diff --git a/spec/indexeddb_spec.js b/spec/indexeddb_spec.js
index c016835..6148de7 100644
--- a/spec/indexeddb_spec.js
+++ b/spec/indexeddb_spec.js
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 import { SlopDB, CheckCache } from "../scripts/indexed-db.js"
 import { openDB, deleteDB } from "../scripts/idb/index.js"
 
+const MAX_TIMESTAMP_DIFFERENCE = 3
+
 describe("sanity check", () => {
     it("works", () => {
         expect(true).toBeTrue()
@@ -58,13 +60,16 @@ describe("SlopDB", () => {
 
             const slop_url = new URL("https://sloppy-slop.com/sloparticle")
 
-            await cache.store(slop_url.host)
+            await cache.store(slop_url.toString())
             const store_time = Date.now()
-            const cached_item = cache.get(slop_url.host)
+            const cached_item = await cache.get(slop_url.toString())
 
-            expect(cached_item.url).toEqual(slop_url)
-            expect(cached_item.check_timestamp).toBeCloseTo(store_time)
+            expect(cached_item.url).toEqual(slop_url.toString())
+            expect(cached_item.check_timestamp).toBeLessThanOrEqual(store_time)
+            expect(cached_item.check_timestamp).toBeGreaterThan(store_time - MAX_TIMESTAMP_DIFFERENCE)
         })
+
+        it("updates a cached url's timestamp when it is accessed")
     })
 
 
diff --git a/src/indexed-db.ts b/src/indexed-db.ts
index 0be8506..283d642 100644
--- a/src/indexed-db.ts
+++ b/src/indexed-db.ts
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ export class CheckCache {
         this.cache_capacity = max_entries
     }
 
-    cache_item_factory(url: URL) {
+    cache_item_factory(url: string) {
         return {
             url: url,
             check_timestamp: Date.now()
@@ -53,11 +53,12 @@ export class CheckCache {
 
     async store(url: string) {
         const cache_store = this.slopdb.db.transaction(CheckCache.cache_objectstore_name, "readwrite").objectStore(CheckCache.cache_objectstore_name)
-        await cache_store.add(this.cache_item_factory(new URL(url)))
+        await cache_store.add(this.cache_item_factory(url))
     }
 
-    get(url: URL) {
-        return url
+    async get(url: string) {
+        const cache_store = this.slopdb.db.transaction(CheckCache.cache_objectstore_name, "readwrite").objectStore(CheckCache.cache_objectstore_name)
+        return cache_store.get(url)
     }
 
     // async evict_least_recently_checked(count: number) {
@@ -102,7 +103,7 @@ export class SlopDB {
                 db.createObjectStore("slop", { keyPath: "domain" })
                 break
             case 2:
-                db.createObjectStore("checkcache", { keyPath: "domain" })
+                db.createObjectStore("checkcache", { keyPath: "url" })
                 break
         }
     }