diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index f31c5dc9..00bc9781 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/ipfs/go-cid v0.2.0
 	github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs-blockstore v1.2.0
 	github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs-ds-help v1.1.0
-	github.com/jackc/pgx/v4 v4.18.1
 	github.com/jmoiron/sqlx v1.3.5
 	github.com/joho/godotenv v1.4.0
 	github.com/lib/pq v1.10.6
@@ -146,6 +145,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/jackc/pgproto3/v2 v2.3.2 // indirect
 	github.com/jackc/pgservicefile v0.0.0-20221227161230-091c0ba34f0a // indirect
 	github.com/jackc/pgtype v1.14.0 // indirect
+	github.com/jackc/pgx/v4 v4.18.1 // indirect
 	github.com/jackc/puddle v1.3.0 // indirect
 	github.com/jackpal/go-nat-pmp v1.0.2 // indirect
 	github.com/jbenet/go-temp-err-catcher v0.1.0 // indirect
@@ -295,3 +295,5 @@ require (
 )
 
 replace github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum v1.10.26 => github.com/cerc-io/go-ethereum v1.10.26-statediff-4.2.2-alpha
+
+replace github.com/cerc-io/ipld-eth-statedb v0.0.2-alpha => /Users/iannorden/go/src/github.com/cerc-io/ipld-eth-statedb
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 4d78b373..1733dac5 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -153,8 +153,6 @@ github.com/cerc-io/go-ethereum v1.10.26-statediff-4.2.2-alpha h1:gesMZEbNU+fcAMc
 github.com/cerc-io/go-ethereum v1.10.26-statediff-4.2.2-alpha/go.mod h1:lKBVBWksSwBDR/5D9CAxaGQzDPIS3ueWb6idy7X1Shg=
 github.com/cerc-io/ipfs-ethdb/v4 v4.0.10-alpha h1:5iqNXeitkj3g7FxyKK/Pz+1HN7Ac9JZzCRj3Lv+uHiw=
 github.com/cerc-io/ipfs-ethdb/v4 v4.0.10-alpha/go.mod h1:dPscFRMvTWPKnoZ4U0D9v4bsrw6XdH7sOp8hUrVzOWA=
-github.com/cerc-io/ipld-eth-statedb v0.0.2-alpha h1:Dj6XG6T14iHRBMFYHKcnMkNsdxZ7xqAaah2Z+QiOe1k=
-github.com/cerc-io/ipld-eth-statedb v0.0.2-alpha/go.mod h1:914KQXnRylWQxRQOvlIr74NmGw7t1CyJJaEr5VSKW8E=
 github.com/cespare/cp v0.1.0 h1:SE+dxFebS7Iik5LK0tsi1k9ZCxEaFX4AjQmoyA+1dJk=
 github.com/cespare/xxhash v1.1.0 h1:a6HrQnmkObjyL+Gs60czilIUGqrzKutQD6XZog3p+ko=
 github.com/cespare/xxhash v1.1.0/go.mod h1:XrSqR1VqqWfGrhpAt58auRo0WTKS1nRRg3ghfAqPWnc=
diff --git a/pkg/eth/backend.go b/pkg/eth/backend.go
index b5595778..fd25a5c7 100644
--- a/pkg/eth/backend.go
+++ b/pkg/eth/backend.go
@@ -25,8 +25,6 @@ import (
 	"math/big"
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/jackc/pgx/v4/pgxpool"
-
 	validator "github.com/cerc-io/eth-ipfs-state-validator/v4/pkg"
 	ipfsethdb "github.com/cerc-io/ipfs-ethdb/v4/postgres"
 	"github.com/cerc-io/ipld-eth-server/v4/pkg/log"
@@ -111,7 +109,7 @@ type Backend struct {
 	EthDB         ethdb.Database
 	StateDatabase state.Database
 	// We'll use this state.Database for eth_call and any place we don't need trie access
-	IpldStateDatabase ipld_eth_statedb.Database
+	IpldStateDatabase ipld_eth_statedb.StateDatabase
 
 	Config *Config
 }
@@ -124,7 +122,7 @@ type Config struct {
 	GroupCacheConfig *shared.GroupCacheConfig
 }
 
-func NewEthBackend(db *sqlx.DB, pgxdb *pgxpool.Pool, c *Config) (*Backend, error) {
+func NewEthBackend(db *sqlx.DB, c *Config) (*Backend, error) {
 	gcc := c.GroupCacheConfig
 
 	groupName := gcc.StateDB.Name
@@ -140,7 +138,7 @@ func NewEthBackend(db *sqlx.DB, pgxdb *pgxpool.Pool, c *Config) (*Backend, error
 	})
 
 	logStateDBStatsOnTimer(ethDB.(*ipfsethdb.Database), gcc)
-	ipldStateDB, err := ipld_eth_statedb.NewStateDatabaseWithPool(pgxdb)
+	ipldStateDB, err := ipld_eth_statedb.NewStateDatabaseWithSqlxPool(db)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/serve/service.go b/pkg/serve/service.go
index 5d92a9f8..d36d96e8 100644
--- a/pkg/serve/service.go
+++ b/pkg/serve/service.go
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ type Service struct {
 	sync.Mutex
 	// Used to signal shutdown of the service
 	QuitChan chan bool
-	// Underlying db
+	// Underlying db connection pool
 	db *sqlx.DB
 	// rpc client for forwarding cache misses
 	client *rpc.Client