diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 4758ffb3f..b9e702add 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -4026,37 +4026,6 @@ dependencies = [
 name = "pometry-storage"
 version = "0.10.0"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "pometry-storage-private"
-version = "0.8.1"
-dependencies = [
- "ahash",
- "bincode",
- "bytemuck",
- "criterion",
- "itertools 0.12.1",
- "memmap2",
- "num-traits",
- "once_cell",
- "parking_lot",
- "polars-arrow",
- "polars-parquet",
- "polars-utils",
- "proptest",
- "rand 0.8.5",
- "raphtory-api",
- "rayon",
- "serde",
- "serde_json",
- "strum",
- "tempfile",
- "thiserror",
- "tracing",
- "tracing-subscriber",
- "tracing-test",
- "twox-hash",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "portable-atomic"
 version = "1.6.0"
@@ -4502,7 +4471,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "polars-arrow",
  "polars-parquet",
  "polars-utils",
- "pometry-storage-private",
+ "pometry-storage",
  "pretty_assertions",
  "proptest",
  "prost",
@@ -4564,7 +4533,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "csv",
  "flate2",
  "polars-arrow",
- "pometry-storage-private",
+ "pometry-storage",
  "rand 0.8.5",
  "raphtory",
  "raphtory-api",
@@ -4592,7 +4561,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "pest",
  "pest_derive",
  "polars-arrow",
- "pometry-storage-private",
+ "pometry-storage",
  "pretty_assertions",
  "proptest",
  "rand 0.8.5",
@@ -6080,27 +6049,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "tracing-log",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "tracing-test"
-version = "0.2.5"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "557b891436fe0d5e0e363427fc7f217abf9ccd510d5136549847bdcbcd011d68"
-dependencies = [
- "tracing-core",
- "tracing-subscriber",
- "tracing-test-macro",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "tracing-test-macro"
-version = "0.2.5"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "04659ddb06c87d233c566112c1c9c5b9e98256d9af50ec3bc9c8327f873a7568"
-dependencies = [
- "quote",
- "syn 2.0.66",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "triomphe"
 version = "0.1.12"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index a795633d6..b9389b614 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -34,9 +34,9 @@ debug = true
 
 [workspace.dependencies]
 #[public-storage]
-# pometry-storage = { version = ">=0.8.1", path = "pometry-storage" }
+pometry-storage = { version = ">=0.8.1", path = "pometry-storage" }
 #[private-storage]
-pometry-storage = { path = "pometry-storage-private", package = "pometry-storage-private" }
+# pometry-storage = { path = "pometry-storage-private", package = "pometry-storage-private" }
 async-graphql = { version = "7.0.5", features = ["dynamic-schema"] }
 async-graphql-poem = "7.0.5"
 dynamic-graphql = "0.9.0"
diff --git a/raphtory/src/db/api/storage/storage_ops/additions.rs b/raphtory/src/db/api/storage/storage_ops/additions.rs
index bee589180..d8e50e1ff 100644
--- a/raphtory/src/db/api/storage/storage_ops/additions.rs
+++ b/raphtory/src/db/api/storage/storage_ops/additions.rs
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ impl InternalAdditionOps for GraphStorage {
                 Prop::Str(value) => Prop::Str(storage.graph.resolve_str(value)),
                 _ => prop,
             },
+            #[cfg(feature = "storage")]
             _ => prop,
         }
     }