diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index fcc525e35..2c63f9afb 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ version: 2
 jobs:
   build:
     docker:
-      - image: circleci/golang
+      - image: tendermintdev/docker-tm-db-testing
 
     steps:
       - checkout
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ jobs:
       - run:
           name: test
           command: |
-            make test
+            go get ./... && make test-all
       - save_cache:
           key: go-mod-v1-{{ checksum "go.sum" }}
           paths:
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b864ccc3a..b6a8d4669 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -2,3 +2,6 @@
 
 Data Base abstractions to be used in applications.
 These abstractions are not only meant to be used in applications built on [Tendermint](https://github.com/tendermint/tendermint), but can be used in a variety of applications.
+
+By default when running `make test` tests for memdb & goleveldb are only run. 
+If you would like to test all the available DBs please run `make test-all`
diff --git a/boltdb.go b/boltdb.go
index 5b9d22027..0c28bf291 100644
--- a/boltdb.go
+++ b/boltdb.go
@@ -225,12 +225,12 @@ func (bdb *BoltDB) Iterator(start, end []byte) (Iterator, error) {
 
 // WARNING: Any concurrent writes or reads will block until the iterator is
 // closed.
-func (bdb *BoltDB) ReverseIterator(start, end []byte) Iterator {
+func (bdb *BoltDB) ReverseIterator(start, end []byte) (Iterator, error) {
 	tx, err := bdb.db.Begin(false)
 	if err != nil {
-		panic(err)
+		return nil, err
 	}
-	return newBoltDBIterator(tx, start, end, true)
+	return newBoltDBIterator(tx, start, end, true), nil
 }
 
