diff --git a/app/controllers/blocks.js b/app/controllers/blocks.js
index 726a086..4acc120 100644
--- a/app/controllers/blocks.js
+++ b/app/controllers/blocks.js
@@ -3,17 +3,17 @@
 /**
  * Module dependencies.
  */
-var mongoose  = require('mongoose'),
-    Block     = mongoose.model('Block'),
-    common    = require('./common'),
-    async     = require('async');
+var common    = require('./common'),
+    async     = require('async'),
+    BlockDb   = require('../../lib/BlockDb').class();
 
+var bdb = new BlockDb();
 
 /**
  * Find block by hash ...
  */
 exports.block = function(req, res, next, hash) {
-  Block.fromHashWithInfo(hash, function(err, block) {
+  bdb.fromHashWithInfo(hash, function(err, block) {
     if (err || ! block)
       return common.handleErrors(err, res, next);
     else {
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ exports.show = function(req, res) {
  * Show block by Height
  */
 exports.blockindex = function(req, res, next, height) {
-  Block.blockIndex(height, function(err, hashStr) {
+  bdb.blockIndex(height, function(err, hashStr) {
     if (err) {
       console.log(err);
       res.status(400).send('Bad Request'); // TODO
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ exports.blockindex = function(req, res, next, height) {
 };
 
 var getBlock = function(blockhash, cb) {
-  Block.fromHashWithInfo(blockhash, function(err, block) {
+  bdb.fromHashWithInfo(blockhash, function(err, block) {
     if (err) {
       console.log(err);
       return cb(err);
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ exports.list = function(req, res) {
   var prev = formatTimestamp(new Date((gte - 86400) * 1000));
   var next = formatTimestamp(new Date(lte * 1000));
 
+  /*
   Block
     .find({
       time: {
@@ -134,4 +135,5 @@ exports.list = function(req, res) {
         });
       }
     });
+    */
 };
diff --git a/app/controllers/transactions.js b/app/controllers/transactions.js
index f7dd671..831025c 100644
--- a/app/controllers/transactions.js
+++ b/app/controllers/transactions.js
@@ -4,11 +4,14 @@
  * Module dependencies.
  */
 var Transaction = require('../models/Transaction').class();
-var Block       = require('../models/Block');
 var Address     = require('../models/Address');
 var async       = require('async');
 var common      = require('./common');
 
+var BlockDb     = require('../../lib/BlockDb').class();
+
+var bdb = new BlockDb();
+
 
 /**
  * Find transaction by hash ...
@@ -68,7 +71,7 @@ exports.list = function(req, res, next) {
   var txs;
 
   if (bId) {
-    Block.fromHashWithInfo(bId, function(err, block) {
+    bdb.fromHashWithInfo(bId, function(err, block) {
       if (err) {
         console.log(err);
         return res.status(500).send('Internal Server Error');
diff --git a/app/models/Transaction.js b/app/models/Transaction.js
index f3b20dc..b752cfd 100644
--- a/app/models/Transaction.js
+++ b/app/models/Transaction.js
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ function spec() {
   
   var util            = require('bitcore/util/util'),
       TransactionRpc  = require('../../lib/TransactionRpc').class(),
-      TransactionOut  = require('./TransactionOut'),
+      TransactionOut  = require('../../lib/TransactionDb'),
       async           = require('async');
 
   var CONCURRENCY = 20;
diff --git a/config/config.js b/config/config.js
index 7ab059b..92fbeb6 100644
--- a/config/config.js
+++ b/config/config.js
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ module.exports = {
   root: rootPath,
   appName: 'Insight ' + env,
   port: process.env.PORT || 3000,
-  db: 'mongodb://localhost/insight-' + env,
   leveldb: './db',
   bitcoind: {
     protocol:  process.env.BITCOIND_PROTO || 'http',
diff --git a/insight.js b/insight.js
index 9698509..29b0c4a 100644
--- a/insight.js
+++ b/insight.js
@@ -9,9 +9,7 @@ process.env.NODE_ENV = process.env.NODE_ENV || 'development';
 var express = require('express'),
   fs = require('fs'),
   PeerSync = require('./lib/PeerSync').class(),
-  HistoricSync = require('./lib/HistoricSync').class(),
-  mongoose = require('mongoose');
-
+  HistoricSync = require('./lib/HistoricSync').class();
 
 //Initializing system variables
 var config = require('./config/config');
@@ -21,22 +19,6 @@ var config = require('./config/config');
  */
 var expressApp = express();
 
-/**
- * Bootstrap db connection
- */
-// If mongod is running
-mongoose.connection.on('open', function() {
-  console.log('Connected to mongo server.');
-});
-
-// If mongod is not running
-mongoose.connection.on('error', function(err) {
-  console.log('Could not connect to mongo server!');
-  console.log(err);
-});
-
-mongoose.connect(config.db);
-
 /**
  * Bootstrap models
  */
diff --git a/lib/BlockDb.js b/lib/BlockDb.js
index 35f3adb..ca37c70 100644
--- a/lib/BlockDb.js
+++ b/lib/BlockDb.js
@@ -160,9 +160,7 @@ function spec() {
     });
   };
 
-
-
- return BlockDb;
+  return BlockDb;
 }
 module.defineClass(spec);
 
diff --git a/lib/Sync.js b/lib/Sync.js
index 17c524e..f2aa966 100644
--- a/lib/Sync.js
+++ b/lib/Sync.js
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ require('classtool');
 
 
 function spec() {
-  var mongoose        = require('mongoose');
   var config          = require('../config/config');
   var sockets         = require('../app/controllers/socket.js');
   var BlockDb         = require('./BlockDb').class();
@@ -22,34 +21,7 @@ function spec() {
 
     self.opts = opts;
 
-    if (!(opts && opts.skipDbConnection)) {
-
-      if (mongoose.connection.readyState !== 1) {
-        mongoose.connect(config.db, function(err) {
-          if (err) {
-            console.log('CRITICAL ERROR: connecting to mongoDB:',err);
-            return (err);
-          }
-        });
-      }
-
-      self.db = mongoose.connection;
-
-      self.db.on('error', function(err) {
-          console.log('MongoDB ERROR:' + err);
-          return cb(err);
-      });
-
-      self.db.on('disconnect', function(err) {
-          console.log('MongoDB disconnect:' + err);
-          return cb(err);
-      });
-
-      return self.db.once('open', function(err) {
-        return cb(err);
-      });
-    }
-    else return cb();
+    return cb();
   };
 
   Sync.prototype.close = function() {