diff --git a/controller/persistence/testing.go b/controller/persistence/testing.go
index c7df93a35..274fd4189 100644
--- a/controller/persistence/testing.go
+++ b/controller/persistence/testing.go
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ func (ctx *TestContext) Init() {
 	ctx.BaseTestContext.InitDbFile()
 
 	var err error
-	ctx.db, err = db.Open(ctx.GetDbFile().Name())
+	ctx.db, err = db.Open(ctx.GetDbFile().Name(), false)
 	ctx.NoError(err)
 
 	ctx.fabricStores, err = db.InitStores(ctx.GetDb())
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 66ab3e4a5..9f74b2f09 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ go 1.16
 
 //replace github.com/kataras/go-events => ../go-events
 
+replace go.etcd.io/bbolt => github.com/openziti/bbolt v1.3.6-0.20210317142109-547da822475e
+
 require (
 	github.com/AppsFlyer/go-sundheit v0.2.0
 	github.com/Jeffail/gabs v1.4.0
@@ -39,7 +41,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/miekg/dns v1.1.40
 	github.com/mitchellh/mapstructure v1.4.1
 	github.com/netfoundry/secretstream v0.1.2
-	github.com/openziti/fabric v0.16.28
+	github.com/openziti/fabric v0.16.29
 	github.com/openziti/foundation v0.15.36
 	github.com/openziti/sdk-golang v0.15.24
 	github.com/orcaman/concurrent-map v0.0.0-20210106121528-16402b402231
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 3fdb8f5a2..216b5cf18 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -493,8 +493,10 @@ github.com/onsi/gomega v1.10.1/go.mod h1:iN09h71vgCQne3DLsj+A5owkum+a2tYe+TOCB1y
 github.com/opentracing/opentracing-go v1.2.0 h1:uEJPy/1a5RIPAJ0Ov+OIO8OxWu77jEv+1B0VhjKrZUs=
 github.com/opentracing/opentracing-go v1.2.0/go.mod h1:GxEUsuufX4nBwe+T+Wl9TAgYrxe9dPLANfrWvHYVTgc=
 github.com/openzipkin/zipkin-go v0.1.1/go.mod h1:NtoC/o8u3JlF1lSlyPNswIbeQH9bJTmOf0Erfk+hxe8=
-github.com/openziti/fabric v0.16.28 h1:H/0OAMwjlg9Y7/gM0MyMxTMGn+XVx9/ZH/MHGarOhww=
-github.com/openziti/fabric v0.16.28/go.mod h1:iAal/QhB//MeA2z4bW2hwkfSrIXWaLAAgB974wLgqH0=
+github.com/openziti/bbolt v1.3.6-0.20210317142109-547da822475e h1:ST9+54UtCr96S5+Wa7LQtpGS6/xK7Z+KQXvOAtYgJlA=
+github.com/openziti/bbolt v1.3.6-0.20210317142109-547da822475e/go.mod h1:G5EMThwa9y8QZGBClrRx5EY+Yw9kAhnjy3bSjsnlVTQ=
+github.com/openziti/fabric v0.16.29 h1:yWAsIzpnyUY8J0i+cI9twPkWfpytjVdrh3FmYO/IeWE=
+github.com/openziti/fabric v0.16.29/go.mod h1:p+SwZBxWiB98i4YKwrxGtGQT280erLHYC5h0mZLv0mM=
 github.com/openziti/foundation v0.15.36 h1:3XADgT1VwDJd/R+YmTu+EuLeQEMhtWn+0RvI5d4Blgo=
 github.com/openziti/foundation v0.15.36/go.mod h1:wWyy60CAEKBKF354v1FpRGaMIWJIjI/i+hpwsQ5IiZo=
 github.com/openziti/sdk-golang v0.15.24 h1:qHIAi4Bdw1lCmAmlxb7AwsyHXiVdi+FMyxVVkeXI5fM=
@@ -629,9 +631,6 @@ github.com/xeipuuv/gojsonschema v1.2.0 h1:LhYJRs+L4fBtjZUfuSZIKGeVu0QRy8e5Xi7D17
 github.com/xeipuuv/gojsonschema v1.2.0/go.mod h1:anYRn/JVcOK2ZgGU+IjEV4nwlhoK5sQluxsYJ78Id3Y=
 github.com/xiang90/probing v0.0.0-20190116061207-43a291ad63a2/go.mod h1:UETIi67q53MR2AWcXfiuqkDkRtnGDLqkBTpCHuJHxtU=
 github.com/xordataexchange/crypt v0.0.3-0.20170626215501-b2862e3d0a77/go.mod h1:aYKd//L2LvnjZzWKhF00oedf4jCCReLcmhLdhm1A27Q=
-go.etcd.io/bbolt v1.3.2/go.mod h1:IbVyRI1SCnLcuJnV2u8VeU0CEYM7e686BmAb1XKL+uU=
-go.etcd.io/bbolt v1.3.5-0.20200615073812-232d8fc87f50 h1:ASw9n1EHMftwnP3Az4XW6e308+gNsrHzmdhd0Olz9Hs=
-go.etcd.io/bbolt v1.3.5-0.20200615073812-232d8fc87f50/go.mod h1:G5EMThwa9y8QZGBClrRx5EY+Yw9kAhnjy3bSjsnlVTQ=
 go.mongodb.org/mongo-driver v1.0.3/go.mod h1:u7ryQJ+DOzQmeO7zB6MHyr8jkEQvC8vH7qLUO4lqsUM=
 go.mongodb.org/mongo-driver v1.1.1/go.mod h1:u7ryQJ+DOzQmeO7zB6MHyr8jkEQvC8vH7qLUO4lqsUM=
 go.mongodb.org/mongo-driver v1.3.0/go.mod h1:MSWZXKOynuguX+JSvwP8i+58jYCXxbia8HS3gZBapIE=
diff --git a/util/debug-db/debug-db.go b/util/debug-db/debug-db.go
index a2c62c840..e4e3a33ef 100644
--- a/util/debug-db/debug-db.go
+++ b/util/debug-db/debug-db.go
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ func (provider *dbProvider) GetControllers() *network.Controllers {
 }
 
 func run(dbFile string) {
-	boltDb, err := db.Open(dbFile)
+	boltDb, err := db.Open(dbFile, false)
 	noError(err)
 
 	fabricStores, err := db.InitStores(boltDb)