diff --git a/src/ripple_app/node/SqliteBackendFactory.cpp b/src/ripple_app/node/SqliteBackendFactory.cpp
index 306407357..55ed7a012 100644
--- a/src/ripple_app/node/SqliteBackendFactory.cpp
+++ b/src/ripple_app/node/SqliteBackendFactory.cpp
@@ -217,11 +217,9 @@ SqliteBackendFactory::~SqliteBackendFactory ()
 {
 }
 
-SqliteBackendFactory& SqliteBackendFactory::getInstance ()
+SqliteBackendFactory* SqliteBackendFactory::getInstance ()
 {
-    static SqliteBackendFactory instance;
-
-    return instance;
+    return new SqliteBackendFactory;
 }
 
 String SqliteBackendFactory::getName () const
diff --git a/src/ripple_app/node/SqliteBackendFactory.h b/src/ripple_app/node/SqliteBackendFactory.h
index 0b1c37380..1c3889cdf 100644
--- a/src/ripple_app/node/SqliteBackendFactory.h
+++ b/src/ripple_app/node/SqliteBackendFactory.h
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ private:
     ~SqliteBackendFactory ();
 
 public:
-    static SqliteBackendFactory& getInstance ();
+    static SqliteBackendFactory* getInstance ();
 
     String getName () const;
 
diff --git a/src/ripple_core/node/HyperLevelDBBackendFactory.cpp b/src/ripple_core/node/HyperLevelDBBackendFactory.cpp
index 220591a1c..d1ac79384 100644
--- a/src/ripple_core/node/HyperLevelDBBackendFactory.cpp
+++ b/src/ripple_core/node/HyperLevelDBBackendFactory.cpp
@@ -220,11 +220,9 @@ HyperLevelDBBackendFactory::~HyperLevelDBBackendFactory ()
 {
 }
 
-HyperLevelDBBackendFactory& HyperLevelDBBackendFactory::getInstance ()
+HyperLevelDBBackendFactory* HyperLevelDBBackendFactory::getInstance ()
 {
-    static HyperLevelDBBackendFactory instance;
-
-    return instance;
+    return new HyperLevelDBBackendFactory;
 }
 
 String HyperLevelDBBackendFactory::getName () const
diff --git a/src/ripple_core/node/HyperLevelDBBackendFactory.h b/src/ripple_core/node/HyperLevelDBBackendFactory.h
index d930b9e36..1d8338f3e 100644
--- a/src/ripple_core/node/HyperLevelDBBackendFactory.h
+++ b/src/ripple_core/node/HyperLevelDBBackendFactory.h
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ private:
     ~HyperLevelDBBackendFactory ();
 
 public:
-    static HyperLevelDBBackendFactory& getInstance ();
+    static HyperLevelDBBackendFactory* getInstance ();
 
     String getName () const;
 
diff --git a/src/ripple_core/node/KeyvaDBBackendFactory.cpp b/src/ripple_core/node/KeyvaDBBackendFactory.cpp
index 63edfab51..d1d91d01c 100644
--- a/src/ripple_core/node/KeyvaDBBackendFactory.cpp
+++ b/src/ripple_core/node/KeyvaDBBackendFactory.cpp
@@ -155,11 +155,9 @@ KeyvaDBBackendFactory::~KeyvaDBBackendFactory ()
 {
 }
 
-KeyvaDBBackendFactory& KeyvaDBBackendFactory::getInstance ()
+KeyvaDBBackendFactory* KeyvaDBBackendFactory::getInstance ()
 {
-    static KeyvaDBBackendFactory instance;
-
-    return instance;
+    return new KeyvaDBBackendFactory;
 }
 
 String KeyvaDBBackendFactory::getName () const
diff --git a/src/ripple_core/node/KeyvaDBBackendFactory.h b/src/ripple_core/node/KeyvaDBBackendFactory.h
index 4124f64a2..a4e64fae6 100644
--- a/src/ripple_core/node/KeyvaDBBackendFactory.h
+++ b/src/ripple_core/node/KeyvaDBBackendFactory.h
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ private:
     ~KeyvaDBBackendFactory ();
 
 public:
-    static KeyvaDBBackendFactory& getInstance ();
+    static KeyvaDBBackendFactory* getInstance ();
 
