diff --git a/nimbus/db/aristo/aristo_init/rocks_db/rdb_init.nim b/nimbus/db/aristo/aristo_init/rocks_db/rdb_init.nim
index 3dcffc6a4..da5cdb1d9 100644
--- a/nimbus/db/aristo/aristo_init/rocks_db/rdb_init.nim
+++ b/nimbus/db/aristo/aristo_init/rocks_db/rdb_init.nim
@@ -38,19 +38,6 @@ proc getInitOptions(
   if opts.writeBufferSize > 0:
     cfOpts.setWriteBufferSize(opts.writeBufferSize)
 
-  # Without this option, the WAL might never get flushed since a small column
-  # family (like the admin CF) with only tiny writes might keep it open - this
-  # negatively affects startup times since the WAL is replayed on every startup.
-  # https://github.com/facebook/rocksdb/blob/af50823069818fc127438e39fef91d2486d6e76c/include/rocksdb/options.h#L719
-  # Flushing the oldest
-  let writeBufferSize =
-    if opts.writeBufferSize > 0:
-      opts.writeBufferSize
-    else:
-      64 * 1024 * 1024 # TODO read from rocksdb?
-
-  cfOpts.setMaxTotalWalSize(2 * writeBufferSize)
-
   # When data is written to rocksdb, it is first put in an in-memory table
   # whose index is a skip list. Since the mem table holds the most recent data,
   # all reads must go through this skiplist which results in slow lookups for
@@ -89,6 +76,18 @@ proc getInitOptions(
   # https://github.com/facebook/rocksdb/blob/af50823069818fc127438e39fef91d2486d6e76c/include/rocksdb/advanced_options.h#L696
   dbOpts.setOptimizeFiltersForHits(true)
 
+  # Without this option, WAL files might never get removed since a small column
+  # family (like the admin CF) with only tiny writes might keep it open - this
+  # negatively affects startup times since the WAL is replayed on every startup.
+  # https://github.com/facebook/rocksdb/blob/af50823069818fc127438e39fef91d2486d6e76c/include/rocksdb/options.h#L719
+  # Flushing the oldest
+  let writeBufferSize =
+    if opts.writeBufferSize > 0:
+      opts.writeBufferSize
+    else:
+      64 * 1024 * 1024 # TODO read from rocksdb?
+
+  dbOpts.setMaxTotalWalSize(2 * writeBufferSize)
 
   let tableOpts = defaultTableOptions()
   # This bloom filter helps avoid having to read multiple SST files when looking
diff --git a/nimbus/db/kvt/kvt_init/rocks_db/rdb_init.nim b/nimbus/db/kvt/kvt_init/rocks_db/rdb_init.nim
index e3cacfc8e..395e6dac0 100644
--- a/nimbus/db/kvt/kvt_init/rocks_db/rdb_init.nim
+++ b/nimbus/db/kvt/kvt_init/rocks_db/rdb_init.nim
@@ -38,19 +38,6 @@ proc getCFInitOptions(opts: DbOptions): ColFamilyOptionsRef =
   if opts.writeBufferSize > 0:
     cfOpts.setWriteBufferSize(opts.writeBufferSize)
 
-  # Without this option, the WAL might never get flushed since a small column
-  # family (like the admin CF) with only tiny writes might keep it open - this
-  # negatively affects startup times since the WAL is replayed on every startup.
-  # https://github.com/facebook/rocksdb/blob/af50823069818fc127438e39fef91d2486d6e76c/include/rocksdb/options.h#L719
-  # Flushing the oldest
-  let writeBufferSize =
-    if opts.writeBufferSize > 0:
-      opts.writeBufferSize
-    else:
-      64 * 1024 * 1024 # TODO read from rocksdb?
-
-  cfOpts.setMaxTotalWalSize(2 * writeBufferSize)
-
   # When data is written to rocksdb, it is first put in an in-memory table
   # whose index is a skip list. Since the mem table holds the most recent data,
   # all reads must go through this skiplist which results in slow lookups for
@@ -111,7 +98,7 @@ proc init*(
 
   # Expand argument `opts` to rocksdb options
   let (cfOpts, dbOpts) = (opts.getCFInitOptions, opts.getDbInitOptions)
-    
+
   # Column familiy names to allocate when opening the database.
   let cfs = KvtCFs.mapIt(($it).initColFamilyDescriptor cfOpts)
 
@@ -146,7 +133,7 @@ proc init*(
     rdb.store[n] = oCfs[n.ord]
 
   ok()
- 
+
 
 proc destroy*(rdb: var RdbInst; eradicate: bool) =
   ## Destructor (no need to do anything if piggybacked)
diff --git a/vendor/nim-rocksdb b/vendor/nim-rocksdb
index c5bbf8311..293dc0745 160000
--- a/vendor/nim-rocksdb
+++ b/vendor/nim-rocksdb
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit c5bbf831145d7dd4d60420d69ce9eb601ccd5be2
+Subproject commit 293dc0745ea8386237546acb352a265a4bc874b5