diff --git a/Database/Sources/Database/Options.swift b/Database/Sources/Database/Options.swift
index 8312a58e..8c67d8f2 100644
--- a/Database/Sources/Database/Options.swift
+++ b/Database/Sources/Database/Options.swift
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ public struct Options: ~Copyable, Sendable {
     var value: OpaquePointer { ptr.value }
 
     public init() {
-        ptr = .init(rocksdb_options_create(), free: rocksdb_options_destroy)
+        ptr = .init(ptr: rocksdb_options_create(), free: rocksdb_options_destroy)
     }
 
     public func increaseParallelism(cpus: Int) {
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ public struct WriteOptions: ~Copyable, Sendable {
     var value: OpaquePointer { ptr.value }
 
     public init() {
-        ptr = .init(rocksdb_writeoptions_create(), free: rocksdb_writeoptions_destroy)
+        ptr = .init(ptr: rocksdb_writeoptions_create(), free: rocksdb_writeoptions_destroy)
     }
 }
 
@@ -43,6 +43,6 @@ public struct ReadOptions: ~Copyable, Sendable {
     var value: OpaquePointer { ptr.value }
 
     public init() {
-        ptr = .init(rocksdb_readoptions_create(), free: rocksdb_readoptions_destroy)
+        ptr = .init(ptr: rocksdb_readoptions_create(), free: rocksdb_readoptions_destroy)
     }
 }
diff --git a/Database/Sources/Database/RocksDB.swift b/Database/Sources/Database/RocksDB.swift
index ac5860a8..f98d2d34 100644
--- a/Database/Sources/Database/RocksDB.swift
+++ b/Database/Sources/Database/RocksDB.swift
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ public final class RocksDB: Sendable {
     private let db: SendableOpaquePointer
 
     public init(path: URL) throws(Error) {
-        dbOptions = Options()
+        let dbOptions = Options()
 
         // TODO: starting from options here
         // https://github.com/paritytech/parity-common/blob/e3787dc768b08e10809834c65419ad3c255b5cac/kvdb-rocksdb/src/lib.rs#L339
@@ -33,15 +33,17 @@ public final class RocksDB: Sendable {
         dbOptions.optimizeLevelStyleCompaction(memtableMemoryBudget: 512 * 1024 * 1024) // 512 MB
         dbOptions.setCreateIfMissing(true)
 
-        writeOptions = WriteOptions()
-        readOptions = ReadOptions()
-
         // open DB
         db = try Self.call { err, _ in
             rocksdb_open(dbOptions.value, path.path, &err).asSendable
         } onErr: { message throws(Error) in
             throw Error.openFailed(message: message)
         }
+
+        self.dbOptions = dbOptions
+
+        writeOptions = WriteOptions()
+        readOptions = ReadOptions()
     }
 
     deinit {
diff --git a/Database/Sources/Database/RocksDBBackend.swift b/Database/Sources/Database/RocksDBBackend.swift
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..78f02e12
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Database/Sources/Database/RocksDBBackend.swift
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+import Blockchain
+import Foundation
+import Utils
+
+public final class RocksDBBackend: StateBackendProtocol {
+    public init() {}
+
+    public func read(key _: Data) async throws -> Data? {
+        fatalError("unimplemented")
+    }
+
+    public func readAll(prefix _: Data, startKey _: Data?, limit _: UInt32?) async throws -> [(key: Data, value: Data)] {
+        fatalError("unimplemented")
+    }
+
+    public func batchUpdate(_: [StateBackendOperation]) async throws {
+        fatalError("unimplemented")
+    }
+
+    public func readValue(hash _: Data32) async throws -> Data? {
+        fatalError("unimplemented")
+    }
+
+    public func gc(callback _: @Sendable (Data) -> Data32?) async throws {
+        fatalError("unimplemented")
+    }
+}