diff --git a/cmd/nitro/init.go b/cmd/nitro/init.go
index 97678a7d23..ea48ec8784 100644
--- a/cmd/nitro/init.go
+++ b/cmd/nitro/init.go
@@ -408,7 +408,7 @@ func isLeveldbNotExistError(err error) bool {
 
 func openInitializeChainDb(ctx context.Context, stack *node.Node, config *NodeConfig, chainId *big.Int, cacheConfig *core.CacheConfig, persistentConfig *conf.PersistentConfig, l1Client arbutil.L1Interface, rollupAddrs chaininfo.RollupAddresses) (ethdb.Database, *core.BlockChain, error) {
 	if !config.Init.Force {
-		if readOnlyDb, err := stack.OpenDatabaseWithFreezerWithExtraOptions("l2chaindata", 0, 0, "", "l2chaindata/", true, persistentConfig.Pebble.ExtraOptions("l2chaindata")); err == nil {
+		if readOnlyDb, err := stack.OpenDatabaseWithFreezerWithExtraOptions("l2chaindata", 0, 0, config.Persistent.Ancient, "l2chaindata/", true, persistentConfig.Pebble.ExtraOptions("l2chaindata")); err == nil {
 			if chainConfig := gethexec.TryReadStoredChainConfig(readOnlyDb); chainConfig != nil {
 				readOnlyDb.Close()
 				if !arbmath.BigEquals(chainConfig.ChainID, chainId) {