diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index fc34eed9..88b21873 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -603,6 +603,12 @@ version = "1.3.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "bef38d45163c2f1dde094a7dfd33ccf595c92905c8f8f4fdc18d06fb1037718a"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "bitflags"
+version = "2.4.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b4682ae6287fcf752ecaabbfcc7b6f9b72aa33933dc23a554d853aea8eea8635"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "bitvec"
 version = "1.0.1"
@@ -754,7 +760,7 @@ version = "2.34.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "a0610544180c38b88101fecf2dd634b174a62eef6946f84dfc6a7127512b381c"
 dependencies = [
- "bitflags",
+ "bitflags 1.3.2",
  "textwrap 0.11.0",
  "unicode-width",
 ]
@@ -765,7 +771,7 @@ version = "3.2.25"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "4ea181bf566f71cb9a5d17a59e1871af638180a18fb0035c92ae62b705207123"
 dependencies = [
- "bitflags",
+ "bitflags 1.3.2",
  "clap_lex 0.2.4",
  "indexmap",
  "textwrap 0.16.0",
@@ -790,7 +796,7 @@ checksum = "914c8c79fb560f238ef6429439a30023c862f7a28e688c58f7203f12b29970bd"
 dependencies = [
  "anstream",
  "anstyle",
- "bitflags",
+ "bitflags 1.3.2",
  "clap_lex 0.4.1",
  "once_cell",
  "strsim",
@@ -1575,12 +1581,9 @@ checksum = "4443176a9f2c162692bd3d352d745ef9413eec5782a80d8fd6f8a1ac692a07f7"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "fastrand"
-version = "1.9.0"
+version = "2.0.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "e51093e27b0797c359783294ca4f0a911c270184cb10f85783b118614a1501be"
-dependencies = [
- "instant",
-]
+checksum = "6999dc1837253364c2ebb0704ba97994bd874e8f195d665c50b7548f6ea92764"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "ff"
@@ -1898,7 +1901,7 @@ checksum = "adcf93614601c8129ddf72e2d5633df827ba6551541c6d8c59520a371475be1f"
 dependencies = [
  "hermit-abi 0.3.1",
  "io-lifetimes",
- "rustix",
+ "rustix 0.37.19",
  "windows-sys 0.48.0",
 ]
 
@@ -1962,9 +1965,9 @@ checksum = "884e2677b40cc8c339eaefcb701c32ef1fd2493d71118dc0ca4b6a736c93bd67"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "libc"
-version = "0.2.144"
+version = "0.2.147"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "2b00cc1c228a6782d0f076e7b232802e0c5689d41bb5df366f2a6b6621cfdfe1"
+checksum = "b4668fb0ea861c1df094127ac5f1da3409a82116a4ba74fca2e58ef927159bb3"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "libloading"
@@ -1982,6 +1985,12 @@ version = "0.3.7"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "ece97ea872ece730aed82664c424eb4c8291e1ff2480247ccf7409044bc6479f"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "linux-raw-sys"
+version = "0.4.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "57bcfdad1b858c2db7c38303a6d2ad4dfaf5eb53dfeb0910128b2c26d6158503"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "lock_api"
 version = "0.4.9"
@@ -2581,7 +2590,7 @@ version = "0.2.16"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "fb5a58c1855b4b6819d59012155603f0b22ad30cad752600aadfcb695265519a"
 dependencies = [
- "bitflags",
+ "bitflags 1.3.2",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2590,7 +2599,7 @@ version = "0.3.5"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "567664f262709473930a4bf9e51bf2ebf3348f2e748ccc50dea20646858f8f29"
 dependencies = [
- "bitflags",
+ "bitflags 1.3.2",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2639,7 +2648,7 @@ version = "3.0.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "76e189c2369884dce920945e2ddf79b3dff49e071a167dd1817fa9c4c00d512e"
 dependencies = [
- "bitflags",
+ "bitflags 1.3.2",
  "libc",
  "mach",
  "winapi",
@@ -2838,11 +2847,24 @@ version = "0.37.19"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "acf8729d8542766f1b2cf77eb034d52f40d375bb8b615d0b147089946e16613d"
 dependencies = [
- "bitflags",
+ "bitflags 1.3.2",
  "errno",
  "io-lifetimes",
  "libc",
- "linux-raw-sys",
+ "linux-raw-sys 0.3.7",
+ "windows-sys 0.48.0",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "rustix"
+version = "0.38.8"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "19ed4fa021d81c8392ce04db050a3da9a60299050b7ae1cf482d862b54a7218f"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitflags 2.4.0",
+ "errno",
+ "libc",
+ "linux-raw-sys 0.4.5",
  "windows-sys 0.48.0",
 ]
 
@@ -3250,15 +3272,15 @@ checksum = "fd1ba337640d60c3e96bc6f0638a939b9c9a7f2c316a1598c279828b3d1dc8c5"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "tempfile"
-version = "3.5.0"
+version = "3.7.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "b9fbec84f381d5795b08656e4912bec604d162bff9291d6189a78f4c8ab87998"
+checksum = "5486094ee78b2e5038a6382ed7645bc084dc2ec433426ca4c3cb61e2007b8998"
 dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
  "fastrand",
  "redox_syscall 0.3.5",
- "rustix",
- "windows-sys 0.45.0",
+ "rustix 0.38.8",
+ "windows-sys 0.48.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
diff --git a/rln/src/pm_tree_adapter.rs b/rln/src/pm_tree_adapter.rs
index 6db5f4d2..12275499 100644
--- a/rln/src/pm_tree_adapter.rs
+++ b/rln/src/pm_tree_adapter.rs
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ use std::path::PathBuf;
 use std::str::FromStr;
 
 use color_eyre::{Report, Result};
+use rand::distributions::Alphanumeric;
+use rand::{thread_rng, Rng};
 use serde_json::Value;
 
 use utils::pmtree::{Database, Hasher};
@@ -49,7 +51,13 @@ impl Hasher for PoseidonHash {
 }
 
 fn get_tmp_path() -> PathBuf {
-    std::env::temp_dir().join(format!("pmtree-{}", rand::random::<u64>()))
+    let rand_dir: String = thread_rng()
+        .sample_iter(&Alphanumeric)
+        .take(40)
+        .map(char::from)
+        .collect();
+
+    std::env::temp_dir().join(format!("pmtree-{}", rand_dir))
 }
 
 fn get_tmp() -> bool {
@@ -103,7 +111,7 @@ impl Default for PmtreeConfig {
         let tmp_path = get_tmp_path();
         PmtreeConfig(
             Config::new()
-                .temporary(true)
+                .temporary(false)
                 .path(tmp_path)
                 .cache_capacity(150_000)
                 .mode(Mode::HighThroughput)
diff --git a/utils/src/pm_tree/sled_adapter.rs b/utils/src/pm_tree/sled_adapter.rs
index 96dc16ca..635a5837 100644
--- a/utils/src/pm_tree/sled_adapter.rs
+++ b/utils/src/pm_tree/sled_adapter.rs
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ impl Database for SledDB {
     }
 
     fn load(config: Self::Config) -> PmtreeResult<Self> {
-        let db: Sled = match sled::open(&config.path) {
+        let db: Sled = match config.open() {
             Ok(db) => db,
             Err(e) => {
                 return Err(PmtreeErrorKind::DatabaseError(