diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 2292653c..2ad2feb0 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # WIP
 
 - Stable sorting of sequences of various types #470
+- Correctly restore `:max-tx` from storage
 
 # 1.6.5 - May 3, 2024
 
diff --git a/src/datascript/storage.clj b/src/datascript/storage.clj
index 5e7ece7f..b4b28258 100644
--- a/src/datascript/storage.clj
+++ b/src/datascript/storage.clj
@@ -152,7 +152,11 @@
 (defn db-with-tail [db tail]
   (reduce
     (fn [db datoms]
-      (reduce db/with-datom db datoms))
+      (if (empty? datoms)
+        db
+        (as-> db %
+          (reduce db/with-datom % datoms)
+          (assoc % :max-tx (:tx (first datoms))))))
     db tail))
 
 (defn restore
diff --git a/test/datascript/test/storage.clj b/test/datascript/test/storage.clj
index b53561c0..1c4cdb40 100644
--- a/test/datascript/test/storage.clj
+++ b/test/datascript/test/storage.clj
@@ -272,6 +272,8 @@
     ;; restore conn with tail
     (let [conn' (d/restore-conn storage)]
       (is (= @conn @conn'))
+      (is (= (:max-eid @conn) (:max-eid @conn')))
+      (is (= (:max-tx @conn) (:max-tx @conn')))
       
       ;; transact keeps working on restored conn
       (d/transact! conn' [[:db/add 35 :name "Vera"]])