It will if you do [this](https://github.com/yaronyg/thali/blob/master/Production/Utilities/DotNetUtilities/DotNetUtilities/ChromeExtension/xmlhttprequesttothali.js#L439).

BTW I actually sent an email to the pouchDB group explaining how all this works last night (to help anyone else who tries to do the same thing) but I haven't seen it posted it.