diff --git a/codex/codex.nim b/codex/codex.nim
index f5d8f5ac..fd36451d 100644
--- a/codex/codex.nim
+++ b/codex/codex.nim
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ import ./utils/addrutils
 import ./namespaces
 import ./codextypes
 import ./logutils
+import ../leveldb/leveldbds
 
 logScope:
   topics = "codex node"
@@ -232,7 +233,7 @@ proc new*(
 
   let
     discoveryStore = Datastore(
-      SQLiteDatastore.new(config.dataDir / CodexDhtProvidersNamespace)
+      LevelDbDatastore.new(config.dataDir / CodexDhtProvidersNamespace)
       .expect("Should create discovery datastore!"))
 
     discovery = Discovery.new(
@@ -249,11 +250,10 @@ proc new*(
     repoData = case config.repoKind
                 of repoFS: Datastore(FSDatastore.new($config.dataDir, depth = 5)
                   .expect("Should create repo file data store!"))
-                of repoSQLite: Datastore(SQLiteDatastore.new($config.dataDir)
+                of repoSQLite: Datastore(LevelDbDatastore.new($config.dataDir)
                   .expect("Should create repo SQLite data store!"))
 
-    metadataStore = Datastore(FSDatastore.new($config.metaDir, depth = 5)
-      .expect("Should create repo metadata store!"))
+    metadataStore = Datastore(LevelDbDatastore.new($(config.metaDir / "leveldb.ds")).expect("Should create metadata store!"))
 
     repoStore = RepoStore.new(
       repoDs = repoData,
diff --git a/leveldb/leveldbds.nim b/leveldb/leveldbds.nim
index 35a7e99e..7323b7e2 100644
--- a/leveldb/leveldbds.nim
+++ b/leveldb/leveldbds.nim
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import std/options
 import std/tables
 
+import pkg/chronicles
 import pkg/chronos
 import pkg/questionable
 import pkg/questionable/results
@@ -14,6 +15,9 @@ import ./src/leveldb
 
 push: {.upraises: [].}
 
+logScope:
+  topics = "LevelDB"
+
 type
   LevelDbDatastore* = ref object of Datastore
     db: LevelDb
@@ -49,16 +53,18 @@ method delete*(self: Datastore, keys: seq[Key]): Future[?!void] {.async, locks:
   return success()
 
 method get*(self: LevelDbDatastore, key: Key): Future[?!seq[byte]] {.async, locks: "unknown".} =
+  trace "Get", key
   try:
     let str = self.db.get($key)
     if not str.isSome:
-      return failure("LevelDbDatastore.get: key not found " & $key)
+      return failure(newException(DatastoreKeyNotFound, "LevelDbDatastore.get: key not found " & $key))
     let bytes = toByteSeq(str.get())
     return success(bytes)
   except LevelDbException as e:
     return failure("LevelDbDatastore.get exception: " & $e.msg)
 
 method put*(self: LevelDbDatastore, key: Key, data: seq[byte]): Future[?!void] {.async, locks: "unknown".} =
+  trace "Put", key
   try:
     let str = toString(data)
     self.db.put($key, str)
@@ -174,6 +180,8 @@ method modify*(
 proc new*(
   T: type LevelDbDatastore, dbName: string): ?!T =
   try:
+    trace "Opening LevelDB", dbName
+
     let db = leveldb.open(dbName)
 
     success T(
@@ -181,4 +189,5 @@ proc new*(
       locks: newTable[Key, AsyncLock]()
     )
   except LevelDbException:
+    error "That didn't work"
     return failure("exception open")