diff --git a/cmd/db/main.go b/cmd/db/main.go
index 8b8d25e..1166f44 100644
--- a/cmd/db/main.go
+++ b/cmd/db/main.go
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ func main() {
 
 	DB = kv.InitDB(kv.Config{
 		Path: conf.Database.Path,
-	})
+	}, false)
 	defer DB.Close()
 
 	if len(args) < 1 {
diff --git a/cmd/meta_cli/main.go b/cmd/meta_cli/main.go
index 971c370..a357991 100644
--- a/cmd/meta_cli/main.go
+++ b/cmd/meta_cli/main.go
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ func main() {
 
 	db := kv.InitDB(kv.Config{
 		Path: conf.Database.Path,
-	})
+	}, false)
 	defer db.Close()
 
 	if *start {
diff --git a/internal/metadata/server.go b/internal/metadata/server.go
index a72a52e..3a63cdb 100644
--- a/internal/metadata/server.go
+++ b/internal/metadata/server.go
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ func getFromDB(config Config) NoCloudData {
 
 	conf_db, _ := configuration.LoadConfig(config.ConfFile)
 
-	db := kv.InitDB(kv.Config{Path: conf_db.Database.Path})
+	db := kv.InitDB(kv.Config{Path: conf_db.Database.Path}, true)
 	defer db.Close()
 
 	metadata, _ := kv.GetFromDB(db, "metadata/"+config.VmName+"/meta-data")