diff --git a/src/hashtree.erl b/src/hashtree.erl
index 00c73b089..234902dc8 100644
--- a/src/hashtree.erl
+++ b/src/hashtree.erl
@@ -880,16 +880,12 @@ hashes(State, Segments) ->
 -spec snapshot(hashtree()) -> hashtree().
 snapshot(State) ->
     Mod = State#state.database_mod,
-    ?LOG_INFO(
-        "Update snapshot - db ~w snapshot ~w",
-        [State#state.ref, State#state.itr]),
     {ok, Itr} = Mod:snapshot(State#state.ref, State#state.itr),
     State#state{itr=Itr}.
 
 -spec multi_select_segment(
     hashtree(), list('*'|integer()), select_fun(T)) -> [{integer(), T}].
 multi_select_segment(#state{id=Id, itr=Itr, database_mod=Mod}, Segments, F) ->
-    ?LOG_INFO("Multi select segment on snapshot ~w", [Itr]),
     Mod:multi_select_segment(Id, Itr, Segments, F).
 
 
diff --git a/src/hashtree_leveled.erl b/src/hashtree_leveled.erl
index 20a3edb3c..484890c21 100644
--- a/src/hashtree_leveled.erl
+++ b/src/hashtree_leveled.erl
@@ -34,14 +34,21 @@
     encode_key/1
     ]).
 
-
 -export([fake_close/1]).
 
--type tree_id_bin() :: <<_:176>>.
 -type db_key() :: {binary(), binary()}|{{binary(), binary()}, binary()}.
 -type select_fun(T) :: fun((orddict:orddict()) -> T).
+-type active_store() :: pid().
+-type active_snap() :: pid().
+-type store_ref() :: active_store()|undefined.
+-type snapshot_ref() :: active_snap()|undefined.
 
 -define(HEAD_TAG, h).
+-define(STORE_FORCED_LOGS, []).
+-define(STORE_LOG_LEVEL, warn).
+-define(SNAP_FORCED_LOGS, []).
+-define(SNAP_LOG_LEVEL, warn).
+-define(PAUSE_ON_BUSY, 40).
 
 -include_lib("kernel/include/logger.hrl").
 
@@ -53,18 +60,17 @@
 %%% API
 %%%===================================================================
 
--spec new(proplists:proplist()) -> {term(), string()}.
+-spec new(proplists:proplist()) -> {active_store(), string()}.
 new(Options) ->
     DataDir = hashtree:get_path(Options),
-
     LeveledOpts =
         [
         {root_path, DataDir},
         {max_journalobjectcount, 20000},
             %% one tenth of standard size - as head_only
-        {log_level, warn},
-        {forced_logs, [b0001, b0002, b0003, i0023, p0042]},
-        {database_id, 0},
+        {log_level, ?STORE_LOG_LEVEL},
+        {forced_logs, ?STORE_FORCED_LOGS},
+        {database_id, 65534}, % 65535 used for tictac aae stores
         {head_only, with_lookup},
         {cache_size, 2000},
         {sync_strategy, none},
@@ -76,12 +82,11 @@ new(Options) ->
             %% question over whether in an idle cluster there may be a need for a
             %% non-finite timeout 
         ],
-
     ok = filelib:ensure_dir(DataDir),
     {ok, DB} = leveled_bookie:book_start(LeveledOpts),
     {DB, DataDir}.
 
--spec close(term(), term()) -> ok.
+-spec close(store_ref(), snapshot_ref()) -> ok.
 close(undefined, undefined) ->
     ok;
 close(DB, undefined) ->
@@ -96,21 +101,20 @@ close(DB, Snapshot) ->
 %% store is a shared (linked) store it might be it will be closed prior to a
 %% snapshot in another pair on the same store.  In this case the store will
 %% wait for 20s to close to give a chance for the snapshot to clear.
--spec close_group(list({term(), term()})) -> ok.
+-spec close_group(list({store_ref(), snapshot_ref()})) -> ok.
 close_group(DBList) ->
     {DBs, Snapshots} = lists:unzip(DBList),
     lists:foreach(
         fun(DB) -> close_db(DB) end,
         lists:usort(Snapshots) ++ lists:usort(DBs)).
 