     String getName () const;
 
diff --git a/src/ripple_core/node/LevelDBBackendFactory.cpp b/src/ripple_core/node/LevelDBBackendFactory.cpp
index 0fd35c6dc..0e6035230 100644
--- a/src/ripple_core/node/LevelDBBackendFactory.cpp
+++ b/src/ripple_core/node/LevelDBBackendFactory.cpp
@@ -213,22 +213,25 @@ private:
 //------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 LevelDBBackendFactory::LevelDBBackendFactory ()
+    : m_lruCache (nullptr)
 {
     leveldb::Options options;
     options.create_if_missing = true;
-    options.block_cache = leveldb::NewLRUCache (getConfig ().getSize (
-        siHashNodeDBCache) * 1024 * 1024);
+    options.block_cache = leveldb::NewLRUCache (
+        getConfig ().getSize (siHashNodeDBCache) * 1024 * 1024);
+
+    m_lruCache = options.block_cache;
 }
 
 LevelDBBackendFactory::~LevelDBBackendFactory ()
 {
+    leveldb::Cache* cache (reinterpret_cast <leveldb::Cache*> (m_lruCache));
+    delete cache;
 }
 
-LevelDBBackendFactory& LevelDBBackendFactory::getInstance ()
+LevelDBBackendFactory* LevelDBBackendFactory::getInstance ()
 {
-    static LevelDBBackendFactory instance;
-
-    return instance;
+    return new LevelDBBackendFactory;
 }
 
 String LevelDBBackendFactory::getName () const
diff --git a/src/ripple_core/node/LevelDBBackendFactory.h b/src/ripple_core/node/LevelDBBackendFactory.h
index a58f270a2..f8ab4f753 100644
--- a/src/ripple_core/node/LevelDBBackendFactory.h
+++ b/src/ripple_core/node/LevelDBBackendFactory.h
@@ -20,13 +20,16 @@ private:
     ~LevelDBBackendFactory ();
 
 public:
-    static LevelDBBackendFactory& getInstance ();
+    static LevelDBBackendFactory* getInstance ();
 
     String getName () const;
 
     NodeStore::Backend* createInstance (size_t keyBytes,
                                         StringPairArray const& keyValues,
                                         NodeStore::Scheduler& scheduler);
+
+private:
+    void* m_lruCache;
 };
 
 #endif
diff --git a/src/ripple_core/node/MdbBackendFactory.cpp b/src/ripple_core/node/MdbBackendFactory.cpp
index c454380f8..112c09e93 100644
--- a/src/ripple_core/node/MdbBackendFactory.cpp
+++ b/src/ripple_core/node/MdbBackendFactory.cpp
@@ -256,11 +256,9 @@ MdbBackendFactory::~MdbBackendFactory ()
 {
 }
 
-MdbBackendFactory& MdbBackendFactory::getInstance ()
+MdbBackendFactory* MdbBackendFactory::getInstance ()
 {
-    static MdbBackendFactory instance;
-
-    return instance;
+    return new MdbBackendFactory;
 }
 
 String MdbBackendFactory::getName () const
diff --git a/src/ripple_core/node/MdbBackendFactory.h b/src/ripple_core/node/MdbBackendFactory.h
index 4b396e6b6..3a145ee85 100644
--- a/src/ripple_core/node/MdbBackendFactory.h
+++ b/src/ripple_core/node/MdbBackendFactory.h
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ private:
     ~MdbBackendFactory ();
 
 public:
-    static MdbBackendFactory& getInstance ();
+    static MdbBackendFactory* getInstance ();
 
     String getName () const;
 
diff --git a/src/ripple_core/node/MemoryBackendFactory.cpp b/src/ripple_core/node/MemoryBackendFactory.cpp
index 21920845a..d70389255 100644
--- a/src/ripple_core/node/MemoryBackendFactory.cpp
+++ b/src/ripple_core/node/MemoryBackendFactory.cpp
@@ -89,11 +89,9 @@ MemoryBackendFactory::~MemoryBackendFactory ()
 {
 }
 
-MemoryBackendFactory& MemoryBackendFactory::getInstance ()
+MemoryBackendFactory* MemoryBackendFactory::getInstance ()
 {
-    static MemoryBackendFactory instance;
-
-    return instance;
+    return new MemoryBackendFactory;
 }
 
 String MemoryBackendFactory::getName () const
diff --git a/src/ripple_core/node/MemoryBackendFactory.h b/src/ripple_core/node/MemoryBackendFactory.h
index d61c93560..db1edd5f0 100644
--- a/src/ripple_core/node/MemoryBackendFactory.h
+++ b/src/ripple_core/node/MemoryBackendFactory.h
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ private:
     ~MemoryBackendFactory ();
 
 public:
-    static MemoryBackendFactory& getInstance ();
+    static MemoryBackendFactory* getInstance ();
 
     String getName () const;
 
diff --git a/src/ripple_core/node/NodeStore.cpp b/src/ripple_core/node/NodeStore.cpp
index 54573d99c..31d43380d 100644
--- a/src/ripple_core/node/NodeStore.cpp
+++ b/src/ripple_core/node/NodeStore.cpp
@@ -4,6 +4,45 @@
 */
 //==============================================================================
 
