diff --git a/src/ripple/module/app/main/Main.cpp b/src/ripple/module/app/main/Main.cpp
index e112e7114..98ac2c930 100644
--- a/src/ripple/module/app/main/Main.cpp
+++ b/src/ripple/module/app/main/Main.cpp
@@ -23,6 +23,10 @@
 #include <beast/unit_test.h>
 #include <beast/streams/debug_ostream.h>
 
+#if defined(BEAST_LINUX) || defined(BEAST_MAC) || defined(BEAST_BSD)
+#include <sys/resource.h>
+#endif
+
 namespace po = boost::program_options;
 
 namespace ripple {
diff --git a/src/ripple/nodestore/backend/HyperDBFactory.cpp b/src/ripple/nodestore/backend/HyperDBFactory.cpp
index aa480c8e5..fb51abca7 100644
--- a/src/ripple/nodestore/backend/HyperDBFactory.cpp
+++ b/src/ripple/nodestore/backend/HyperDBFactory.cpp
@@ -172,7 +172,10 @@ public:
 
         hyperleveldb::WriteOptions const options;
 
-        m_db->Write (options, &wb).ok ();
+        auto ret = m_db->Write (options, &wb);
+
+        if (!ret.ok ())
+            throw std::runtime_error ("storeBatch failed: " + ret.ToString());
     }
 
     void
diff --git a/src/ripple/nodestore/backend/LevelDBFactory.cpp b/src/ripple/nodestore/backend/LevelDBFactory.cpp
index 8fabbd9d5..2985cb328 100644
--- a/src/ripple/nodestore/backend/LevelDBFactory.cpp
+++ b/src/ripple/nodestore/backend/LevelDBFactory.cpp
@@ -174,7 +174,10 @@ public:
 
         leveldb::WriteOptions const options;
 
-        m_db->Write (options, &wb).ok ();
+        auto ret = m_db->Write (options, &wb);
+
+        if (!ret.ok ())
+            throw std::runtime_error ("storeBatch failed: " + ret.ToString());
     }
 
     void
diff --git a/src/ripple/nodestore/backend/RocksDBFactory.cpp b/src/ripple/nodestore/backend/RocksDBFactory.cpp
index c657bb96c..db7d46f27 100644
--- a/src/ripple/nodestore/backend/RocksDBFactory.cpp
+++ b/src/ripple/nodestore/backend/RocksDBFactory.cpp
@@ -261,7 +261,10 @@ public:
 
         rocksdb::WriteOptions const options;
 
-        m_db->Write (options, &wb).ok ();
+        auto ret = m_db->Write (options, &wb);
+
+        if (!ret.ok ())
+            throw std::runtime_error ("storeBatch failed: " + ret.ToString());
     }
 
     void