diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index a79970d..1a0ae08 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ jobs:
           curl -L "https://nim-lang.org/download/windeps.zip" -o external/windeps.zip
           7z x -y external/windeps.zip -o"${DLLPATH}"
           # ROCKSDB
-          curl -L "https://github.com/status-im/nimbus-deps/releases/download/nimbus-deps/nimbus-deps.zip" -o external/nimbus-deps.zip
+          curl -L "https://github.com/status-im/nimbus-deps/releases/download/rocksdb-9.1.0/nimbus-deps.zip" -o external/nimbus-deps.zip
           7z x -y external/nimbus-deps.zip
           cp -a "./${ROCKSDBSUB}/librocksdb.dll" "${DLLPATH}/librocksdb.dll"
 
diff --git a/config.nims b/config.nims
index 4850a6e..5a1c6a8 100644
--- a/config.nims
+++ b/config.nims
@@ -22,3 +22,6 @@ when defined(rocksdb_static_linking):
   switch("dynlibOverride", "rocksdb")
   switch("dynlibOverride", "lz4")
   switch("dynlibOverride", "zstd")
+
+--styleCheck:usages
+--styleCheck:error
diff --git a/rocksdb/columnfamily/cfopts.nim b/rocksdb/columnfamily/cfopts.nim
index 9a989eb..82c528e 100644
--- a/rocksdb/columnfamily/cfopts.nim
+++ b/rocksdb/columnfamily/cfopts.nim
@@ -50,6 +50,10 @@ proc defaultColFamilyOptions*(): ColFamilyOptionsRef =
 #   doAssert not cfOpts.isClosed()
 #   rocksdb_options_get_create_missing_column_families(cfOpts.cPtr).bool
 
+proc setWriteBufferSize*(dbOpts: ColFamilyOptionsRef, maxBufferSize: int) =
+  doAssert not dbOpts.isClosed()
+  rocksdb_options_set_write_buffer_size(dbOpts.cPtr, maxBufferSize.csize_t)
+
 proc close*(cfOpts: ColFamilyOptionsRef) =
   if not cfOpts.isClosed():
     rocksdb_options_destroy(cfOpts.cPtr)
diff --git a/rocksdb/lib/librocksdb.nim b/rocksdb/lib/librocksdb.nim
index 8850f73..308f62f 100644
--- a/rocksdb/lib/librocksdb.nim
+++ b/rocksdb/lib/librocksdb.nim
@@ -120,17 +120,17 @@ when defined(rocksdb_static_linking):
     topLevelPath = currentSourcePath.parentDir().parentDir().parentDir()
     libsDir = topLevelPath.replace('\\', '/') & "/build/lib"
 
-  {.passL: libsDir & "/librocksdb.a".}
-  {.passL: libsDir & "/liblz4.a".}
-  {.passL: libsDir & "/libzstd.a".}
+  {.passl: libsDir & "/librocksdb.a".}
+  {.passl: libsDir & "/liblz4.a".}
+  {.passl: libsDir & "/libzstd.a".}
 
   when defined(windows):
-    {.passL: "-lshlwapi -lrpcrt4".}
+    {.passl: "-lshlwapi -lrpcrt4".}
 
 else:
   when shouldUseNativeLinking():
     {.pragma: importrocks, importc, cdecl.}
-    {.passL: "-lrocksdb".}
+    {.passl: "-lrocksdb".}
   else:
     {.pragma: importrocks, importc, cdecl, dynlib: librocksdb.}
 
diff --git a/rocksdb/options/cache.nim b/rocksdb/options/cache.nim
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..93d7e57
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rocksdb/options/cache.nim
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+import
+  ../lib/librocksdb
+
+type
+  CachePtr* = ptr rocksdb_cache_t
+
+  CacheRef* = ref object
+    cPtr*: CachePtr
+
+proc cacheCreateLRU*(size: int): CacheRef =
+  CacheRef(cPtr: rocksdb_cache_create_lru(size.csize_t))
+
+proc close*(cache: CacheRef) =
+  if cache.cPtr != nil:
+    rocksdb_cache_destroy(cache.cPtr)
+    cache.cPtr = nil
diff --git a/rocksdb/options/dbopts.nim b/rocksdb/options/dbopts.nim
index 963a903..7fc9b57 100644
--- a/rocksdb/options/dbopts.nim
+++ b/rocksdb/options/dbopts.nim
@@ -11,7 +11,10 @@
 
 import
   std/cpuinfo,
-  ../lib/librocksdb
+  ../lib/librocksdb,
+  ./[cache, tableopts]
+
+export cache, tableopts
 
 type
   DbOptionsPtr* = ptr rocksdb_options_t
@@ -47,24 +50,58 @@ proc setCreateMissingColumnFamilies*(dbOpts: DbOptionsRef, flag: bool) =
   doAssert not dbOpts.isClosed()
   rocksdb_options_set_create_missing_column_families(dbOpts.cPtr, flag.uint8)
 
