diff --git a/ionic/platform/storage/local-storage.ts b/ionic/platform/storage/local-storage.ts
index 454537d45c..5d9b2c8af9 100644
--- a/ionic/platform/storage/local-storage.ts
+++ b/ionic/platform/storage/local-storage.ts
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ import {StorageEngine} from './storage';
  * @see {@link /docs/v2/platform/storage/ Storage Platform Docs}
  */
 export class LocalStorage extends StorageEngine {
-  constructor() {
+  constructor(options={}) {
     super();
   }
 
diff --git a/ionic/platform/storage/storage.ts b/ionic/platform/storage/storage.ts
index 6ef19eaca5..abd6cc2e74 100644
--- a/ionic/platform/storage/storage.ts
+++ b/ionic/platform/storage/storage.ts
@@ -56,7 +56,6 @@ export interface IStorageEngine {
 */
 export class StorageEngine {
   constructor(options={}) {
-    throw Error("constructor(options={}) not implemented for this storage engine");
   }
   get(key, value) {
     throw Error("get() not implemented for this storage engine");