diff --git a/cmd/nitro/init.go b/cmd/nitro/init.go
index 8581a919c8..ca1baef282 100644
--- a/cmd/nitro/init.go
+++ b/cmd/nitro/init.go
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ func openInitializeChainDb(ctx context.Context, stack *node.Node, config *NodeCo
 				if err != nil {
 					return nil, nil, err
 				}
-				wasmDb, err := stack.OpenDatabase("wasm", config.Execution.Caching.DatabaseCache, config.Persistent.Handles, "wasm/", false)
+				wasmDb, err := stack.OpenDatabaseWithExtraOptions("wasm", config.Execution.Caching.DatabaseCache, config.Persistent.Handles, "wasm/", false, persistentConfig.Pebble.ExtraOptions("wasm"))
 				if err != nil {
 					return nil, nil, err
 				}
@@ -353,7 +353,7 @@ func openInitializeChainDb(ctx context.Context, stack *node.Node, config *NodeCo
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, nil, err
 	}
-	wasmDb, err := stack.OpenDatabase("wasm", config.Execution.Caching.DatabaseCache, config.Persistent.Handles, "wasm/", false)
+	wasmDb, err := stack.OpenDatabaseWithExtraOptions("wasm", config.Execution.Caching.DatabaseCache, config.Persistent.Handles, "wasm/", false, persistentConfig.Pebble.ExtraOptions("wasm"))
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, nil, err
 	}
diff --git a/system_tests/common_test.go b/system_tests/common_test.go
index 5e1aca3ec2..1e4daf0b86 100644
--- a/system_tests/common_test.go
+++ b/system_tests/common_test.go
@@ -776,7 +776,7 @@ func createL2BlockChainWithStackConfig(
 
 	chainData, err := stack.OpenDatabaseWithExtraOptions("l2chaindata", 0, 0, "l2chaindata/", false, conf.PersistentConfigDefault.Pebble.ExtraOptions("l2chaindata"))
 	Require(t, err)
-	wasmData, err := stack.OpenDatabase("wasm", 0, 0, "wasm/", false)
+	wasmData, err := stack.OpenDatabaseWithExtraOptions("wasm", 0, 0, "wasm/", false, conf.PersistentConfigDefault.Pebble.ExtraOptions("wasm"))
 	Require(t, err)
 	chainDb := rawdb.WrapDatabaseWithWasm(chainData, wasmData, 0)
 	arbDb, err := stack.OpenDatabaseWithExtraOptions("arbitrumdata", 0, 0, "arbitrumdata/", false, conf.PersistentConfigDefault.Pebble.ExtraOptions("arbitrumdata"))
@@ -983,7 +983,7 @@ func Create2ndNodeWithConfig(
 
 	l2chainData, err := l2stack.OpenDatabaseWithExtraOptions("l2chaindata", 0, 0, "l2chaindata/", false, conf.PersistentConfigDefault.Pebble.ExtraOptions("l2chaindata"))
 	Require(t, err)
-	wasmData, err := l2stack.OpenDatabase("wasm", 0, 0, "wasm/", false)
+	wasmData, err := l2stack.OpenDatabaseWithExtraOptions("wasm", 0, 0, "wasm/", false, conf.PersistentConfigDefault.Pebble.ExtraOptions("wasm"))
 	Require(t, err)
 	l2chainDb := rawdb.WrapDatabaseWithWasm(l2chainData, wasmData, 0)