diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index a96602d1..481c6de8 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ replace (
 
 	// replace cosmos
 	github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk => github.com/vulcanize/cosmos-sdk v0.46.0-smt-0.0.3-alpha
-	github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/db => /home/vitwit/Projects/vulcanize/cosmos-sdk/db
+	github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/db => github.com/vulcanize/cosmos-sdk/db v1.0.0-beta.1
 	github.com/gogo/protobuf => github.com/regen-network/protobuf v1.3.3-alpha.regen.1
 	google.golang.org/grpc => google.golang.org/grpc v1.44.0
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index b245dda4..122b92bb 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1411,6 +1411,8 @@ github.com/vmihailenco/msgpack/v5 v5.3.5/go.mod h1:7xyJ9e+0+9SaZT0Wt1RGleJXzli6Q
 github.com/vmihailenco/tagparser/v2 v2.0.0/go.mod h1:Wri+At7QHww0WTrCBeu4J6bNtoV6mEfg5OIWRZA9qds=
 github.com/vulcanize/cosmos-sdk v0.46.0-smt-0.0.3-alpha h1:uo9s4iQ5GFqEPBaWWCxc1NndJzvrkPkIbCDz3WorcH4=
 github.com/vulcanize/cosmos-sdk v0.46.0-smt-0.0.3-alpha/go.mod h1:qvWphKMtDelR8tVWRq1+kQRHgMSanu3hfM/ahK7X86Q=
+github.com/vulcanize/cosmos-sdk/db v1.0.0-beta.1 h1:fLVdRk/JEWN5SGdOERhjHWU/zq3Efxeofu3VmJsrk90=
+github.com/vulcanize/cosmos-sdk/db v1.0.0-beta.1/go.mod h1:n79xAGrkFZLzudBwLIgQCa62PTHx9mCymwC+lSvoR2s=
 github.com/warpfork/go-wish v0.0.0-20180510122957-5ad1f5abf436 h1:qOpVTI+BrstcjTZLm2Yz/3sOnqkzj3FQoh0g+E5s3Gc=
 github.com/warpfork/go-wish v0.0.0-20180510122957-5ad1f5abf436/go.mod h1:x6AKhvSSexNrVSrViXSHUEbICjmGXhtgABaHIySUSGw=
 github.com/whyrusleeping/cbor-gen v0.0.0-20200123233031-1cdf64d27158 h1:WXhVOwj2USAXB5oMDwRl3piOux2XMV9TANaYxXHdkoE=