diff --git a/ethdb/database.go b/ethdb/database.go
index 1e987920de0581f9e94b857c298ef8a33313d18d..d1967f02329fddf4909a8aad6fb5532515df9411 100644
--- a/ethdb/database.go
+++ b/ethdb/database.go
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ type LDBDatabase struct {
 	db *leveldb.DB
 }
 
-func NewLDBDatabase() (*LDBDatabase, error) {
-	dbPath := path.Join(ethutil.Config.ExecPath, "database")
+func NewLDBDatabase(name string) (*LDBDatabase, error) {
+	dbPath := path.Join(ethutil.Config.ExecPath, name)
 
 	// Open the db
 	db, err := leveldb.OpenFile(dbPath, nil)
@@ -40,6 +40,10 @@ func (db *LDBDatabase) Delete(key []byte) error {
 	return db.db.Delete(key, nil)
 }
 
+func (db *LDBDatabase) Db() *leveldb.DB {
+	return db.db
+}
+
 func (db *LDBDatabase) LastKnownTD() []byte {
 	data, _ := db.db.Get([]byte("LastKnownTotalDifficulty"), nil)
 
diff --git a/ethereum.go b/ethereum.go
index 725fe5a3d1d12e30891440533b7d2fccba400fbd..90682b396d789448e41cb13d037abf272ccf2933 100644
--- a/ethereum.go
+++ b/ethereum.go
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ type Ethereum struct {
 }
 
 func New(caps Caps, usePnp bool) (*Ethereum, error) {
-	db, err := ethdb.NewLDBDatabase()
+	db, err := ethdb.NewLDBDatabase("database")
 	//db, err := ethdb.NewMemDatabase()
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err