-
 -spec destroy(string()) -> ok.
 destroy(Path) ->
     hashtree:destroy(Path).
 
 -spec encode_key(
-    {segment, tree_id_bin(), integer(), binary()}|
-    {bucket, tree_id_bin(), integer(), integer()}|
+    {segment, hashtree:tree_id_bin(), integer(), binary()}|
+    {bucket, hashtree:tree_id_bin(), integer(), integer()}|
     {meta, binary()}) -> db_key().
 encode_key({segment, TreeId, Segment, Key}) ->
     {{<<$t, TreeId:22/binary>>, <<Segment:64/integer>>}, <<Key/binary>>};
@@ -119,37 +123,35 @@ encode_key({bucket, TreeId, Level, Bucket}) ->
 encode_key({meta, Key}) ->
     {<<$m>>, <<Key/binary>>}.
 
-
 -spec snapshot(term(), term()) -> {ok, term()}.
 snapshot(DB, undefined) ->
     {ok, Snapshot} = leveled_bookie:book_start([{snapshot_bookie, DB}]),
-    ok = leveled_bookie:book_loglevel(Snapshot, warn),
-    ok =
-        leveled_bookie:book_addlogs(
-            Snapshot, [b0001, b0002, b0003, i0027, p0007]
-        ),
+    ok = leveled_bookie:book_loglevel(Snapshot, ?SNAP_LOG_LEVEL),
+    ok = leveled_bookie:book_addlogs(Snapshot, ?SNAP_FORCED_LOGS),
     {ok, Snapshot};
 snapshot(DB, Snapshot) ->
     close_db(Snapshot),
     snapshot(DB, undefined).
 
--spec get(term(), db_key()) -> {ok, binary()}| not_found | {error, any()}.
+-spec get(
+    active_store()|active_snap(), db_key())
+        -> {ok, binary()}| not_found | {error, any()}.
 get(DB, {Bucket, Key}) ->
     leveled_bookie:book_headonly(DB, Bucket, Key, null).
 
--spec put(term(), db_key(), binary()) -> ok.
+-spec put(store_ref(), db_key(), binary()) -> ok.
 put(DB, {Bucket, Key}, Value) ->
-    leveled_bookie:book_mput(
-        DB, [{add, v1, Bucket, Key, null, undefined, Value}]).
+    put_object_specs(DB, [{add, v1, Bucket, Key, null, undefined, Value}]).
 
--spec mput(term(), list({put, db_key(), binary()}|{delete, db_key()})) -> ok.
+-spec mput(
+    active_store(), list({put, db_key(), binary()}|{delete, db_key()}))
+        -> ok.
 mput(DB, Updates) ->
     %% Buffer has been built backwards and reversed
     %% ... so most recent updates are now at the tail of the list
     %% e.g. [FirstUpdate, SecondUpdate ..., NthUpdate]
     %% Need to de-duplicate this, so only the most recent change is added for
-    %% each key - so reverse before ukeysort.
-    %% Order expected for leveled is 
+    %% each key - so reverse before ukeysort. Order expected for leveled is:
     %% [NthUpdate, ..., SecondUpdate, FirstUpdate] - so don't re-reverse
     ObjectSpecs =
         lists:map(
@@ -163,14 +165,13 @@ mput(DB, Updates) ->
             end,
             lists:ukeysort(2, lists:reverse(Updates))
         ),
-    leveled_bookie:book_mput(DB, ObjectSpecs).
+    put_object_specs(DB, ObjectSpecs).
 
--spec delete(term(), db_key()) -> ok.
+-spec delete(active_store(), db_key()) -> ok.
 delete(DB, {Bucket, Key}) ->
-    leveled_bookie:book_mput(
-        DB, [{remove, v1, Bucket, Key, null, undefined, null}]).
+    put_object_specs(DB, [{remove, v1, Bucket, Key, null, undefined, null}]).
 
