diff --git a/cmd/db/main.go b/cmd/db/main.go
index 1166f44..8b8d25e 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 a357991..971c370 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 3a63cdb..e44edaf 100644
--- a/internal/metadata/server.go
+++ b/internal/metadata/server.go
@@ -30,8 +30,7 @@ func getFromDB(config Config) NoCloudData {
 
 	conf_db, _ := configuration.LoadConfig(config.ConfFile)
 
-	db := kv.InitDB(kv.Config{Path: conf_db.Database.Path}, true)
-	defer db.Close()
+	db := kv.InitDB(kv.Config{Path: conf_db.Database.Path})
 
 	metadata, _ := kv.GetFromDB(db, "metadata/"+config.VmName+"/meta-data")
 	userdata, _ := kv.GetFromDB(db, "metadata/"+config.VmName+"/user-data")
diff --git a/pkg/db/kv/init.go b/pkg/db/kv/init.go
index cc09cb0..18148df 100644
--- a/pkg/db/kv/init.go
+++ b/pkg/db/kv/init.go
@@ -4,9 +4,8 @@ import (
 	"github.com/dgraph-io/badger/v4"
 )
 
-func InitDB(conf Config, readonly bool) *badger.DB {
-	opts := badger.DefaultOptions(conf.Path).
-		WithReadOnly(readonly)
+func InitDB(conf Config) *badger.DB {
+	opts := badger.DefaultOptions(conf.Path)
 	opts.Logger = nil
 	opts.ValueLogFileSize = 10 << 20 // 10 Mo par fichier vlog
 	opts.NumMemtables = 1