diff --git a/cmd/main.go b/cmd/main.go
index 40dca71..7168d14 100644
--- a/cmd/main.go
+++ b/cmd/main.go
@@ -75,20 +75,27 @@ func getHandler(appFlags *asm.FlagParser, rs *resource.DbResource, pe *persist.P
 	return ussdHandlers, nil
 }
 
-func getDataPersister(dbDir string) (*persist.Persister, error) {
+func getPersister(dbDir string) (*persist.Persister, error) {
 	err = os.MkdirAll(dp, 0700)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("state dir create exited with error: %v\n", err)
 	}
 
-	dataStore := gdbmdb.NewGdbmDb()
-	dataStoreFile := path.Join(dbDir, "states.gdbm")
-	dataStore.Connect(ctx, dataStoreFile)
-	pr := persist.NewPersister(dataStore)
+	store := gdbmdb.NewGdbmDb()
+	storeFile := path.Join(dbDir, "states.gdbm")
+	store.Connect(ctx, storeFile)
+	pr := persist.NewPersister(store)
 
 	return pr
 }
 
+func getUserdataDb(dbDir string) {
+	store := gdbmdb.NewGdbmDb()
+	storeFile := path.Join(dbDir, "userdata.gdbm")
+	store.Connect(ctx, storeFile)
+	return store
+}
+
 func getResource(resourceDir string) (resource.Resource, error) {
 	store := fsdb.NewFsDb()
 	err = store.Connect(ctx, resourceDir)
@@ -141,7 +148,7 @@ func main() {
 		os.Exit(1)
 	}
 
-	store, err := getUserDb(dataDir)
+	store, err := getUserdataDb(dataDir)
 	if err != nil {
 		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, err.Error())
 		os.Exit(1)