diff --git a/parity/configuration.rs b/parity/configuration.rs
index 8a11ebf4d..ad2578478 100644
--- a/parity/configuration.rs
+++ b/parity/configuration.rs
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ use die::*;
 use util::*;
 use ethcore::account_provider::AccountProvider;
 use util::network_settings::NetworkSettings;
-use ethcore::client::{append_path, get_db_path, ClientConfig, Switch, VMType};
+use ethcore::client::{append_path, get_db_path, ClientConfig, DatabaseCompactionProfile, Switch, VMType};
 use ethcore::ethereum;
 use ethcore::spec::Spec;
 use ethsync::SyncConfig;
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ impl Configuration {
 		let mut latest_era = None;
 		let jdb_types = [journaldb::Algorithm::Archive, journaldb::Algorithm::EarlyMerge, journaldb::Algorithm::OverlayRecent, journaldb::Algorithm::RefCounted];
 		for i in jdb_types.into_iter() {
-			let db = journaldb::new(&append_path(&get_db_path(Path::new(&self.path()), *i, spec.genesis_header().hash()), "state"), *i, None);
+			let db = journaldb::new(&append_path(&get_db_path(Path::new(&self.path()), *i, spec.genesis_header().hash()), "state"), *i, kvdb::DatabaseConfig::default());
 			trace!(target: "parity", "Looking for best DB: {} at {:?}", i, db.latest_era());
 			match (latest_era, db.latest_era()) {
 				(Some(best), Some(this)) if best >= this => {}
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ impl Configuration {
 		client_config.db_cache_size = self.args.flag_db_cache_size.and_then(|cs| Some(cs / 4));
 
 		// compaction profile
-		client_config.db_compaction_profile = match self.args.flag_db_compaction.as_str() {
+		client_config.db_compaction = match self.args.flag_db_compaction.as_str() {
 			"default" => DatabaseCompactionProfile::Default,
 			"hdd" => DatabaseCompactionProfile::HDD,
 			_ => { die!("Invalid compaction profile given (--db-compaction argument), expected hdd/default."); }
diff --git a/parity/migration.rs b/parity/migration.rs
index 4198f7ed0..df2c2116f 100644
--- a/parity/migration.rs
+++ b/parity/migration.rs
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ use std::io::{Read, Write, Error as IoError, ErrorKind};
 use std::path::PathBuf;
 use std::fmt::{Display, Formatter, Error as FmtError};
 use util::migration::{Manager as MigrationManager, Config as MigrationConfig, MigrationIterator};
-use util::kvdb::{Database, DatabaseConfig};
+use util::kvdb::{Database, DatabaseConfig, CompactionProfile};
 use ethcore::migrations;
 
 /// Database is assumed to be at default version, when no version file is found.
@@ -163,6 +163,7 @@ fn migrate_database(version: u32, path: PathBuf, migrations: MigrationManager) -
 			prefix_size: None,
 			max_open_files: 64,
 			cache_size: None,
+			compaction: CompactionProfile::default(),
 		};
 
 		// open old database