diff --git a/cmd/root.go b/cmd/root.go
index 500c8be6..e4c28607 100644
--- a/cmd/root.go
+++ b/cmd/root.go
@@ -64,9 +64,9 @@ func database(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 	ipc = viper.GetString("client.ipcpath")
 	levelDbPath = viper.GetString("client.leveldbpath")
 	databaseConfig = config.Database{
-		Name:     viper.GetString("database.name"),
-		Hostname: viper.GetString("database.hostname"),
-		Port:     viper.GetInt("database.port"),
+		Name:     "vulcanize_public",
+		Hostname: "localhost",
+		Port:     5432,
 		User:     viper.GetString("database.user"),
 		Password: viper.GetString("database.password"),
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/transformers/bite/converter_test.go b/pkg/transformers/bite/converter_test.go
index e33b218a..af14588d 100644
--- a/pkg/transformers/bite/converter_test.go
+++ b/pkg/transformers/bite/converter_test.go
@@ -79,8 +79,8 @@ var _ = Describe("Bite Converter", func() {
 			Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
 			expectedModel := bite.BiteModel{
 				Id:               "1",
-				Ilk:              []byte{0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
-				Urn:              []byte{0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
+				Ilk:              "",
+				Urn:              "",
 				Ink:              "",
 				Art:              "",
 				IArt:             "",
diff --git a/pkg/transformers/bite/entity.go b/pkg/transformers/bite/entity.go
index aa80b81e..f088f2a2 100644
--- a/pkg/transformers/bite/entity.go
+++ b/pkg/transformers/bite/entity.go
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ import (
 
 type BiteEntity struct {
 	Id               *big.Int
-	Ilk              [32]byte
-	Urn              [32]byte
+	Ilk              string
+	Urn              string
 	Ink              *big.Int
 	Art              *big.Int
 	Tab              *big.Int
diff --git a/pkg/transformers/bite/model.go b/pkg/transformers/bite/model.go
index a951eb74..678a59fe 100644
--- a/pkg/transformers/bite/model.go
+++ b/pkg/transformers/bite/model.go
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ package bite
 
 type BiteModel struct {
 	Id               string
-	Ilk              []byte
-	Urn              []byte
+	Ilk              string
+	Urn              string
 	Ink              string
 	Art              string
 	IArt             string
diff --git a/pkg/transformers/test_data/bite.go b/pkg/transformers/test_data/bite.go
index efdccb8e..e2af6d13 100644
--- a/pkg/transformers/test_data/bite.go
+++ b/pkg/transformers/test_data/bite.go
@@ -40,8 +40,8 @@ var (
 	biteIArt       = big.NewInt(5)
 	biteRawJson, _ = json.Marshal(EthBiteLog)
 	biteRawString  = string(biteRawJson)
-	biteIlk        = [32]byte{102, 97, 107, 101, 32, 105, 108, 107, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0}
-	biteLad        = [32]byte{102, 97, 107, 101, 32, 108, 97, 100, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0}
+	biteIlk        = "ilk"
+	biteLad        = "urn"
 	biteId         = int64(1)
 )
 
@@ -76,8 +76,8 @@ var BiteEntity = bite.BiteEntity{
 
 var BiteModel = bite.BiteModel{
 	Id:               strconv.FormatInt(biteId, 10),
-	Ilk:              biteIlk[:],
-	Urn:              biteLad[:],
+	Ilk:              biteIlk,
+	Urn:              biteLad,
 	Ink:              biteInk.String(),
 	Art:              biteArt.String(),
 	Tab:              biteTab.String(),