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Storage/key
-func (s *LocalStorage) Key(n int) (string, error) {
-	keyName := s.v.Call("key", n)
+func (ls *LocalStorage) Key(n int) (string, error) {
+	keyName := ls.key(n)
 	if keyName.IsNull() {
 		return "", os.ErrNotExist
 	}
@@ -115,6 +116,14 @@ func (s *LocalStorage) Key(n int) (string, error) {
 //    https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/webstorage.html#dom-storage-key-dev
 //  - Documentation:
 //    https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Storage/length
-func (s *LocalStorage) Length() int {
-	return s.v.Get("length").Int()
+func (ls *LocalStorage) Length() int {
+	return ls.length().Int()
 }
+
+// Wrappers for Javascript Storage methods and properties.
+func (ls *LocalStorage) getItem(keyName string) js.Value  { return ls.v.Call("getItem", keyName) }
+func (ls *LocalStorage) setItem(keyName, keyValue string) { ls.v.Call("setItem", keyName, keyValue) }
+func (ls *LocalStorage) removeItem(keyName string)        { ls.v.Call("removeItem", keyName) }
+func (ls *LocalStorage) clear()                           { ls.v.Call("clear") }
+func (ls *LocalStorage) key(n int) js.Value               { return ls.v.Call("key", n) }
+func (ls *LocalStorage) length() js.Value                 { return ls.v.Get("length") }
diff --git a/utils/localStorage_test.go b/utils/localStorage_test.go
index 953872cd03ecb20f3ac0338efc16409bf20fbf09..e102a1052c5c22042c1b5f5dc6c0c352855147a7 100644
--- a/utils/localStorage_test.go
+++ b/utils/localStorage_test.go
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ func TestLocalStorage_Clear(t *testing.T) {
 // Tests that LocalStorage.Key return all added keys when looping through all
 // indexes.
 func TestLocalStorage_Key(t *testing.T) {
-	jsStorage.v.Call("clear")
+	jsStorage.clear()
 	values := map[string][]byte{
 		"key1": []byte("key value"),
 		"key2": {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9},
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ func TestLocalStorage_Key(t *testing.T) {
 // Tests that LocalStorage.Key returns the error os.ErrNotExist when the index
 // is greater than or equal to the number of keys.
 func TestLocalStorage_Key_NotExistError(t *testing.T) {
-	jsStorage.v.Call("clear")
+	jsStorage.clear()
 	jsStorage.SetItem("key", []byte("value"))
 
 	_, err := jsStorage.Key(1)
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ func TestLocalStorage_Key_NotExistError(t *testing.T) {
 // Tests that LocalStorage.Length returns the correct Length when adding and
 // removing various keys.
 func TestLocalStorage_Length(t *testing.T) {
-	jsStorage.v.Call("clear")
+	jsStorage.clear()
 	values := map[string][]byte{
 		"key1": []byte("key value"),
 		"key2": {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9},