diff --git a/bzz/database.go b/bzz/database.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bd7e7e6d6a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bzz/database.go
@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+package bzz
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+
+	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common"
+	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/compression/rle"
+	"github.com/syndtr/goleveldb/leveldb"
+	"github.com/syndtr/goleveldb/leveldb/iterator"
+	"github.com/syndtr/goleveldb/leveldb/opt"
+)
+
+const openFileLimit = 128
+
+type LDBDatabase struct {
+	db   *leveldb.DB
+	comp bool
+}
+
+func NewLDBDatabase(file string) (*LDBDatabase, error) {
+	// Open the db
+	db, err := leveldb.OpenFile(file, &opt.Options{OpenFilesCacheCapacity: openFileLimit})
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	database := &LDBDatabase{db: db, comp: true}
+
+	return database, nil
+}
+
+func (self *LDBDatabase) Put(key []byte, value []byte) {
+	if self.comp {
+		value = rle.Compress(value)
+	}
+
+	err := self.db.Put(key, value, nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		fmt.Println("Error put", err)
+	}
+}
+
+func (self *LDBDatabase) Get(key []byte) ([]byte, error) {
+	dat, err := self.db.Get(key, nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	if self.comp {
+		return rle.Decompress(dat)
+	}
+
+	return dat, nil
+}
+
+func (self *LDBDatabase) Delete(key []byte) error {
+	return self.db.Delete(key, nil)
+}
+
+func (self *LDBDatabase) LastKnownTD() []byte {
+	data, _ := self.Get([]byte("LTD"))
+
+	if len(data) == 0 {
+		data = []byte{0x0}
+	}
+
+	return data
+}
+
+func (self *LDBDatabase) NewIterator() iterator.Iterator {
+	return self.db.NewIterator(nil, nil)
+}
+
+func (self *LDBDatabase) Write(batch *leveldb.Batch) error {
+	return self.db.Write(batch, nil)
+}
+
+func (self *LDBDatabase) Close() {
+	// Close the leveldb database
+	self.db.Close()
+}
+
+func (self *LDBDatabase) Print() {
+	iter := self.db.NewIterator(nil, nil)
+	for iter.Next() {
+		key := iter.Key()
+		value := iter.Value()
+
+		fmt.Printf("%x(%d): ", key, len(key))
+		node := common.NewValueFromBytes(value)
+		fmt.Printf("%v\n", node)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/bzz/dbstore.go b/bzz/dbstore.go
index e3325077e1..44d9760e37 100644
--- a/bzz/dbstore.go
+++ b/bzz/dbstore.go
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"sync"
 
-	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/ethdb"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/rlp"
 	"github.com/syndtr/goleveldb/leveldb"
 )
@@ -32,7 +31,7 @@ type gcItem struct {
 }
 
 type dbStore struct {
-	db *ethdb.LDBDatabase
+	db *LDBDatabase
 
 	// this should be stored in db, accessed transactionally
 	entryCnt, accessCnt, dataIdx, capacity uint64
@@ -381,7 +380,7 @@ func newDbStore(path string) (s *dbStore, err error) {
 
 	s = new(dbStore)
 
-	s.db, err = ethdb.NewLDBDatabase(path)
+	s.db, err = NewLDBDatabase(path)
 	if err != nil {
 		return
 	}