diff --git a/postgres/batch_test.go b/postgres/batch_test.go
index a99422f..6539853 100644
--- a/postgres/batch_test.go
+++ b/postgres/batch_test.go
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/core/types"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/ethdb"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/rlp"
+	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/statediff/indexer/database/sql/postgres"
 	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo"
 	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
 
@@ -38,11 +39,11 @@ var (
 
 var _ = Describe("Batch", func() {
 	BeforeEach(func() {
-		db, err = pgipfsethdb.TestDB()
+		db, err := postgres.SetupPGXDB()
 		Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
 
 		cacheConfig := pgipfsethdb.CacheConfig{
-			Name:           "driver",
+			Name:           "db",
 			Size:           3000000, // 3MB
 			ExpiryDuration: time.Hour,
 		}
diff --git a/postgres/database.go b/postgres/database.go
index 3f58218..c53cc28 100644
--- a/postgres/database.go
+++ b/postgres/database.go
@@ -41,8 +41,8 @@ var (
 
 // Database is the type that satisfies the ethdb.Database and ethdb.KeyValueStore interfaces for PG-IPFS Ethereum data using a direct Postgres connection
 type Database struct {
-	driver sql.Database
-	cache  *groupcache.Group
+	db    sql.Database
+	cache *groupcache.Group
 }
 
 func (d *Database) ModifyAncients(f func(ethdb.AncientWriteOp) error) (int64, error) {
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ type CacheConfig struct {
 
 // NewKeyValueStore returns a ethdb.KeyValueStore interface for PG-IPFS
 func NewKeyValueStore(db sql.Database, cacheConfig CacheConfig) ethdb.KeyValueStore {
-	database := Database{driver: db}
+	database := Database{db: db}
 	database.InitCache(cacheConfig)
 
 	return &database
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ func NewKeyValueStore(db sql.Database, cacheConfig CacheConfig) ethdb.KeyValueSt
 
 // NewDatabase returns a ethdb.Database interface for PG-IPFS
 func NewDatabase(db sql.Database, cacheConfig CacheConfig) *Database {
-	database := Database{driver: db}
+	database := Database{db: db}
 	database.InitCache(cacheConfig)
 
 	return &database
@@ -102,13 +102,13 @@ func (d *Database) Has(key []byte) (bool, error) {
 		return false, err
 	}
 	var exists bool
-	return exists, d.driver.Get(context.Background(), &exists, hasPgStr, mhKey)
+	return exists, d.db.Get(context.Background(), &exists, hasPgStr, mhKey)
 }
 
 // Get retrieves the given key if it's present in the key-value data store
 func (d *Database) dbGet(key string) ([]byte, error) {
 	var data []byte
-	return data, d.driver.Get(context.Background(),&data, getPgStr, key)
+	return data, d.db.Get(context.Background(),&data, getPgStr, key)
 }
 
 // Get satisfies the ethdb.KeyValueReader interface
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ func (d *Database) Put(key []byte, value []byte) error {
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	_, err = d.driver.Exec(context.Background(),putPgStr, mhKey, value)
+	_, err = d.db.Exec(context.Background(),putPgStr, mhKey, value)
 	return err
 }
 
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ func (d *Database) Delete(key []byte) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	_, err = d.driver.Exec(context.Background(),deletePgStr, mhKey)
+	_, err = d.db.Exec(context.Background(),deletePgStr, mhKey)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -211,23 +211,23 @@ func (d *Database) Stat(property string) (string, error) {
 	switch prop {
 	case Size:
 		var byteSize string
-		return byteSize, d.driver.Get(context.Background(), &byteSize, dbSizePgStr)
+		return byteSize, d.db.Get(context.Background(), &byteSize, dbSizePgStr)
 	case Idle:
-		return strconv.FormatInt(d.driver.Stats().Idle(),10), nil
+		return strconv.FormatInt(d.db.Stats().Idle(),10), nil
 	case InUse:
-		return strconv.FormatInt(d.driver.Stats().InUse(),10), nil
+		return strconv.FormatInt(d.db.Stats().InUse(),10), nil
 	case MaxIdleClosed:
-		return strconv.FormatInt(d.driver.Stats().MaxIdleClosed(),10), nil
+		return strconv.FormatInt(d.db.Stats().MaxIdleClosed(),10), nil
 	case MaxLifetimeClosed:
-		return strconv.FormatInt(d.driver.Stats().MaxLifetimeClosed(),10), nil
+		return strconv.FormatInt(d.db.Stats().MaxLifetimeClosed(),10), nil
 	case MaxOpenConnections:
-		return strconv.FormatInt(d.driver.Stats().MaxOpen(), 10), nil
+		return strconv.FormatInt(d.db.Stats().MaxOpen(), 10), nil
 	case OpenConnections:
-		return strconv.FormatInt(d.driver.Stats().Open(), 10), nil
+		return strconv.FormatInt(d.db.Stats().Open(), 10), nil
 	case WaitCount:
-		return strconv.FormatInt(d.driver.Stats().WaitCount(),10), nil
+		return strconv.FormatInt(d.db.Stats().WaitCount(),10), nil
 	case WaitDuration:
-		return d.driver.Stats().WaitDuration().String(), nil
+		return d.db.Stats().WaitDuration().String(), nil
 	default:
 		return "", fmt.Errorf("unhandled database property")
 	}
@@ -240,10 +240,10 @@ func (d *Database) Compact(start []byte, limit []byte) error {
 }
 
