diff --git a/php/src/db/CapacitorChannel.php b/php/src/db/CapacitorChannel.php
index fa1fce6..0c2b370 100644
--- a/php/src/db/CapacitorChannel.php
+++ b/php/src/db/CapacitorChannel.php
@@ -414,6 +414,11 @@ class CapacitorChannel implements ITransactor {
     return $this;
   }
 
+  function initStorage(CapacitorStorage $storage): self {
+    new Capacitor($storage, $this);
+    return $this;
+  }
+
   function willUpdate(...$transactors): ITransactor {
     return $this->capacitor->willUpdate(...$transactors);
   }