diff --git a/modules/ripple_app/main/ripple_Application.cpp b/modules/ripple_app/main/ripple_Application.cpp
index 542fabc10..d15dcaaf4 100644
--- a/modules/ripple_app/main/ripple_Application.cpp
+++ b/modules/ripple_app/main/ripple_Application.cpp
@@ -449,10 +449,6 @@ public:
 
         initSqliteDbs ();
 
-        leveldb::Options options;
-        options.create_if_missing = true;
-        options.block_cache = leveldb::NewLRUCache (getConfig ().getSize (siHashNodeDBCache) * 1024 * 1024);
-
         getApp().getLedgerDB ()->getDB ()->executeSQL (boost::str (boost::format ("PRAGMA cache_size=-%d;") %
                 (getConfig ().getSize (siLgrDBCache) * 1024)));
         getApp().getTxnDB ()->getDB ()->executeSQL (boost::str (boost::format ("PRAGMA cache_size=-%d;") %
diff --git a/modules/ripple_app/node/ripple_LevelDBBackendFactory.cpp b/modules/ripple_app/node/ripple_LevelDBBackendFactory.cpp
index 46fa06ddf..0fd35c6dc 100644
--- a/modules/ripple_app/node/ripple_LevelDBBackendFactory.cpp
+++ b/modules/ripple_app/node/ripple_LevelDBBackendFactory.cpp
@@ -214,6 +214,10 @@ private:
 
 LevelDBBackendFactory::LevelDBBackendFactory ()
 {
+    leveldb::Options options;
+    options.create_if_missing = true;
+    options.block_cache = leveldb::NewLRUCache (getConfig ().getSize (
+        siHashNodeDBCache) * 1024 * 1024);
 }
 
 LevelDBBackendFactory::~LevelDBBackendFactory ()