 // NewBatch satisfies the ethdb.Batcher interface
-// NewBatch creates a write-only database that buffers changes to its host driver
+// NewBatch creates a write-only database that buffers changes to its host db
 // until a final write is called
 func (d *Database) NewBatch() ethdb.Batch {
-	return NewBatch(d.driver, nil)
+	return NewBatch(d.db, nil)
 }
 
 // NewIterator satisfies the ethdb.Iteratee interface
@@ -254,13 +254,13 @@ func (d *Database) NewBatch() ethdb.Batch {
 // Note: This method assumes that the prefix is NOT part of the start, so there's
 // no need for the caller to prepend the prefix to the start
 func (d *Database) NewIterator(prefix []byte, start []byte) ethdb.Iterator {
-	return NewIterator(start, prefix, d.driver)
+	return NewIterator(start, prefix, d.db)
 }
 
 // Close satisfies the io.Closer interface
-// Close closes the driver connection
+// Close closes the db connection
 func (d *Database) Close() error {
-	return d.driver.Close()
+	return d.db.Close()
 }
 
 // HasAncient satisfies the ethdb.AncientReader interface
diff --git a/postgres/database_test.go b/postgres/database_test.go
index 253a1b5..9e407e7 100644
--- a/postgres/database_test.go
+++ b/postgres/database_test.go
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Database", func() {
 		Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
 
 		cacheConfig := pgipfsethdb.CacheConfig{
-			Name:           "driver",
+			Name:           "db",
 			Size:           3000000, // 3MB
 			ExpiryDuration: time.Hour,
 		}
@@ -59,12 +59,12 @@ var _ = Describe("Database", func() {
 	})
 
 	Describe("Has", func() {
-		It("returns false if a key-pair doesn't exist in the driver", func() {
+		It("returns false if a key-pair doesn't exist in the db", func() {
 			has, err := database.Has(testEthKey)
 			Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
 			Expect(has).ToNot(BeTrue())
 		})
-		It("returns true if a key-pair exists in the driver", func() {
+		It("returns true if a key-pair exists in the db", func() {
 			_, err = db.Exec("INSERT into public.blocks (key, data) VALUES ($1, $2)", testMhKey, testValue)
 			Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
 			has, err := database.Has(testEthKey)
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Database", func() {
 	})
 
 	Describe("Get", func() {
-		It("throws an err if the key-pair doesn't exist in the driver", func() {
+		It("throws an err if the key-pair doesn't exist in the db", func() {
 			_, err = database.Get(testEthKey)
 			Expect(err).To(HaveOccurred())
 			Expect(err.Error()).To(ContainSubstring("sql: no rows in result set"))
diff --git a/postgres/iterator.go b/postgres/iterator.go
index d5f8c5a..9c9f7c6 100644
--- a/postgres/iterator.go
+++ b/postgres/iterator.go
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ func NewIterator(start, prefix []byte, driver sql.Database) ethdb.Iterator {
 // Next moves the iterator to the next key/value pair
 // It returns whether the iterator is exhausted
 func (i *Iterator) Next() bool {
-	// this is complicated by the ipfs driver keys not being the keccak256 hashes
+	// this is complicated by the ipfs db keys not being the keccak256 hashes
 	// go-ethereum usage of this method expects the iteration to occur over keccak256 keys
 	panic("implement me: Next")
 }
diff --git a/postgres/util.go b/postgres/util.go
index c533b45..4a79a5d 100644
--- a/postgres/util.go
+++ b/postgres/util.go
@@ -20,11 +20,11 @@ import (
 	"github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs-blockstore"
 	"github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs-ds-help"
 	"github.com/jmoiron/sqlx"
-	_ "github.com/lib/pq" //postgres driver
+	_ "github.com/lib/pq" //postgres db
 	"github.com/multiformats/go-multihash"
 )
 
-// MultihashKeyFromKeccak256 converts keccak256 hash bytes into a blockstore-prefixed multihash driver key string
+// MultihashKeyFromKeccak256 converts keccak256 hash bytes into a blockstore-prefixed multihash db key string
 func MultihashKeyFromKeccak256(h []byte) (string, error) {
 	mh, err := multihash.Encode(h, multihash.KECCAK_256)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -36,13 +36,13 @@ func MultihashKeyFromKeccak256(h []byte) (string, error) {
 
 // TestDB connect to the testing database
 // it assumes the database has the IPFS public.blocks table present
-// DO NOT use a production driver for the test driver, as it will remove all contents of the public.blocks table
+// DO NOT use a production db for the test db, as it will remove all contents of the public.blocks table
 func TestDB() (*sqlx.DB, error) {
 	connectStr := "postgresql://localhost:5432/vulcanize_testing?sslmode=disable"
 	return sqlx.Connect("postgres", connectStr)
 }
 
-// ResetTestDB drops all rows in the test driver public.blocks table
+// ResetTestDB drops all rows in the test db public.blocks table
 func ResetTestDB(db *sqlx.DB) error {
 	_, err := db.Exec("TRUNCATE public.blocks")
 	return err