diff --git a/share/eds/inverted_index.go b/share/eds/inverted_index.go
index 0e3665d973..d302932369 100644
--- a/share/eds/inverted_index.go
+++ b/share/eds/inverted_index.go
@@ -8,10 +8,13 @@ import (
 	"github.com/filecoin-project/dagstore/index"
 	"github.com/filecoin-project/dagstore/shard"
 	ds "github.com/ipfs/go-datastore"
-	"github.com/ipfs/go-datastore/namespace"
 	"github.com/multiformats/go-multihash"
+
+	dsbadger "github.com/celestiaorg/go-ds-badger4"
 )
 
+const invertedIndexPath = "/inverted_index/"
+
 // simpleInvertedIndex is an inverted index that only stores a single shard key per multihash. Its
 // implementation is modified from the default upstream implementation in dagstore/index.
 type simpleInvertedIndex struct {
@@ -21,10 +24,21 @@ type simpleInvertedIndex struct {
 // newSimpleInvertedIndex returns a new inverted index that only stores a single shard key per
 // multihash. This is because we use badger as a storage backend, so updates are expensive, and we
 // don't care which shard is used to serve a cid.
-func newSimpleInvertedIndex(dts ds.Batching) *simpleInvertedIndex {
-	return &simpleInvertedIndex{
-		ds: namespace.Wrap(dts, ds.NewKey("/inverted/index")),
+func newSimpleInvertedIndex(storePath string) (*simpleInvertedIndex, error) {
+	opts := dsbadger.DefaultOptions // this should be copied
+	// turn off value log GC
+	opts.GcInterval = 0
+	// 20 compactors show to have no hangups on put operation up to 40k blocks with eds size 128.
+	opts.NumCompactors = 20
+	// use minimum amount of NumLevelZeroTables to trigger L0 compaction faster
+	opts.NumLevelZeroTables = 1
+
+	ds, err := dsbadger.NewDatastore(storePath+invertedIndexPath, &opts)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("can't open Badger Datastore: %w", err)
 	}
+
+	return &simpleInvertedIndex{ds: ds}, nil
 }
 
 func (s *simpleInvertedIndex) AddMultihashesForShard(
@@ -75,3 +89,7 @@ func (s *simpleInvertedIndex) GetShardsForMultihash(ctx context.Context, mh mult
 
 	return []shard.Key{shardKey}, nil
 }
+
+func (s *simpleInvertedIndex) close() error {
+	return s.ds.Close()
+}
diff --git a/share/eds/inverted_index_test.go b/share/eds/inverted_index_test.go
index 8fb037bb92..e83c2be267 100644
--- a/share/eds/inverted_index_test.go
+++ b/share/eds/inverted_index_test.go
@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/filecoin-project/dagstore/shard"
-	"github.com/ipfs/go-datastore"
-	ds_sync "github.com/ipfs/go-datastore/sync"
 	"github.com/multiformats/go-multihash"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 )
@@ -37,11 +35,12 @@ func TestMultihashesForShard(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	mi := &mockIterator{mhs: mhs}
-	ds := ds_sync.MutexWrap(datastore.NewMapDatastore())
-	invertedIndex := newSimpleInvertedIndex(ds)
+	path := t.TempDir()
+	invertedIndex, err := newSimpleInvertedIndex(path)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
 
 	// 1. Add all 3 multihashes to shard1
-	err := invertedIndex.AddMultihashesForShard(ctx, mi, shard.KeyFromString("shard1"))
+	err = invertedIndex.AddMultihashesForShard(ctx, mi, shard.KeyFromString("shard1"))
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	shardKeys, err := invertedIndex.GetShardsForMultihash(ctx, mhs[0])
 	require.NoError(t, err)
diff --git a/share/eds/store.go b/share/eds/store.go
index cd85380ba1..2218e13954 100644
--- a/share/eds/store.go
+++ b/share/eds/store.go
@@ -56,8 +56,8 @@ type Store struct {
 	cache *blockstoreCache
 	bs    bstore.Blockstore
 
-	topIdx index.Inverted
-	carIdx index.FullIndexRepo
+	carIdx      index.FullIndexRepo
+	invertedIdx *simpleInvertedIndex
 
 	basepath   string
 	gcInterval time.Duration
@@ -83,14 +83,17 @@ func NewStore(basepath string, ds datastore.Batching) (*Store, error) {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to create index repository: %w", err)
 	}
 
-	invertedRepo := newSimpleInvertedIndex(ds)
+	invertedIdx, err := newSimpleInvertedIndex(basepath)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to create index: %w", err)
+	}
 	dagStore, err := dagstore.NewDAGStore(
 		dagstore.Config{
 			TransientsDir: basepath + transientsPath,
 			IndexRepo:     fsRepo,
 			Datastore:     ds,
 			MountRegistry: r,
-			TopLevelIndex: invertedRepo,
+			TopLevelIndex: invertedIdx,
 		},
 	)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -103,13 +106,13 @@ func NewStore(basepath string, ds datastore.Batching) (*Store, error) {
 	}
 
 	store := &Store{
-		basepath:   basepath,
-		dgstr:      dagStore,
-		topIdx:     invertedRepo,
-		carIdx:     fsRepo,
-		gcInterval: defaultGCInterval,
-		mounts:     r,
-		cache:      cache,
+		basepath:    basepath,
+		dgstr:       dagStore,
+		carIdx:      fsRepo,
+		invertedIdx: invertedIdx,
+		gcInterval:  defaultGCInterval,
+		mounts:      r,
+		cache:       cache,
 	}
 	store.bs = newBlockstore(store, cache)
 	return store, nil
@@ -137,6 +140,9 @@ func (s *Store) Start(ctx context.Context) error {
 // Stop stops the underlying DAGStore.
 func (s *Store) Stop(context.Context) error {
 	defer s.cancel()
+	if err := s.invertedIdx.close(); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
 	return s.dgstr.Close()
 }