+proc setWriteBufferSize*(dbOpts: DbOptionsRef, maxBufferSize: int) =
+  doAssert not dbOpts.isClosed()
+  rocksdb_options_set_write_buffer_size(dbOpts.cPtr, maxBufferSize.csize_t)
+
+proc setRowCache*(dbOpts: DbOptionsRef, cache: CacheRef) =
+  doAssert not dbOpts.isClosed()
+  rocksdb_options_set_row_cache(dbOpts.cPtr, cache.cPtr)
+
+proc setMaxBackgroundJobs*(dbOpts: DbOptionsRef, jobs: int) =
+  doAssert not dbOpts.isClosed()
+  rocksdb_options_set_max_background_jobs(dbOpts.cPtr, jobs.cint)
+
+proc setBytesPerSync*(dbOpts: DbOptionsRef, bytes: int64) =
+  doAssert not dbOpts.isClosed()
+  rocksdb_options_set_bytes_per_sync(dbOpts.cPtr, bytes.csize_t)
+
+proc setBlockBasedTableFactory*(dbOpts: DbOptionsRef, tableOpts: TableOptionsRef) =
+  doAssert not dbOpts.isClosed()
+  rocksdb_options_set_block_based_table_factory(dbOpts.cPtr, tableOpts.cPtr)
+
+proc setTargetFileSizeBase*(dbOpts: DbOptionsRef, bytes: int64) =
+  doAssert not dbOpts.isClosed()
+  rocksdb_options_set_target_file_size_base(dbOpts.cPtr, bytes.csize_t)
+
+proc setMaxBytesForLevelBase*(dbOpts: DbOptionsRef, bytes: int64) =
+  doAssert not dbOpts.isClosed()
+  rocksdb_options_set_max_bytes_for_level_base(dbOpts.cPtr, bytes.csize_t)
+
+proc setMaxBytesForLevelMultiplier*(dbOpts: DbOptionsRef, multiplier: float) =
+  doAssert not dbOpts.isClosed()
+  rocksdb_options_set_max_bytes_for_level_multiplier(dbOpts.cPtr, multiplier.cdouble)
+
 proc defaultDbOptions*(): DbOptionsRef =
   let opts: DbOptionsRef = newDbOptions()
 
-  # rocksdb_options_set_compression(opts.cPtr, rocksdb_lz4_compression)
-  # rocksdb_options_set_bottommost_compression(opts.cPtr, rocksdb_zstd_compression)
-
   # Optimize RocksDB. This is the easiest way to get RocksDB to perform well:
   opts.setIncreaseParallelism(countProcessors())
-  # This requires snappy - disabled because rocksdb is not always compiled with
-  # snappy support (for example Fedora 28, certain Ubuntu versions)
-  # rocksdb_options_optimize_level_style_compaction(options, 0);
   opts.setCreateIfMissing(true)
+
   # default set to keep all files open (-1), allow setting it to a specific
   # value, e.g. in case the application limit would be reached.
   opts.setMaxOpenFiles(-1)
   # Enable creating column families if they do not exist
   opts.setCreateMissingColumnFamilies(true)
-  return opts
+
+  # Options recommended by rocksdb devs themselves, for new databases
+  # https://github.com/facebook/rocksdb/wiki/Setup-Options-and-Basic-Tuning#other-general-options
+
+  opts.setMaxBackgroundJobs(6)
+  opts.setBytesPerSync(1048576)
+
+  opts
 
