diff --git a/bindings/javascript/sync/src/generator.rs b/bindings/javascript/sync/src/generator.rs
index b5208cd15..446543049 100644
--- a/bindings/javascript/sync/src/generator.rs
+++ b/bindings/javascript/sync/src/generator.rs
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ pub enum GeneratorResponse {
         operations: i64,
         main_wal: i64,
         revert_wal: i64,
-        last_pull_unix_time: i64,
+        last_pull_unix_time: Option<i64>,
         last_push_unix_time: Option<i64>,
         revision: Option<String>,
     },
diff --git a/bindings/javascript/sync/src/lib.rs b/bindings/javascript/sync/src/lib.rs
index 5e97c9d9b..332f68c0c 100644
--- a/bindings/javascript/sync/src/lib.rs
+++ b/bindings/javascript/sync/src/lib.rs
@@ -24,13 +24,7 @@ use crate::{
 
 #[napi]
 pub struct SyncEngine {
-    path: String,
-    client_name: String,
-    wal_pull_batch_size: u32,
-    long_poll_timeout: Option<std::time::Duration>,
-    protocol_version: DatabaseSyncEngineProtocolVersion,
-    tables_ignore: Vec<String>,
-    use_transform: bool,
+    opts: SyncEngineOptsFilled,
     io: Option<Arc<dyn turso_core::IO>>,
     protocol: Option<Arc<JsProtocolIo>>,
     sync_engine: Arc<RwLock<Option<DatabaseSyncEngine<JsProtocolIo>>>>,
@@ -123,6 +117,49 @@ pub struct SyncEngineOpts {
     pub tables_ignore: Option<Vec<String>>,
     pub use_transform: bool,
     pub protocol_version: Option<SyncEngineProtocolVersion>,
+    pub bootstrap_if_empty: bool,
+    pub remote_encryption: Option<String>,
+}
+
+struct SyncEngineOptsFilled {
+    pub path: String,
+    pub client_name: String,
+    pub wal_pull_batch_size: u32,
+    pub long_poll_timeout: Option<std::time::Duration>,
+    pub tables_ignore: Vec<String>,
+    pub use_transform: bool,
+    pub protocol_version: DatabaseSyncEngineProtocolVersion,
+    pub bootstrap_if_empty: bool,
+    pub remote_encryption: Option<CipherMode>,
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy)]
+enum CipherMode {
+    Aes256Gcm = 1,
+    Aes128Gcm = 2,
+    ChaCha20Poly1305 = 3,
+    Aegis256 = 4,
+}
+
+impl CipherMode {
+    /// Returns the nonce size for this cipher mode.
+    pub fn required_nonce_size(&self) -> usize {
+        match self {
+            CipherMode::Aes256Gcm | CipherMode::Aes128Gcm | CipherMode::ChaCha20Poly1305 => 12,
+            CipherMode::Aegis256 => 32,
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Returns the tag size for this cipher mode.
+    pub fn required_tag_size(&self) -> usize {
+        // All supported ciphers use 16-byte tags
+        16
+    }
+
+    /// Returns the total metadata size (nonce + tag) for this cipher mode.
+    fn required_metadata_size(&self) -> usize {
+        self.required_nonce_size() + self.required_tag_size()
+    }
 }
 
 #[napi]
@@ -158,7 +195,7 @@ impl SyncEngine {
                 tracing: opts.tracing.clone(),
             }),
         )?));
-        Ok(SyncEngine {
+        let opts_filled = SyncEngineOptsFilled {
             path: opts.path,
             client_name: opts.client_name.unwrap_or("turso-sync-js".to_string()),
             wal_pull_batch_size: opts.wal_pull_batch_size.unwrap_or(100),
@@ -167,37 +204,61 @@ impl SyncEngine {
                 .map(|x| std::time::Duration::from_millis(x as u64)),
             tables_ignore: opts.tables_ignore.unwrap_or_default(),
             use_transform: opts.use_transform,
-            #[allow(clippy::arc_with_non_send_sync)]
-            sync_engine: Arc::new(RwLock::new(None)),
-            io: Some(io),
-            protocol: Some(Arc::new(JsProtocolIo::default())),
-            #[allow(clippy::arc_with_non_send_sync)]
-            db,
             protocol_version: match opts.protocol_version {
                 Some(SyncEngineProtocolVersion::Legacy) | None => {
                     DatabaseSyncEngineProtocolVersion::Legacy
                 }
                 _ => DatabaseSyncEngineProtocolVersion::V1,
             },
+            bootstrap_if_empty: opts.bootstrap_if_empty,
+            remote_encryption: match opts.remote_encryption.as_deref() {
+                Some("aes256gcm") => Some(CipherMode::Aes256Gcm),
+                Some("aes128gcm") => Some(CipherMode::Aes128Gcm),
+                Some("chacha20poly1305") => Some(CipherMode::ChaCha20Poly1305),
+                Some("aegis256") => Some(CipherMode::Aegis256),
+                None => None,
+                _ => {
+                    return Err(napi::Error::new(
+                        napi::Status::GenericFailure,
+                        "unsupported remote cipher",
+                    ))
+                }
+            },
+        };
+        Ok(SyncEngine {
+            opts: opts_filled,
+            #[allow(clippy::arc_with_non_send_sync)]
+            sync_engine: Arc::new(RwLock::new(None)),
+            io: Some(io),
+            protocol: Some(Arc::new(JsProtocolIo::default())),
+            #[allow(clippy::arc_with_non_send_sync)]
+            db,
         })
     }
 
     #[napi]
     pub fn connect(&mut self) -> napi::Result<GeneratorHolder> {
         let opts = DatabaseSyncEngineOpts {
-            client_name: self.client_name.clone(),
-            wal_pull_batch_size: self.wal_pull_batch_size as u64,
-            long_poll_timeout: self.long_poll_timeout,
-            tables_ignore: self.tables_ignore.clone(),
-            use_transform: self.use_transform,
-            protocol_version_hint: self.protocol_version,
+            client_name: self.opts.client_name.clone(),
+            wal_pull_batch_size: self.opts.wal_pull_batch_size as u64,
+            long_poll_timeout: self.opts.long_poll_timeout,
+            tables_ignore: self.opts.tables_ignore.clone(),
+            use_transform: self.opts.use_transform,
+            protocol_version_hint: self.opts.protocol_version,
+            bootstrap_if_empty: self.opts.bootstrap_if_empty,
+            reserved_bytes: self
+                .opts
+                .remote_encryption
+                .clone()
+                .map(|x| x.required_metadata_size())
+                .unwrap_or(0),
         };
 
         let io = self.io()?;
         let protocol = self.protocol()?;
         let sync_engine = self.sync_engine.clone();
         let db = self.db.clone();
-        let path = self.path.clone();
+        let path = self.opts.path.clone();
         let generator = genawaiter::sync::Gen::new(|coro| async move {
             let coro = Coro::new((), coro);
             let initialized =