diff --git a/app.js b/app.js
index 23b4f33f..893c4dd1 100644
--- a/app.js
+++ b/app.js
@@ -17,8 +17,7 @@ var search = require('./routes/search');
 var config = new(require('./config.js'))();
 
 var levelup = require('levelup');
-var leveldown = require('leveldown');
-var db = levelup(leveldown('./data'));
+var db = levelup('./data');
 
 var app = express();
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index e019a265..48d78635 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -15,8 +15,9 @@
     "ethereumjs-abi": "git+https://github.com/gobitfly/ethereumjs-abi.git",
     "ethereumjs-util": "^5.1.1",
     "express": "~4.14.1",
-    "leveldown": "^4.0.1",
-    "levelup": "^3.1.1",
+    "level": "^1.6.0",
+    "leveldown": "^1.6.0",
+    "levelup": "^1.3.5",
     "moment": "^2.17.1",
     "morgan": "~1.7.0",
     "numeral": "^2.0.4",