diff --git a/lib/blockstore/file.js b/lib/blockstore/file.js
index a687f224..51cc31d8 100644
--- a/lib/blockstore/file.js
+++ b/lib/blockstore/file.js
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ class FileBlockStore extends AbstractBlockStore {
    */
 
   constructor(options) {
-    super();
+    super(options);
 
     assert(isAbsolute(options.location), 'Location not absolute.');
 
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ class FileBlockStore extends AbstractBlockStore {
     if (!missing)
       return;
 
-    this.logger.info(`Indexing block type ${type}...`);
+    this.logger.info('Indexing block type %d...', type);
 
     for (const fileno of filenos) {
       const b = this.db.batch();
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ class FileBlockStore extends AbstractBlockStore {
 
       await b.write();
 
-      this.logger.info(`Indexed ${blocks} blocks from ${filepath}...`);
+      this.logger.info('Indexed %d blocks (file=%s).', blocks, filepath);
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/lib/blockstore/level.js b/lib/blockstore/level.js
index ebc09675..bb0f7f6c 100644
--- a/lib/blockstore/level.js
+++ b/lib/blockstore/level.js
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ class LevelBlockStore extends AbstractBlockStore {
    */
 
   constructor(options) {
-    super();
+    super(options);
 
     this.location = options.location;
 
diff --git a/test/blockstore-test.js b/test/blockstore-test.js
index 160538de..25ed17e9 100644
--- a/test/blockstore-test.js
+++ b/test/blockstore-test.js
@@ -292,6 +292,23 @@ describe('BlockStore', function() {
     });
 
     describe('constructor', function() {
+      it('will pass options to super', () => {
+        const info = () => 'info';
+        const logger = {
+          context: () => {
+            return {info};
+          }
+        };
+
+        const store = new FileBlockStore({
+          location: '/tmp/.bcoin/blocks',
+          maxFileLength: 1024,
+          logger: logger
+        });
+
+        assert.strictEqual(store.logger.info, info);
+      });
+
       it('will error with invalid location', () => {
         let err = null;