diff --git a/src/leveldb.nim b/src/leveldb.nim
index b51a657..efd1912 100644
--- a/src/leveldb.nim
+++ b/src/leveldb.nim
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import options, strutils, leveldb/raw
 
 type
   LevelDb* = ref object
+    path*: string
     db: ptr leveldb_t
     syncWriteOptions: ptr leveldb_writeoptions_t
     asyncWriteOptions: ptr leveldb_writeoptions_t
@@ -11,6 +12,10 @@ type
   LevelDbBatch* = ref object
     batch: ptr leveldb_writebatch_t
 
+  CompressionType* = enum
+    ctNoCompression = leveldb_no_compression,
+    ctSnappyCompression = leveldb_snappy_compression
+
   LevelDbException* = object of Exception
 
 const
@@ -42,11 +47,14 @@ proc close*(self: LevelDb) =
     self.cache = nil
   self.db = nil
 
-proc open*(path: string, cacheCapacity = 0): LevelDb =
+proc open*(path: string, create = true, reuse = true, paranoidChecks = true,
+    compressionType = ctSnappyCompression,
+    cacheCapacity = 0, blockSize = 4 * 1024, writeBufferSize = 4*1024*1024,
+    maxOpenFiles = 1000, maxFileSize = 2 * 1024 * 1024,
+    blockRestartInterval = 16): LevelDb =
   new(result, close)
 
   let options = leveldb_options_create()
-  leveldb_options_set_create_if_missing(options, levelDbTrue)
   defer: leveldb_options_destroy(options)
 
   result.syncWriteOptions = leveldb_writeoptions_create()
@@ -55,12 +63,34 @@ proc open*(path: string, cacheCapacity = 0): LevelDb =
   leveldb_writeoptions_set_sync(result.asyncWriteOptions, levelDbFalse)
   result.readOptions = leveldb_readoptions_create()
 
+  if create:
+    leveldb_options_set_create_if_missing(options, levelDbTrue)
+  else:
+    leveldb_options_set_create_if_missing(options, levelDbFalse)
+  if reuse:
+    leveldb_options_set_error_if_exists(options, levelDbFalse)
+  else:
+    leveldb_options_set_error_if_exists(options, levelDbTrue)
+  if paranoidChecks:
+    leveldb_options_set_paranoid_checks(options, levelDbTrue)
+  else:
+    leveldb_options_set_paranoid_checks(options, levelDbFalse)
+
+  leveldb_options_set_write_buffer_size(options, writeBufferSize)
+  leveldb_options_set_block_size(options, blockSize)
+  leveldb_options_set_max_open_files(options, cast[cint](maxOpenFiles))
+  leveldb_options_set_max_file_size(options, maxFileSize)
+  leveldb_options_set_block_restart_interval(options,
+                                             cast[cint](blockRestartInterval))
+  leveldb_options_set_compression(options, cast[cint](compressionType.ord))
+
   if cacheCapacity > 0:
     let cache = leveldb_cache_create_lru(cacheCapacity)
     leveldb_options_set_cache(options, cache)
     result.cache = cache
 
   var errPtr: cstring = nil
+  result.path = path
   result.db = leveldb_open(options, path, addr errPtr)
   checkError(errPtr)
 
@@ -189,10 +219,10 @@ proc removeDb*(name: string) =
   leveldb_destroy_db(options, name, addr err)
   checkError(err)
 
-proc repaireDb*(name: string) =
+proc repairDb*(name: string) =
   let options = leveldb_options_create()
-  leveldb_options_set_create_if_missing(options, 0)
-  leveldb_options_set_error_if_exists(options, 0)
+  leveldb_options_set_create_if_missing(options, levelDbFalse)
+  leveldb_options_set_error_if_exists(options, levelDbFalse)
   var errPtr: cstring = nil
   leveldb_repair_db(options, name, addr errPtr)
   checkError(errPtr)
@@ -322,4 +352,4 @@ when isMainModule:
     db.delete(key)
     db.close()
   elif args[0] == "repair":
-    repaireDb(dbPath)
+    repairDb(dbPath)
diff --git a/tests/test.nim b/tests/test.nim
index c1d79c6..44df169 100644
--- a/tests/test.nim
+++ b/tests/test.nim
@@ -77,6 +77,11 @@ suite "leveldb":
     db.put("z2\0", "ff\0")
     check(toSeq(db.iter()) == @[("\0z1", "\0ff"), ("z2\0", "ff\0")])
 
+  test "repair database":
+    initData(db)
+    db.close()
+    repairDb(dbName)
+
   test "batch":
     db.put("a", "1")
     db.put("b", "2")
@@ -107,5 +112,34 @@ suite "leveldb":
 
   test "open with cache":
     let ldb = leveldb.open(dbName & "-cache", cacheCapacity = 100000)
+    defer:
+      ldb.close()
+      removeDb(ldb.path)
     ldb.put("a", "1")
     check(toSeq(ldb.iter()) == @[("a", "1")])
+
+  test "open but no create":
+    expect LevelDbException:
+      let failed = leveldb.open(dbName & "-nocreate", create = false)
+      defer:
+        failed.close()
+        removeDb(failed.path)
+
+  test "open but no reuse":
+    let old = leveldb.open(dbName & "-noreuse", reuse = true)
+    defer:
+      old.close()
+      removeDb(old.path)
+
+    expect LevelDbException:
+      let failed = leveldb.open(old.path, reuse = false)
+      defer:
+        failed.close()
+        removeDb(failed.path)
+
+  test "no compress":
+    db.close()
+    let nc = leveldb.open(dbName, compressionType = ctNoCompression)
+    defer: nc.close()
+    nc.put("a", "1")
+    check(toSeq(nc.iter()) == @[("a", "1")])