diff --git a/common/db/src/rocks.rs b/common/db/src/rocks.rs
index 20d396664..6a7245632 100644
--- a/common/db/src/rocks.rs
+++ b/common/db/src/rocks.rs
@@ -1,44 +1,51 @@
 use std::sync::Arc;
 
 use rocksdb::{
-  DBCompressionType, ThreadMode, SingleThreaded, LogLevel, WriteOptions, Transaction, Options,
-  TransactionDB,
+  DBCompressionType, ThreadMode, SingleThreaded, LogLevel, WriteOptions,
+  Transaction as RocksTransaction, Options, OptimisticTransactionDB,
 };
 
 use crate::*;
 
-impl<T: ThreadMode> Get for Transaction<'_, TransactionDB<T>> {
+pub struct Transaction<'a, T: ThreadMode>(
+  RocksTransaction<'a, OptimisticTransactionDB<T>>,
+  &'a OptimisticTransactionDB<T>,
+);
+
+impl<T: ThreadMode> Get for Transaction<'_, T> {
   fn get(&self, key: impl AsRef<[u8]>) -> Option<Vec<u8>> {
-    self.get(key).expect("couldn't read from RocksDB via transaction")
+    self.0.get(key).expect("couldn't read from RocksDB via transaction")
   }
 }
-impl<T: ThreadMode> DbTxn for Transaction<'_, TransactionDB<T>> {
+impl<T: ThreadMode> DbTxn for Transaction<'_, T> {
   fn put(&mut self, key: impl AsRef<[u8]>, value: impl AsRef<[u8]>) {
-    Transaction::put(self, key, value).expect("couldn't write to RocksDB via transaction")
+    self.0.put(key, value).expect("couldn't write to RocksDB via transaction")
   }
   fn del(&mut self, key: impl AsRef<[u8]>) {
-    self.delete(key).expect("couldn't delete from RocksDB via transaction")
+    self.0.delete(key).expect("couldn't delete from RocksDB via transaction")
   }
   fn commit(self) {
-    Transaction::commit(self).expect("couldn't commit to RocksDB via transaction")
+    self.0.commit().expect("couldn't commit to RocksDB via transaction");
+    self.1.flush_wal(true).expect("couldn't flush RocksDB WAL");
+    self.1.flush().expect("couldn't flush RocksDB");
   }
 }
 
-impl<T: ThreadMode> Get for Arc<TransactionDB<T>> {
+impl<T: ThreadMode> Get for Arc<OptimisticTransactionDB<T>> {
   fn get(&self, key: impl AsRef<[u8]>) -> Option<Vec<u8>> {
-    TransactionDB::get(self, key).expect("couldn't read from RocksDB")
+    OptimisticTransactionDB::get(self, key).expect("couldn't read from RocksDB")
   }
 }
-impl<T: ThreadMode + 'static> Db for Arc<TransactionDB<T>> {
-  type Transaction<'a> = Transaction<'a, TransactionDB<T>>;
+impl<T: Send + ThreadMode + 'static> Db for Arc<OptimisticTransactionDB<T>> {
+  type Transaction<'a> = Transaction<'a, T>;
   fn txn(&mut self) -> Self::Transaction<'_> {
     let mut opts = WriteOptions::default();
     opts.set_sync(true);
-    self.transaction_opt(&opts, &Default::default())
+    Transaction(self.transaction_opt(&opts, &Default::default()), &**self)
   }
 }
 
-pub type RocksDB = Arc<TransactionDB<SingleThreaded>>;
+pub type RocksDB = Arc<OptimisticTransactionDB<SingleThreaded>>;
 pub fn new_rocksdb(path: &str) -> RocksDB {
   let mut options = Options::default();
   options.create_if_missing(true);
@@ -54,5 +61,5 @@ pub fn new_rocksdb(path: &str) -> RocksDB {
   options.set_max_log_file_size(1024 * 1024);
   options.set_recycle_log_file_num(1);
 
-  Arc::new(TransactionDB::open(&options, &Default::default(), path).unwrap())
+  Arc::new(OptimisticTransactionDB::open(&options, path).unwrap())
 }