 // boltDBIterator allows you to iterate on range of keys/values given some
diff --git a/c_level_db_test.go b/c_level_db_test.go
index 259f78945..57f3ebb4f 100644
--- a/c_level_db_test.go
+++ b/c_level_db_test.go
@@ -48,7 +48,10 @@ func BenchmarkRandomReadsWrites2(b *testing.B) {
 			idx := (int64(rand.Int()) % numItems)
 			val := internal[idx]
 			idxBytes := int642Bytes(int64(idx))
-			valBytes := db.Get(idxBytes)
+			valBytes, err := db.Get(idxBytes)
+			if err != nil {
+				b.Error(err)
+			}
 			//fmt.Printf("Get %X -> %X\n", idxBytes, valBytes)
 			if val == 0 {
 				if !bytes.Equal(valBytes, nil) {
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 47bb9fe74..ada3a7e93 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.4.0
 	github.com/syndtr/goleveldb v1.0.1-0.20190923125748-758128399b1d
-	github.com/tecbot/gorocksdb v0.0.0-20191017175515-d217d93fd4c5
+	github.com/tecbot/gorocksdb v0.0.0-20191217155057-f0fad39f321c
 	go.etcd.io/bbolt v1.3.3 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20190628185345-da137c7871d7 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/grpc v1.26.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index b2000edd8..e771b902c 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.0 h1:ZDRjVQ15GmhC3fiQ8ni8+OwkZQO4DARzQgrnXU1Liz8
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.0/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 h1:vj9j/u1bqnvCEfJOwUhtlOARqs3+rkHYY13jYWTU97c=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
-github.com/envoyproxy/go-control-plane v0.9.0/go.mod h1:YTl/9mNaCwkRvm6d1a2C3ymFceY/DCBVvsKhRF0iEA4=
 github.com/envoyproxy/go-control-plane v0.9.1-0.20191026205805-5f8ba28d4473/go.mod h1:YTl/9mNaCwkRvm6d1a2C3ymFceY/DCBVvsKhRF0iEA4=
 github.com/envoyproxy/protoc-gen-validate v0.1.0/go.mod h1:iSmxcyjqTsJpI2R4NaDN7+kN2VEUnK/pcBlmesArF7c=
 github.com/etcd-io/bbolt v1.3.3 h1:gSJmxrs37LgTqR/oyJBWok6k6SvXEUerFTbltIhXkBM=
@@ -29,6 +28,7 @@ github.com/golang/protobuf v1.3.2 h1:6nsPYzhq5kReh6QImI3k5qWzO4PEbvbIW2cwSfR/6xs
 github.com/golang/protobuf v1.3.2/go.mod h1:6lQm79b+lXiMfvg/cZm0SGofjICqVBUtrP5yJMmIC1U=
 github.com/golang/snappy v0.0.1 h1:Qgr9rKW7uDUkrbSmQeiDsGa8SjGyCOGtuasMWwvp2P4=
 github.com/golang/snappy v0.0.1/go.mod h1:/XxbfmMg8lxefKM7IXC3fBNl/7bRcc72aCRzEWrmP2Q=
+github.com/google/go-cmp v0.2.0 h1:+dTQ8DZQJz0Mb/HjFlkptS1FeQ4cWSnN941F8aEG4SQ=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.2.0/go.mod h1:oXzfMopK8JAjlY9xF4vHSVASa0yLyX7SntLO5aqRK0M=
 github.com/hpcloud/tail v1.0.0 h1:nfCOvKYfkgYP8hkirhJocXT2+zOD8yUNjXaWfTlyFKI=
 github.com/hpcloud/tail v1.0.0/go.mod h1:ab1qPbhIpdTxEkNHXyeSf5vhxWSCs/tWer42PpOxQnU=
@@ -41,8 +41,6 @@ github.com/onsi/ginkgo v1.7.0 h1:WSHQ+IS43OoUrWtD1/bbclrwK8TTH5hzp+umCiuxHgs=
 github.com/onsi/ginkgo v1.7.0/go.mod h1:lLunBs/Ym6LB5Z9jYTR76FiuTmxDTDusOGeTQH+WWjE=
 github.com/onsi/gomega v1.4.3 h1:RE1xgDvH7imwFD45h+u2SgIfERHlS2yNG4DObb5BSKU=
 github.com/onsi/gomega v1.4.3/go.mod h1:ex+gbHU/CVuBBDIJjb2X0qEXbFg53c61hWP/1CpauHY=
-github.com/pkg/errors v0.8.1 h1:iURUrRGxPUNPdy5/HRSm+Yj6okJ6UtLINN0Q9M4+h3I=
-github.com/pkg/errors v0.8.1/go.mod h1:bwawxfHBFNV+L2hUp1rHADufV3IMtnDRdf1r5NINEl0=
 github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1 h1:FEBLx1zS214owpjy7qsBeixbURkuhQAwrK5UwLGTwt4=
 github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1/go.mod h1:bwawxfHBFNV+L2hUp1rHADufV3IMtnDRdf1r5NINEl0=
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 h1:4DBwDE0NGyQoBHbLQYPwSUPoCMWR5BEzIk/f1lZbAQM=
@@ -54,8 +52,8 @@ github.com/stretchr/testify v1.4.0 h1:2E4SXV/wtOkTonXsotYi4li6zVWxYlZuYNCXe9XRJy
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.4.0/go.mod h1:j7eGeouHqKxXV5pUuKE4zz7dFj8WfuZ+81PSLYec5m4=
 github.com/syndtr/goleveldb v1.0.1-0.20190923125748-758128399b1d h1:gZZadD8H+fF+n9CmNhYL1Y0dJB+kLOmKd7FbPJLeGHs=
 github.com/syndtr/goleveldb v1.0.1-0.20190923125748-758128399b1d/go.mod h1:9OrXJhf154huy1nPWmuSrkgjPUtUNhA+Zmy+6AESzuA=
-github.com/tecbot/gorocksdb v0.0.0-20191017175515-d217d93fd4c5 h1:gVwAW5OwaZlDB5/CfqcGFM9p9C+KxvQKyNOltQ8orj0=
-github.com/tecbot/gorocksdb v0.0.0-20191017175515-d217d93fd4c5/go.mod h1:ahpPrc7HpcfEWDQRZEmnXMzHY03mLDYMCxeDzy46i+8=
+github.com/tecbot/gorocksdb v0.0.0-20191217155057-f0fad39f321c h1:g+WoO5jjkqGAzHWCjJB1zZfXPIAaDpzXIEJ0eS6B5Ok=
+github.com/tecbot/gorocksdb v0.0.0-20191217155057-f0fad39f321c/go.mod h1:ahpPrc7HpcfEWDQRZEmnXMzHY03mLDYMCxeDzy46i+8=
 go.etcd.io/bbolt v1.3.3 h1:MUGmc65QhB3pIlaQ5bB4LwqSj6GIonVJXpZiaKNyaKk=
 go.etcd.io/bbolt v1.3.3/go.mod h1:IbVyRI1SCnLcuJnV2u8VeU0CEYM7e686BmAb1XKL+uU=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20190308221718-c2843e01d9a2/go.mod h1:djNgcEr1/C05ACkg1iLfiJU5Ep61QUkGW8qpdssI0+w=
@@ -93,8 +91,6 @@ google.golang.org/genproto v0.0.0-20190819201941-24fa4b261c55 h1:gSJIx1SDwno+2El
 google.golang.org/genproto v0.0.0-20190819201941-24fa4b261c55/go.mod h1:DMBHOl98Agz4BDEuKkezgsaosCRResVns1a3J2ZsMNc=
 google.golang.org/grpc v1.19.0/go.mod h1:mqu4LbDTu4XGKhr4mRzUsmM4RtVoemTSY81AxZiDr8c=
 google.golang.org/grpc v1.23.0/go.mod h1:Y5yQAOtifL1yxbo5wqy6BxZv8vAUGQwXBOALyacEbxg=
-google.golang.org/grpc v1.25.1 h1:wdKvqQk7IttEw92GoRyKG2IDrUIpgpj6H6m81yfeMW0=
-google.golang.org/grpc v1.25.1/go.mod h1:c3i+UQWmh7LiEpx4sFZnkU36qjEYZ0imhYfXVyQciAY=
 google.golang.org/grpc v1.26.0 h1:2dTRdpdFEEhJYQD8EMLB61nnrzSCTbG38PhqdhvOltg=
 google.golang.org/grpc v1.26.0/go.mod h1:qbnxyOmOxrQa7FizSgH+ReBfzJrCY1pSN7KXBS8abTk=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405 h1:yhCVgyC4o1eVCa2tZl7eS0r+SDo693bJlVdllGtEeKM=
diff --git a/makefile b/makefile
index c007d4aa3..db14c69fa 100644
--- a/makefile
+++ b/makefile
@@ -7,9 +7,26 @@ export GO111MODULE = on
 all: lint test
 
 ### go tests
+## By default this will only test memdb & goleveldb
 test:
 	@echo "--> Running go test"
-	@go test -p 1 $(PACKAGES)
+	@go test -p 1 $(PACKAGES) -v
+
+test-cleveldb:
+	@echo "--> Running go test"
+	@go test -p 1 $(PACKAGES) -tags cleveldb -v
+
+test-rocksdb:
+	@echo "--> Running go test"
+	@go test -p 1 $(PACKAGES) -tags rocksdb -v
+
+test-boltdb:
+	@echo "--> Running go test"
+	@go test -p 1 $(PACKAGES) -tags boltdb -v
+
+test-all:
+	@echo "--> Running go test"
+	@go test -p 1 $(PACKAGES) -tags cleveldb,boltdb,rocksdb -v
 
 lint:
 	@echo "--> Running linter"