diff --git a/codex/conf.nim b/codex/conf.nim
index aedc4879..ed23d6c2 100644
--- a/codex/conf.nim
+++ b/codex/conf.nim
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ import pkg/ethers
 
 import ./discovery
 import ./stores
-import ./consts
+import ./stores/consts
 
 export DefaultCacheSizeMiB, net, DefaultQuotaBytes, DefaultBlockTtl, DefaultBlockMaintenanceInterval, DefaultNumberOfBlocksToMaintainPerInterval, RepoKind
 
diff --git a/codex/consts.nim b/codex/consts.nim
deleted file mode 100644
index c2b547ba..00000000
--- a/codex/consts.nim
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-
-type
-  RepoKind* = enum
-    repoFS = "fs"
-    repoSQLite = "sqlite"
-
-const
-  MiB* = 1024 * 1024
diff --git a/codex/stores/blockstoremanager.nim b/codex/stores/blockstoremanager.nim
index 62520176..936656e4 100644
--- a/codex/stores/blockstoremanager.nim
+++ b/codex/stores/blockstoremanager.nim
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import pkg/confutils
 import pkg/confutils/defs
 
 import ../namespaces
-import ../consts
+import ./consts
 import ./blockstore
 import ./repostore
 import ./cachestore
diff --git a/codex/stores/cachestore.nim b/codex/stores/cachestore.nim
index d7251520..59066af2 100644
--- a/codex/stores/cachestore.nim
+++ b/codex/stores/cachestore.nim
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import pkg/questionable
 import pkg/questionable/results
 
 import ./blockstore
-import ../consts
+import ./consts
 import ../chunker
 import ../manifest
 
@@ -35,10 +35,6 @@ type
     backingStore: BlockStore
     cache: LruCache[Cid, Block]
 
-const
-  DefaultCacheSizeMiB* = 5
-  DefaultCacheSize* = DefaultCacheSizeMiB * MiB
-
 method getBlock*(self: CacheStore, cid: Cid): Future[?!Block] {.async.} =
   if cid.isEmpty:
     trace "Empty block, ignoring"
diff --git a/codex/stores/consts.nim b/codex/stores/consts.nim
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..daec0aab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/codex/stores/consts.nim
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+import pkg/chronos
+
+type
+  RepoKind* = enum
+    repoFS = "fs"
+    repoSQLite = "sqlite"
+
+const
+  MiB* = 1024 * 1024
+  DefaultCacheSizeMiB* = 5
+  DefaultCacheSize* = DefaultCacheSizeMiB * MiB
+  DefaultBlockMaintenanceInterval* = 10.minutes
+  DefaultNumberOfBlocksToMaintainPerInterval* = 1000
+  DefaultMemoryStoreCapacityMiB* = 5
+  DefaultMemoryStoreCapacity* = DefaultMemoryStoreCapacityMiB * MiB
+  DefaultBlockTtl* = 24.hours
+  DefaultQuotaBytes* = 1'u shl 33'u # ~8GB
diff --git a/codex/stores/maintenance.nim b/codex/stores/maintenance.nim
index e12edb84..e30dca4a 100644
--- a/codex/stores/maintenance.nim
+++ b/codex/stores/maintenance.nim
@@ -20,10 +20,6 @@ import ../utils/timer
 import ../clock
 import ../systemclock
 
-const
-  DefaultBlockMaintenanceInterval* = 10.minutes
-  DefaultNumberOfBlocksToMaintainPerInterval* = 1000
-
 type
   BlockMaintainer* = ref object of RootObj
     repoStore: RepoStore
diff --git a/codex/stores/memorystore.nim b/codex/stores/memorystore.nim
index e42aa7ad..b89b36d6 100644
--- a/codex/stores/memorystore.nim
+++ b/codex/stores/memorystore.nim
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import pkg/questionable
 import pkg/questionable/results
 
 import ./blockstore
-import ../consts
+import ./consts
 import ../chunker
 import ../manifest
 
@@ -42,10 +42,6 @@ type
     table: Table[Cid, DoublyLinkedNode[MemoryStoreNode]]
     list: DoublyLinkedList[MemoryStoreNode]
 
-const
-  DefaultMemoryStoreCapacityMiB* = 5
-  DefaultMemoryStoreCapacity* = DefaultMemoryStoreCapacityMiB * MiB
-
 method getBlock*(self: MemoryStore, cid: Cid): Future[?!Block] {.async.} =
   trace "Getting block from cache", cid
   if cid.isEmpty:
diff --git a/codex/stores/repostore.nim b/codex/stores/repostore.nim
index bc2b3798..b59bc53a 100644
--- a/codex/stores/repostore.nim
+++ b/codex/stores/repostore.nim
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import pkg/stew/endians2
 
 import ./blockstore
 import ./keyutils
+import ./consts
 import ../blocktype
 import ../clock
 import ../systemclock
@@ -30,10 +31,6 @@ export blocktype, libp2p
 logScope:
   topics = "codex repostore"
 
-const
-  DefaultBlockTtl* = 24.hours
-  DefaultQuotaBytes* = 1'u shl 33'u # ~8GB
-
 type
   QuotaUsedError* = object of CodexError
   QuotaNotEnoughError* = object of CodexError
diff --git a/tests/codex/stores/testrepostore.nim b/tests/codex/stores/testrepostore.nim
index 49a4b892..0429e1da 100644
--- a/tests/codex/stores/testrepostore.nim
+++ b/tests/codex/stores/testrepostore.nim
@@ -11,9 +11,9 @@ import pkg/libp2p
 import pkg/stew/endians2
 import pkg/datastore
 
-import pkg/codex/stores/cachestore
 import pkg/codex/chunker
 import pkg/codex/stores
+import pkg/codex/stores/consts
 import pkg/codex/blocktype as bt
 import pkg/codex/clock