diff --git a/store/disk.go b/store/disk.go
index 2a11e8e..2d8f435 100644
--- a/store/disk.go
+++ b/store/disk.go
@@ -117,8 +117,13 @@ func (d *DiskStore) Delete(hash string) error {
 	return errors.Err(err)
 }
 
-// list returns a slice of blobs that already exist in the blobDir
+// list returns the hashes of blobs that already exist in the blobDir
 func (d *DiskStore) list() ([]string, error) {
+	err := d.initOnce()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
 	dirs, err := afero.ReadDir(d.fs, d.blobDir)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
diff --git a/store/lru_test.go b/store/lru_test.go
index 5b41220..9a2a94a 100644
--- a/store/lru_test.go
+++ b/store/lru_test.go
@@ -119,3 +119,23 @@ func TestLRUStore_UnderlyingBlobMissing(t *testing.T) {
 	// lru.Get() removes hash if underlying store doesn't have it
 	assert.False(t, lru.lru.Contains(hash))
 }
+
+func TestLRUStore_loadExisting(t *testing.T) {
+	d := NewDiskStore("/", 2)
+	d.fs = afero.NewMemMapFs()
+
+	hash := "hash"
+	b := []byte("this is a blob of stuff")
+	err := d.Put(hash, b)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	existing, err := d.list()
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.Equal(t, 1, len(existing), "blob should exist in cache")
+	assert.Equal(t, hash, existing[0])
+
+	lru := NewLRUStore(d, 3) // lru should load existing blobs when it's created
+	has, err := lru.Has(hash)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.True(t, has, "hash should be loaded from disk store but it's not")
+}