diff --git a/akka-persistence/akka-persistence-voldemort/src/test/resources/config/server.properties b/akka-persistence/akka-persistence-voldemort/src/test/resources/config/server.properties
index 8f5a8ff884..6dcd5bb340 100644
--- a/akka-persistence/akka-persistence-voldemort/src/test/resources/config/server.properties
+++ b/akka-persistence/akka-persistence-voldemort/src/test/resources/config/server.properties
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
 node.id=0
 enable.rebalancing=false
+enable.bdb.engine=false
+slop.enable=false
diff --git a/akka-persistence/akka-persistence-voldemort/src/test/resources/config/stores.xml b/akka-persistence/akka-persistence-voldemort/src/test/resources/config/stores.xml
index f2dd6ac099..26832d93fe 100644
--- a/akka-persistence/akka-persistence-voldemort/src/test/resources/config/stores.xml
+++ b/akka-persistence/akka-persistence-voldemort/src/test/resources/config/stores.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
         <required-reads>1</required-reads>
         <preferred-writes>1</preferred-writes>
         <required-writes>1</required-writes>
-        <persistence>bdb</persistence>
+        <persistence>memory</persistence>
         <routing>client</routing>
         <key-serializer>
             <type>string</type>
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
         <required-reads>1</required-reads>
         <preferred-writes>1</preferred-writes>
         <required-writes>1</required-writes>
-        <persistence>bdb</persistence>
+        <persistence>memory</persistence>
         <routing>client</routing>
         <key-serializer>
             <type>identity</type>
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
         <required-reads>1</required-reads>
         <preferred-writes>1</preferred-writes>
         <required-writes>1</required-writes>
-        <persistence>bdb</persistence>
+        <persistence>memory</persistence>
         <routing>client</routing>
         <key-serializer>
             <type>string</type>
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
         <required-reads>1</required-reads>
         <preferred-writes>1</preferred-writes>
         <required-writes>1</required-writes>
-        <persistence>bdb</persistence>
+        <persistence>memory</persistence>
         <routing>client</routing>
         <key-serializer>
             <type>identity</type>
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
         <required-reads>1</required-reads>
         <preferred-writes>1</preferred-writes>
         <required-writes>1</required-writes>
-        <persistence>bdb</persistence>
+        <persistence>memory</persistence>
         <routing>client</routing>
         <key-serializer>
             <type>string</type>
diff --git a/akka-persistence/akka-persistence-voldemort/src/test/scala/EmbeddedVoldemort.scala b/akka-persistence/akka-persistence-voldemort/src/test/scala/EmbeddedVoldemort.scala
index 9522d4a33a..ce87309fb9 100644
--- a/akka-persistence/akka-persistence-voldemort/src/test/scala/EmbeddedVoldemort.scala
+++ b/akka-persistence/akka-persistence-voldemort/src/test/scala/EmbeddedVoldemort.scala
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ import org.scalatest.junit.JUnitRunner
 import voldemort.utils.Utils
 import java.io.File
 import se.scalablesolutions.akka.util.{Logging}
+import collection.JavaConversions
+import voldemort.store.memory.InMemoryStorageConfiguration
 
 @RunWith(classOf[JUnitRunner])
 trait EmbeddedVoldemort extends BeforeAndAfterAll with Logging {
@@ -21,6 +23,7 @@ trait EmbeddedVoldemort extends BeforeAndAfterAll with Logging {
       val home = new File(dir)
       log.info("Creating Voldemort Config")
       val config = VoldemortConfig.loadFromVoldemortHome(home.getCanonicalPath)
+      config.setStorageConfigurations(JavaConversions.asList(List(classOf[InMemoryStorageConfiguration].getName)))
       log.info("Starting Voldemort")
       server = new VoldemortServer(config)
       server.start