--spec clear_buckets(tree_id_bin(), term()) -> ok.
+-spec clear_buckets(hashtree:tree_id_bin(), active_store()) -> ok.
 clear_buckets(Id, DB) ->
     FoldFun =
         fun(Bucket, {Key, null}, Acc) ->
@@ -184,13 +185,13 @@ clear_buckets(Id, DB) ->
             {FoldFun, []}
         ),
     BucketKeyList = BucketFolder(),
-    leveled_bookie:book_mput(DB, BucketKeyList),
+    put_object_specs(DB, BucketKeyList),
     ?LOG_DEBUG("Tree ~p cleared ~p segments.\n", [Id, length(BucketKeyList)]),
     ok.
 
-
 -spec multi_select_segment(
-    term(), term(), list('*'|integer()), select_fun(T)) -> [{integer(), T}].
+    hashtree:tree_id_bin(), active_snap(), list('*'|integer()), select_fun(T))
+        -> [{integer(), T}].
 multi_select_segment(Id, Itr, Segments, F) ->
     DBType =
         element(1, element(1, encode_key({segment, Id, 0, <<>>}))),
@@ -200,12 +201,9 @@ multi_select_segment(Id, Itr, Segments, F) ->
                 {DBType, <<Seg:64/integer>>} ->
                     NewEntry = {hashtree:external_encode(Id, Seg, Key), Value},
                     case Acc of
-                        [] ->
-                            [{Seg, [NewEntry]}];
-                        [{Seg, KVL}|T] ->
-                            [{Seg, [NewEntry|KVL]}|T];
-                        Acc ->
-                            [{Seg, [NewEntry]}|Acc]
+                        [] -> [{Seg, [NewEntry]}];
+                        [{Seg, KVL}|T] -> [{Seg, [NewEntry|KVL]}|T];
+                        Acc -> [{Seg, [NewEntry]}|Acc]
                     end;
                 _ ->
                     Acc
@@ -215,9 +213,7 @@ multi_select_segment(Id, Itr, Segments, F) ->
         case Segments of
             ['*', '*'] ->
                 leveled_bookie:book_headfold(
-                    Itr, ?HEAD_TAG, {FoldFun, []},
-                    false, false, false
-                );
+                    Itr, ?HEAD_TAG, {FoldFun, []}, false, false, false);
             Segments ->
                 BList =
                     lists:map(
@@ -234,33 +230,37 @@ multi_select_segment(Id, Itr, Segments, F) ->
     SegKeyValues = Folder(),
     Result =
         lists:map(
-            fun({S, KVL}) -> {S, F(lists:reverse(KVL))} end,
-            SegKeyValues
-        ),
+            fun({S, KVL}) -> {S, F(lists:reverse(KVL))} end, SegKeyValues),
     lists:reverse(Result).
 
-
 %%%===================================================================
 %%% Internal functions
 %%%===================================================================
 
-
--spec close_db(pid()|undefined) -> ok.
+-spec close_db(store_ref()) -> ok.
 close_db(undefined) ->
     ok;
 close_db(Pid) when is_pid(Pid) ->
     case is_process_alive(Pid) of
-        true ->
-            leveled_bookie:book_close(Pid);
-        false ->
-            ok
+        true -> leveled_bookie:book_close(Pid);
+        false -> ok
     end.
 
+-spec put_object_specs(
+    pid(),
+    [{add|remove, v1,
+        {binary(), binary()}|binary(), binary(), null,
+        undefined,
+        binary()|null}]) -> ok.
+put_object_specs(DB, ObjectSpecs) ->
+    case leveled_bookie:book_mput(DB, ObjectSpecs) of
+        ok -> ok;
+        pause -> timer:sleep(?PAUSE_ON_BUSY)
+    end.
 
 %%%===================================================================
 %%% EUnit
 %%%===================================================================
 
-
 fake_close(DB) ->
     catch leveled_bookie:book_close(DB).
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