diff --git a/extra/store/store.factor b/extra/store/store.factor
index 38c1d3a906..639b6d3fab 100644
--- a/extra/store/store.factor
+++ b/extra/store/store.factor
@@ -8,30 +8,26 @@ TUPLE: store path data ;
 C: <store> store
 
 : save-store ( store -- )
-    [ store-data ] keep store-path <file-writer> [
-        [
-            dup
-            [ >r drop [ get ] keep r> set-at ] curry assoc-each
-        ] keep serialize
-    ] with-stream ;
+    get-global dup store-data swap store-path
+    <file-writer> [ serialize ] with-stream ;
 
 : load-store ( path -- store )
     dup exists? [
-        dup <file-reader> [
-            deserialize
-        ] with-stream
+        dup <file-reader> [ deserialize ] with-stream
     ] [
         H{ } clone
     ] if <store> ;
 
-: store-variable ( default variable store -- )
-    store-data 2dup at* [
-        rot set-global 2drop
-    ] [
-        drop >r 2dup set-global r> set-at
-    ] if ;
-
 : define-store ( path id -- )
     over >r
     [ >r resource-path load-store r> set-global ] 2curry
     r> add-init-hook ;
+
+: get-persistent ( key store -- value )
+    get-global store-data at ;
+
+: set-persistent ( value key store -- )
+    get-global [ store-data set-at ] keep save-store ;
+
+: init-persistent ( value key store -- )
+    2dup get-persistent [ 3drop ] [ set-persistent ] if ;
diff --git a/extra/webapps/pastebin/pastebin.factor b/extra/webapps/pastebin/pastebin.factor
index d49863b12a..7ea98b8ba1 100755
--- a/extra/webapps/pastebin/pastebin.factor
+++ b/extra/webapps/pastebin/pastebin.factor
@@ -10,9 +10,9 @@ TUPLE: pastebin pastes ;
 
 ! Persistence
 SYMBOL: store
+
 "pastebin.store" store define-store
-<pastebin> pastebin store get store-variable
-: save-pastebin-store ( -- ) store get-global save-store ;
+<pastebin> pastebin store init-persistent
 
 TUPLE: paste
 summary author channel mode contents date
@@ -25,8 +25,11 @@ TUPLE: annotation summary author mode contents ;
 
 C: <annotation> annotation
 
+: get-pastebin ( -- pastebin )
+    pastebin store get-persistent ;
+
 : get-paste ( n -- paste )
-    pastebin get pastebin-pastes nth ;
+    get-pastebin pastebin-pastes nth ;
 
 : show-paste ( n -- )
     serving-html
@@ -46,7 +49,7 @@ C: <annotation> annotation
     [
         [ show-paste ] "show-paste-quot" set
         [ new-paste ] "new-paste-quot" set
-        pastebin get "paste-list" render-component
+        get-pastebin "paste-list" render-component
     ] with-html-stream ;
 
 \ paste-list { } define-action
@@ -55,7 +58,7 @@ C: <annotation> annotation
     paste-n number>string [ show-paste ] curry quot-link ;
 
 : paste-feed ( -- entries )
-    pastebin get pastebin-pastes [
+    get-pastebin pastebin-pastes [
         {
             paste-summary
             paste-link
@@ -77,8 +80,8 @@ C: <annotation> annotation
 
 : submit-paste ( summary author channel mode contents -- )
     <paste> [
-        \ pastebin get-global add-paste
-        save-pastebin-store
+        pastebin store get-persistent add-paste
+        store save-store
     ] keep paste-link permanent-redirect ;
 
 \ submit-paste {
@@ -92,7 +95,7 @@ C: <annotation> annotation
 : annotate-paste ( n summary author mode contents -- )
     <annotation> swap get-paste
     paste-annotations push
-    save-pastebin-store ;
+    store save-store ;
 
 \ annotate-paste {
     { "n" v-required v-number }