diff --git a/ircd/db.cc b/ircd/db.cc
index 1ee14d5cb..d8c960a84 100644
--- a/ircd/db.cc
+++ b/ircd/db.cc
@@ -2069,18 +2069,6 @@ ircd::db::database::column::column(database &d,
 	// Set filter reductions for this column. This means we expect a key to exist.
 	this->options.optimize_filters_for_hits = this->descriptor->expect_queries_hit;
 
-	// Compression type
-	this->options.compression = find_supported_compression(this->descriptor->compression);
-	//this->options.compression = rocksdb::kNoCompression;
-
-	// Compression options
-	this->options.compression_opts.enabled = true;
-	this->options.compression_opts.max_dict_bytes = 0;//8_MiB;
-
-	// Mimic the above for bottommost compression.
-	//this->options.bottommost_compression = this->options.compression;
-	//this->options.bottommost_compression_opts = this->options.compression_opts;
-
 	//TODO: descriptor / conf
 	static const auto write_buffer_blocks {4096L};
 	static const long write_buffer_size_minmax[]
@@ -2176,6 +2164,39 @@ ircd::db::database::column::column(database &d,
 	this->options.periodic_compaction_seconds = this->descriptor->compaction_period.count();
 	#endif
 
+	// Compression type
+	this->options.compression = find_supported_compression(this->descriptor->compression);
+	//this->options.compression = rocksdb::kNoCompression;
+
+	// Specify compression type per level
+	this->options.compression_per_level =
+	{
+		// 0: uncompressed unsorted
+		rocksdb::kNoCompression,
+
+		// 1: uncompressed sorted
+		rocksdb::kNoCompression,
+
+		// 2, 3, 4: compressed sorted
+		this->options.compression,
+		this->options.compression,
+		this->options.compression,
+		this->options.compression,
+
+		// 6: highly compressed sorted
+		this->options.compression == rocksdb::kLZ4Compression?
+			rocksdb::kLZ4HCCompression:
+			this->options.compression,
+	};
+
+	// Compression options
+	this->options.compression_opts.enabled = true;
+	this->options.compression_opts.max_dict_bytes = 0;//8_MiB;
+
+	// Bottommost compression
+	this->options.bottommost_compression = this->options.compression_per_level.back();
+	this->options.bottommost_compression_opts = this->options.compression_opts;
+
 	//
 	// Table options
 	//