diff --git a/datastore.go b/datastore.go
index 81d5e5f..007fd89 100644
--- a/datastore.go
+++ b/datastore.go
@@ -15,14 +15,14 @@ import (
 	"github.com/syndtr/goleveldb/leveldb/util"
 )
 
-type datastore struct {
+type Datastore struct {
 	*accessor
 	DB   *leveldb.DB
 	path string
 }
 
-var _ ds.Datastore = (*datastore)(nil)
-var _ ds.TxnDatastore = (*datastore)(nil)
+var _ ds.Datastore = (*Datastore)(nil)
+var _ ds.TxnDatastore = (*Datastore)(nil)
 
 // Options is an alias of syndtr/goleveldb/opt.Options which might be extended
 // in the future.
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ type Options opt.Options
 // NewDatastore returns a new datastore backed by leveldb
 //
 // for path == "", an in memory bachend will be chosen
-func NewDatastore(path string, opts *Options) (*datastore, error) {
+func NewDatastore(path string, opts *Options) (*Datastore, error) {
 	var nopts opt.Options
 	if opts != nil {
 		nopts = opt.Options(*opts)
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ func NewDatastore(path string, opts *Options) (*datastore, error) {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	return &datastore{
+	return &Datastore{
 		accessor: &accessor{ldb: db},
 		DB:       db,
 		path:     path,
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ func (a *accessor) runQuery(worker goprocess.Process, qrb *dsq.ResultBuilder) {
 
 // DiskUsage returns the current disk size used by this levelDB.
 // For in-mem datastores, it will return 0.
-func (d *datastore) DiskUsage() (uint64, error) {
+func (d *Datastore) DiskUsage() (uint64, error) {
 	if d.path == "" { // in-mem
 		return 0, nil
 	}
@@ -256,18 +256,18 @@ func (d *datastore) DiskUsage() (uint64, error) {
 }
 
 // LevelDB needs to be closed.
-func (d *datastore) Close() (err error) {
+func (d *Datastore) Close() (err error) {
 	return d.DB.Close()
 }
 
-func (d *datastore) IsThreadSafe() {}
+func (d *Datastore) IsThreadSafe() {}
 
 type leveldbBatch struct {
 	b  *leveldb.Batch
 	db *leveldb.DB
 }
 
-func (d *datastore) Batch() (ds.Batch, error) {
+func (d *Datastore) Batch() (ds.Batch, error) {
 	return &leveldbBatch{
 		b:  new(leveldb.Batch),
 		db: d.DB,
@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ func (t *transaction) Discard() {
 	t.tx.Discard()
 }
 
-func (d *datastore) NewTransaction(readOnly bool) (ds.Txn, error) {
+func (d *Datastore) NewTransaction(readOnly bool) (ds.Txn, error) {
 	tx, err := d.DB.OpenTransaction()
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
diff --git a/ds_test.go b/ds_test.go
index 98a7c8b..8374412 100644
--- a/ds_test.go
+++ b/ds_test.go
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ var testcases = map[string]string{
 //
 //  d, close := newDS(t)
 //  defer close()
-func newDS(t *testing.T) (*datastore, func()) {
+func newDS(t *testing.T) (*Datastore, func()) {
 	path, err := ioutil.TempDir("/tmp", "testing_leveldb_")
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ func newDS(t *testing.T) (*datastore, func()) {
 }
 
 // newDSMem returns an in-memory datastore.
-func newDSMem(t *testing.T) *datastore {
+func newDSMem(t *testing.T) *Datastore {
 	d, err := NewDatastore("", nil)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ func newDSMem(t *testing.T) *datastore {
 	return d
 }
 
-func addTestCases(t *testing.T, d *datastore, testcases map[string]string) {
+func addTestCases(t *testing.T, d *Datastore, testcases map[string]string) {
 	for k, v := range testcases {
 		dsk := ds.NewKey(k)
 		if err := d.Put(dsk, []byte(v)); err != nil {
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ func addTestCases(t *testing.T, d *datastore, testcases map[string]string) {
 
 }
 
-func testQuery(t *testing.T, d *datastore) {
+func testQuery(t *testing.T, d *Datastore) {
 	addTestCases(t, d, testcases)
 
 	rs, err := d.Query(dsq.Query{Prefix: "/a/"})
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ func expectMatches(t *testing.T, expect []string, actualR dsq.Results) {
 	}
 }
 
-func testBatching(t *testing.T, d *datastore) {
+func testBatching(t *testing.T, d *Datastore) {
 	b, err := d.Batch()
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)