 # TODO: These procs below will not work unless using the latest version of rocksdb
 # Currently, when installing librocksdb-dev on linux the RocksDb version used is 6.11.4
diff --git a/rocksdb/options/tableopts.nim b/rocksdb/options/tableopts.nim
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7811710
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rocksdb/options/tableopts.nim
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+import
+  ../lib/librocksdb,
+  ./cache
+
+type
+  # TODO might eventually wrap this
+  TableOptionsPtr* = ptr rocksdb_block_based_table_options_t
+
+  TableOptionsRef* = ref object
+    cPtr*: TableOptionsPtr
+
+proc createTableOptions*(): TableOptionsRef =
+  TableOptionsRef(cPtr: rocksdb_block_based_options_create())
+
+proc isClosed*(opts: TableOptionsRef): bool =
+  isNil(opts.cPtr)
+
+proc close*(opts: TableOptionsRef) =
+  if not isClosed(opts):
+    rocksdb_block_based_options_destroy(opts.cPtr)
+    opts.cPtr = nil
+
+# TODO there's _a lot_ of options to set - here we expose a select few..
+
+proc setBlockSize*(opts: TableOptionsRef, size: int) =
+  rocksdb_block_based_options_set_block_size(opts.cPtr, size.csize_t)
+
+proc setBlockCache*(opts: TableOptionsRef, cache: CacheRef) =
+  rocksdb_block_based_options_set_block_cache(opts.cPtr, cache.cPtr)
+
+proc setFormatVersion*(opts: TableOptionsRef, version: int) =
+  rocksdb_block_based_options_set_format_version(opts.cPtr, version.cint)
+
+proc setCacheIndexAndFilterBlocks*(opts: TableOptionsRef, value: bool) =
+  rocksdb_block_based_options_set_cache_index_and_filter_blocks(opts.cPtr, value.uint8)
+
+proc setPinL0FilterAndIndexBlocksInCache*(opts: TableOptionsRef, value: bool) =
+  rocksdb_block_based_options_set_pin_l0_filter_and_index_blocks_in_cache(opts.cPtr, value.uint8)
+
+proc defaultTableOptions*(): TableOptionsRef =
+  # https://github.com/facebook/rocksdb/wiki/Setup-Options-and-Basic-Tuning#other-general-options
+  let opts = createTableOptions()
+  opts.setBlockSize(16*1024)
+  opts.setCacheIndexAndFilterBlocks(true)
+  opts.setPinL0FilterAndIndexBlocksInCache(true)
+  opts.setFormatVersion(5)
+  opts
diff --git a/rocksdb/rocksdb.nim b/rocksdb/rocksdb.nim
index 0a4eb41..531387f 100644
--- a/rocksdb/rocksdb.nim
+++ b/rocksdb/rocksdb.nim
@@ -327,7 +327,7 @@ proc write*(
 proc ingestExternalFile*(
     db: RocksDbReadWriteRef,
     filePath: string,
-    columnFamily = db.defaultCfName): RocksDbResult[void] =
+    columnFamily = db.defaultCfName): RocksDBResult[void] =
   ## Ingest an external sst file into the database. The file will be ingested
   ## into the specified column family or the default column family if none is
   ## provided.
diff --git a/tests/lib/test_librocksdb.nim b/tests/lib/test_librocksdb.nim
index 916fc1d..249250c 100644
--- a/tests/lib/test_librocksdb.nim
+++ b/tests/lib/test_librocksdb.nim
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ suite "librocksdb C wrapper Tests":
     rocksdb_backup_engine_restore_db_from_latest_backup(be, dbPath, dbPath,
                                                         restoreOptions, err)
     check: err.isNil
-    rocksdb_restore_options_destroy(restore_options)
+    rocksdb_restore_options_destroy(restoreOptions)
 
     db = rocksdb_open(options, dbPath, err)
     check: err.isNil
diff --git a/tests/test_columnfamily.nim b/tests/test_columnfamily.nim
index 33f0c9b..dfd6fd2 100644
--- a/tests/test_columnfamily.nim
+++ b/tests/test_columnfamily.nim
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ suite "ColFamily Tests":
 
     var bytes: seq[byte]
     check cf.get(key, proc(data: openArray[byte]) = bytes = @data)[]
-    check not cf.get(otherkey, proc(data: openArray[byte]) = bytes = @data)[]
+    check not cf.get(otherKey, proc(data: openArray[byte]) = bytes = @data)[]
 
     var r1 = cf.get(key)
     check r1.isOk() and r1.value == val
diff --git a/tests/test_rocksdb.nim b/tests/test_rocksdb.nim
index e290973..4f3d7f4 100644
--- a/tests/test_rocksdb.nim
+++ b/tests/test_rocksdb.nim
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ suite "RocksDbRef Tests":
 
     var bytes: seq[byte]
     check db.get(key, proc(data: openArray[byte]) = bytes = @data)[]
-    check not db.get(otherkey, proc(data: openArray[byte]) = bytes = @data)[]
+    check not db.get(otherKey, proc(data: openArray[byte]) = bytes = @data)[]
 
     var r1 = db.get(key)
     check r1.isOk() and r1.value == val
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ suite "RocksDbRef Tests":
 
     var bytes: seq[byte]
     check db.get(key, proc(data: openArray[byte]) = bytes = @data, CF_DEFAULT)[]
-    check not db.get(otherkey, proc(data: openArray[byte]) = bytes = @data, CF_DEFAULT)[]
+    check not db.get(otherKey, proc(data: openArray[byte]) = bytes = @data, CF_DEFAULT)[]
 
     var r1 = db.get(key)
     check r1.isOk() and r1.value == val
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ suite "RocksDbRef Tests":
 
     var bytes: seq[byte]
     check db.get(key, proc(data: openArray[byte]) = bytes = @data, CF_DEFAULT)[]
-    check not db.get(otherkey, proc(data: openArray[byte]) = bytes = @data, CF_DEFAULT)[]
+    check not db.get(otherKey, proc(data: openArray[byte]) = bytes = @data, CF_DEFAULT)[]
 
     var bytes2: seq[byte]
     check db.get(otherKey, proc(data: openArray[byte]) = bytes2 = @data, CF_OTHER)[]