diff --git a/db/dboptions.go b/db/dboptions.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..81ff82d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/dboptions.go
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+package db
+
+// #include "rocksdb/c.h"
+import "C"
+import (
+	"reflect"
+	"unsafe"
+
+	"github.com/tecbot/gorocksdb"
+)
+
+func createAndSetDBOptions(bloomBits int, twoLevelIndex bool, c *gorocksdb.Cache) *gorocksdb.Options {
+	// get access to all db options, gorocksdb does not expose all
+
+	// opts := gorocksdb.NewDefaultOptions()
+	cNativeOpts := C.rocksdb_options_create()
+	opts := &gorocksdb.Options{}
+	cField := reflect.Indirect(reflect.ValueOf(opts)).FieldByName("c")
+	cPtr := (**C.rocksdb_options_t)(unsafe.Pointer(cField.UnsafeAddr()))
+	*cPtr = cNativeOpts
+
+	// blockOpts := gorocksdb.NewDefaultBlockBasedTableOptions()
+	cNativeBlockOpts := C.rocksdb_block_based_options_create()
+	blockOpts := &gorocksdb.BlockBasedTableOptions{}
+	cBlockField := reflect.Indirect(reflect.ValueOf(blockOpts)).FieldByName("c")
+	cBlockPtr := (**C.rocksdb_block_based_table_options_t)(unsafe.Pointer(cBlockField.UnsafeAddr()))
+	*cBlockPtr = cNativeBlockOpts
+
+	blockOpts.SetBlockSize(32 << 10) // 32kB
+	blockOpts.SetBlockCache(c)
+	if bloomBits > 0 {
+		blockOpts.SetFilterPolicy(gorocksdb.NewBloomFilter(bloomBits))
+	}
+
+	// https://github.com/facebook/rocksdb/wiki/Partitioned-Index-Filters
+	if twoLevelIndex {
+		// blockOpts.SetCacheIndexAndFilterBlocks(true)
+		blockOpts.SetIndexType(gorocksdb.KTwoLevelIndexSearchIndexType)
+		C.rocksdb_block_based_options_set_partition_filters(cNativeBlockOpts, boolToChar(true))
+		C.rocksdb_block_based_options_set_metadata_block_size(cNativeBlockOpts, C.uint64_t(4096))
+		C.rocksdb_block_based_options_set_cache_index_and_filter_blocks_with_high_priority(cNativeBlockOpts, boolToChar(true))
+		blockOpts.SetPinL0FilterAndIndexBlocksInCache(true)
+	}
+
+	opts.SetBlockBasedTableFactory(blockOpts)
+	opts.SetCreateIfMissing(true)
+	opts.SetCreateIfMissingColumnFamilies(true)
+	opts.SetMaxBackgroundCompactions(6)
+	opts.SetMaxBackgroundFlushes(6)
+	opts.SetBytesPerSync(8 << 20)         // 8MB
+	opts.SetWriteBufferSize(1 << 27)      // 128MB
+	opts.SetMaxBytesForLevelBase(1 << 27) // 128MB
+	opts.SetMaxOpenFiles(25000)
+	opts.SetCompression(gorocksdb.LZ4HCCompression)
+
+	return opts
+}
+
+// boolToChar converts a bool value to C.uchar.
+func boolToChar(b bool) C.uchar {
+	if b {
+		return 1
+	}
+	return 0
+}
diff --git a/db/rocksdb.go b/db/rocksdb.go
index 35a52cde..704f3a90 100644
--- a/db/rocksdb.go
+++ b/db/rocksdb.go
@@ -59,47 +59,13 @@ const (
 var cfNames = []string{"default", "height", "addresses", "txAddresses", "addressBalance", "blockTxs", "transactions"}
 
 func openDB(path string, c *gorocksdb.Cache) (*gorocksdb.DB, []*gorocksdb.ColumnFamilyHandle, error) {
-	bloom := gorocksdb.NewBloomFilter(10)
-	blockOpts := gorocksdb.NewDefaultBlockBasedTableOptions()
-	blockOpts.SetBlockSize(16 << 10) // 16kB
-	blockOpts.SetBlockCache(c)
-	blockOpts.SetFilterPolicy(bloom)
-	blockOpts.SetCacheIndexAndFilterBlocks(true)
-	blockOpts.SetPinL0FilterAndIndexBlocksInCache(true)
-
-	opts := gorocksdb.NewDefaultOptions()
-	opts.SetBlockBasedTableFactory(blockOpts)
-	opts.SetCreateIfMissing(true)
-	opts.SetCreateIfMissingColumnFamilies(true)
-	opts.SetMaxBackgroundCompactions(6)
-	opts.SetMaxBackgroundFlushes(6)
-	opts.SetBytesPerSync(1 << 20)    // 1MB
-	opts.SetWriteBufferSize(1 << 27) // 128MB
-	opts.SetMaxOpenFiles(25000)
-	opts.SetCompression(gorocksdb.LZ4HCCompression)
-
-	// opts for addresses are different:
-	// no bloom filter - from documentation: If most of your queries are executed using iterators, you shouldn't set bloom filter
-	blockOptsAddress := gorocksdb.NewDefaultBlockBasedTableOptions()
-	blockOptsAddress.SetBlockSize(16 << 10) // 16kB
-	blockOptsAddress.SetBlockCache(c)       // 8GB
-	blockOptsAddress.SetCacheIndexAndFilterBlocks(true)
-	blockOptsAddress.SetPinL0FilterAndIndexBlocksInCache(true)
-
-	optsAddresses := gorocksdb.NewDefaultOptions()
-	optsAddresses.SetBlockBasedTableFactory(blockOptsAddress)
-	optsAddresses.SetCreateIfMissing(true)
-	optsAddresses.SetCreateIfMissingColumnFamilies(true)
-	optsAddresses.SetMaxBackgroundCompactions(6)
-	optsAddresses.SetMaxBackgroundFlushes(6)
-	optsAddresses.SetBytesPerSync(1 << 20)    // 1MB
-	optsAddresses.SetWriteBufferSize(1 << 27) // 128MB
-	optsAddresses.SetMaxOpenFiles(25000)
-	optsAddresses.SetCompression(gorocksdb.LZ4HCCompression)
-
+	// opts with bloom filter
+	opts := createAndSetDBOptions(10, true, c)
+	// opts for addresses without bloom filter
+	// from documentation: if most of your queries are executed using iterators, you shouldn't set bloom filter
+	optsAddresses := createAndSetDBOptions(0, true, c)
 	// default, height, addresses, txAddresses, addressBalance, blockTxids, transactions
 	fcOptions := []*gorocksdb.Options{opts, opts, optsAddresses, opts, opts, opts, opts}
-
 	db, cfh, err := gorocksdb.OpenDbColumnFamilies(opts, path, cfNames, fcOptions)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, nil, err
@@ -111,7 +77,7 @@ func openDB(path string, c *gorocksdb.Cache) (*gorocksdb.DB, []*gorocksdb.Column
 // needs to be called to release it.
 func NewRocksDB(path string, parser bchain.BlockChainParser, metrics *common.Metrics) (d *RocksDB, err error) {
 	glog.Infof("rocksdb: open %s, version %v", path, dbVersion)
-	c := gorocksdb.NewLRUCache(8 << 30) // 8GB
+	c := gorocksdb.NewLRUCache(1 << 30) // 1GB
 	db, cfh, err := openDB(path, c)
 	wo := gorocksdb.NewDefaultWriteOptions()
 	ro := gorocksdb.NewDefaultReadOptions()