diff --git a/canary/src/main/resources/META-INF/microprofile-config.properties b/canary/src/main/resources/META-INF/microprofile-config.properties
index d2c1db5ec..e409f979e 100644
--- a/canary/src/main/resources/META-INF/microprofile-config.properties
+++ b/canary/src/main/resources/META-INF/microprofile-config.properties
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ lh.canary.id=canary-default
 lh.canary.topic.name=canary-beats
 lh.canary.topic.creation.enable=true
 lh.canary.topic.creation.timeout.ms=5000
-lh.canary.topic.replicas=3
+lh.canary.topic.replicas=1
 lh.canary.topic.partitions=12
 lh.canary.workflow.creation.enable=true
 lh.canary.workflow.name=canary-workflow
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/io/littlehorse/common/util/RocksConfigSetter.java b/server/src/main/java/io/littlehorse/common/util/RocksConfigSetter.java
index c6470e7b0..06b8b877f 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/io/littlehorse/common/util/RocksConfigSetter.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/io/littlehorse/common/util/RocksConfigSetter.java
@@ -5,10 +5,7 @@
 import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
 import org.apache.kafka.streams.state.RocksDBConfigSetter;
 import org.apache.kafka.streams.state.internals.BlockBasedTableConfigWithAccessibleCache;
-import org.rocksdb.Cache;
-import org.rocksdb.CompactionStyle;
-import org.rocksdb.Options;
-import org.rocksdb.RateLimiter;
+import org.rocksdb.*;
 
 import static org.rocksdb.RateLimiter.DEFAULT_FAIRNESS;
 import static org.rocksdb.RateLimiter.DEFAULT_MODE;
@@ -48,42 +45,42 @@ public class RocksConfigSetter implements RocksDBConfigSetter {
 
     @Override
     public void setConfig(final String storeName, final Options options, final Map<String, Object> configs) {
-//        log.trace("Overriding rocksdb settings for store {}", storeName);
-//
-//        LHServerConfig serverConfig = (LHServerConfig) configs.get(LH_SERVER_CONFIG_KEY);
-//
-//        BlockBasedTableConfigWithAccessibleCache tableConfig =
-//                (BlockBasedTableConfigWithAccessibleCache) options.tableFormatConfig();
-//        if (serverConfig.getGlobalRocksdbBlockCache() != null) {
-//            // Streams provisions a *NON-shared* 50MB cache for every RocksDB instance. Need
-//            // to .close() it to avoid leaks so that we can provide a global one.
-//            Cache oldCache = tableConfig.blockCache();
-//            tableConfig.setBlockCache(serverConfig.getGlobalRocksdbBlockCache());
-//            oldCache.close();
-//        }
-//
-//        tableConfig.setOptimizeFiltersForMemory(OPTIMIZE_FILTERS_FOR_MEMORY);
-//        tableConfig.setBlockSize(BLOCK_SIZE);
-//        options.setTableFormatConfig(tableConfig);
-//
-//        options.setOptimizeFiltersForHits(OPTIMIZE_FILTERS_FOR_HITS);
-//        options.setCompactionStyle(CompactionStyle.LEVEL);
-//
-//        options.setIncreaseParallelism(serverConfig.getRocksDBCompactionThreads());
-//
-//        // Memtable size
-//        options.setWriteBufferSize(
-//                isCoreStore(storeName) ? serverConfig.getCoreMemtableSize() : serverConfig.getTimerMemtableSize());
-//
-//        if (serverConfig.getGlobalRocksdbWriteBufferManager() != null) {
-//            options.setWriteBufferManager(serverConfig.getGlobalRocksdbWriteBufferManager());
-//        }
-        // Streams default is 3
-//        options.setMaxWriteBufferNumber(5);
-        long rateBytesPerSecond = mbToBytes(120);
+        log.trace("Overriding rocksdb settings for store {}", storeName);
+
+        LHServerConfig serverConfig = (LHServerConfig) configs.get(LH_SERVER_CONFIG_KEY);
+
+        BlockBasedTableConfigWithAccessibleCache tableConfig =
+                (BlockBasedTableConfigWithAccessibleCache) options.tableFormatConfig();
+        if (serverConfig.getGlobalRocksdbBlockCache() != null) {
+            // Streams provisions a *NON-shared* 50MB cache for every RocksDB instance. Need
+            // to .close() it to avoid leaks so that we can provide a global one.
+            Cache oldCache = tableConfig.blockCache();
+            tableConfig.setBlockCache(serverConfig.getGlobalRocksdbBlockCache());
+            oldCache.close();
+        }
+
+        tableConfig.setOptimizeFiltersForMemory(OPTIMIZE_FILTERS_FOR_MEMORY);
+        tableConfig.setBlockSize(BLOCK_SIZE);
+        options.setTableFormatConfig(tableConfig);
+
+        options.setOptimizeFiltersForHits(OPTIMIZE_FILTERS_FOR_HITS);
+        options.setCompactionStyle(CompactionStyle.UNIVERSAL);
+
+        options.setIncreaseParallelism(serverConfig.getRocksDBCompactionThreads());
+
+        // Memtable size
+        options.setWriteBufferSize(
+                isCoreStore(storeName) ? serverConfig.getCoreMemtableSize() : serverConfig.getTimerMemtableSize());
+
+        if (serverConfig.getGlobalRocksdbWriteBufferManager() != null) {
+            options.setWriteBufferManager(serverConfig.getGlobalRocksdbWriteBufferManager());
+        }
+//         Streams default is 3
+        options.setMaxWriteBufferNumber(5);
+        long rateBytesPerSecond = mbToBytes(10);
         log.info("Rate bytes per second = {}", rateBytesPerSecond);
         options.setRateLimiter(new RateLimiter(rateBytesPerSecond, DEFAULT_REFILL_PERIOD_MICROS, DEFAULT_FAIRNESS,
-                DEFAULT_MODE, true));
+                DEFAULT_MODE, false));
 
         // Future Work: Enable larger scaling by using Partitioned Index Filters
         // https://github.com/facebook/rocksdb/wiki/Partitioned-Index-Filters