diff --git a/src/cpp/ripple/Application.cpp b/src/cpp/ripple/Application.cpp
index 5bec4cefc0..49581d4665 100644
--- a/src/cpp/ripple/Application.cpp
+++ b/src/cpp/ripple/Application.cpp
@@ -178,6 +178,8 @@ void Application::setup()
 		options.block_cache = leveldb::NewLRUCache(theConfig.getSize(siHashNodeDBCache) * 1024 * 1024);
 		if (theConfig.NODE_SIZE >= 2)
 			options.filter_policy = leveldb::NewBloomFilterPolicy(10);
+		if (theConfig.LDB_IMPORT)
+			options.write_buffer_size = 32 << 20;
 		leveldb::Status status = leveldb::DB::Open(options, (theConfig.DATA_DIR / "hashnode").string(), &mHashNodeLDB);
 		if (!status.ok() || !mHashNodeLDB)
 		{
diff --git a/src/cpp/ripple/UpdateTables.cpp b/src/cpp/ripple/UpdateTables.cpp
index 1fa0f9726f..557e26b359 100644
--- a/src/cpp/ripple/UpdateTables.cpp
+++ b/src/cpp/ripple/UpdateTables.cpp
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ void Application::updateTables(bool ldbImport)
 			if (theConfig.LDB_IMPORT)
 			{
 				Log(lsWARNING) << "Importing SQLite -> LevelDB";
-				theApp->getHashedObjectStore().import(hashPath.string(), true);
+				theApp->getHashedObjectStore().import(hashPath.string(), false);
 				Log(lsWARNING) << "Remove or remname the hashnode.db file";
 			}
 			else