+// Holds the list of Backend factories
+class Factories
+{
+public:
+    typedef NodeStore::BackendFactory Factory;
+
+    Factories ()
+    {
+    }
+
+    ~Factories ()
+    {
+    }
+
+    void add (Factory* factory)
+    {
+        m_list.add (factory);
+    }
+
+    Factory* find (String name) const
+    {
+        for (int i = 0; i < m_list.size(); ++i)
+            if (m_list [i]->getName ().compareIgnoreCase (name) == 0)
+                return m_list [i];
+        return nullptr;
+    }
+
+    static Factories& get ()
+    {
+        return *SharedSingleton <Factories>::get (
+            SingletonLifetime::persistAfterCreation);
+    }
+
+private:
+    OwnedArray <Factory> m_list;
+};
+
+//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
 NodeStore::DecodedBlob::DecodedBlob (void const* key, void const* value, int valueBytes)
 {
     /*  Data format:
@@ -461,16 +500,7 @@ public:
 
         if (type.isNotEmpty ())
         {
-            BackendFactory* factory = nullptr;
-
-            for (int i = 0; i < s_factories.size (); ++i)
-            {
-                if (s_factories [i]->getName ().compareIgnoreCase (type) == 0)
-                {
-                    factory = s_factories [i];
-                    break;
-                }
-            }
+            BackendFactory* factory (Factories::get().find (type));
 
             if (factory != nullptr)
             {
@@ -489,11 +519,6 @@ public:
         return backend;
     }
 
-    static void addBackendFactory (BackendFactory& factory)
-    {
-        s_factories.add (&factory);
-    }
-
     //------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 private:
@@ -516,9 +541,9 @@ Array <NodeStore::BackendFactory*> NodeStoreImp::s_factories;
 
 //------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-void NodeStore::addBackendFactory (BackendFactory& factory)
+void NodeStore::addBackendFactory (BackendFactory* factory)
 {
-    NodeStoreImp::addBackendFactory (factory);
+    Factories::get().add (factory);
 }
 
 NodeStore::Scheduler& NodeStore::getSynchronousScheduler ()
@@ -543,6 +568,7 @@ void NodeStore::addAvailableBackends ()
     //NodeStore::addBackendFactory (SqliteBackendFactory::getInstance ());
 
     NodeStore::addBackendFactory (LevelDBBackendFactory::getInstance ());
+
     NodeStore::addBackendFactory (MemoryBackendFactory::getInstance ());
     NodeStore::addBackendFactory (NullBackendFactory::getInstance ());
 
diff --git a/src/ripple_core/node/NodeStore.h b/src/ripple_core/node/NodeStore.h
index ce641f5d2..d96a5d075 100644
--- a/src/ripple_core/node/NodeStore.h
+++ b/src/ripple_core/node/NodeStore.h
@@ -357,13 +357,12 @@ public:
     virtual String getName () const = 0;
 
     /** Add the specified backend factory to the list of available factories.
-
         The names of available factories are compared against the "type"
-        value in the parameter list on construction.
-
+        value in the parameter list on construction. Ownership of the object
+        is transferred. The object must be allocated using new.
         @param factory The factory to add.
     */
-    static void addBackendFactory (BackendFactory& factory);
+    static void addBackendFactory (BackendFactory* factory);
 
     /** Fetch an object.
 
diff --git a/src/ripple_core/node/NullBackendFactory.cpp b/src/ripple_core/node/NullBackendFactory.cpp
index 6a3b000c7..8fab2fa8e 100644
--- a/src/ripple_core/node/NullBackendFactory.cpp
+++ b/src/ripple_core/node/NullBackendFactory.cpp
@@ -53,11 +53,9 @@ NullBackendFactory::~NullBackendFactory ()
 {
 }
 
-NullBackendFactory& NullBackendFactory::getInstance ()
+NullBackendFactory* NullBackendFactory::getInstance ()
 {
-    static NullBackendFactory instance;
-
-    return instance;
+    return new NullBackendFactory;
 }
 
 String NullBackendFactory::getName () const
diff --git a/src/ripple_core/node/NullBackendFactory.h b/src/ripple_core/node/NullBackendFactory.h
index 7b5bab318..2d4bc0dab 100644
--- a/src/ripple_core/node/NullBackendFactory.h
+++ b/src/ripple_core/node/NullBackendFactory.h
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ private:
     ~NullBackendFactory ();
 
 public:
-    static NullBackendFactory& getInstance ();
+    static NullBackendFactory* getInstance ();
 
     String getName () const;