diff --git a/bzz/database.go b/bzz/database.go
index 7510380326..3d422c9413 100644
--- a/bzz/database.go
+++ b/bzz/database.go
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ func NewLDBDatabase(file string) (*LDBDatabase, error) {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	database := &LDBDatabase{db: db, comp: true}
+	database := &LDBDatabase{db: db, comp: false}
 
 	return database, nil
 }
diff --git a/bzz/dpa_test.go b/bzz/dpa_test.go
index 39b9cea6ee..27ee86a1cc 100644
--- a/bzz/dpa_test.go
+++ b/bzz/dpa_test.go
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ import (
 const testDataSize = 0x1000000
 
 func TestDPArandom(t *testing.T) {
-	t.Skip("skip until fixed")
 	os.RemoveAll("/tmp/bzz")
 	dbStore, err := newDbStore("/tmp/bzz")
 	dbStore.setCapacity(50000)
@@ -70,7 +69,6 @@ func TestDPArandom(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestDPA_capacity(t *testing.T) {
-	t.Skip("skip until fixed")
 	os.RemoveAll("/tmp/bzz")
 	dbStore, err := newDbStore("/tmp/bzz")
 	if err != nil {