diff --git a/src/db.rs b/src/db.rs
index 6ba46896..f308786d 100644
--- a/src/db.rs
+++ b/src/db.rs
@@ -63,13 +63,13 @@ struct AtomicTransactionId {
 impl AtomicTransactionId {
     fn new(last_id: TransactionId) -> Self {
         Self {
-            inner: AtomicU64::new(last_id.0),
+            inner: AtomicU64::new(last_id.raw_id()),
         }
     }
 
     fn next(&self) -> TransactionId {
         let id = self.inner.fetch_add(1, Ordering::AcqRel);
-        TransactionId(id)
+        TransactionId::new(id)
     }
 }
 
@@ -483,7 +483,7 @@ impl Database {
             mem,
         )?;
         let lookup_key = FreedTableKey {
-            transaction_id: oldest_unprocessed_free_transaction.0,
+            transaction_id: oldest_unprocessed_free_transaction.raw_id(),
             pagination_id: 0,
         };
         for result in freed_table.range::<FreedTableKey>(lookup_key..)? {
@@ -609,7 +609,7 @@ impl Database {
 
         let freed_root = mem.get_freed_root();
         // Allow processing of all transactions, since this is the main freed tree
-        Self::mark_freed_tree(freed_root, mem, TransactionId(0))?;
+        Self::mark_freed_tree(freed_root, mem, TransactionId::new(0))?;
         let freed_table: ReadOnlyTable<FreedTableKey, FreedPageList<'static>> = ReadOnlyTable::new(
             "internal freed table".to_string(),
             freed_root,
@@ -620,7 +620,7 @@ impl Database {
         // Make sure we don't reprocess those frees, as that would result in a double-free
         let oldest_unprocessed_transaction =
             if let Some(entry) = freed_table.range::<FreedTableKey>(..)?.next() {
-                TransactionId(entry?.0.value().transaction_id)
+                TransactionId::new(entry?.0.value().transaction_id)
             } else {
                 mem.get_last_committed_transaction_id()?
             };
diff --git a/src/transaction_tracker.rs b/src/transaction_tracker.rs
index aeba7d27..79f05fbf 100644
--- a/src/transaction_tracker.rs
+++ b/src/transaction_tracker.rs
@@ -5,9 +5,17 @@ use std::collections::btree_set::BTreeSet;
 use std::mem::size_of;
 
 #[derive(Copy, Clone, Ord, PartialOrd, Eq, PartialEq, Debug)]
-pub(crate) struct TransactionId(pub u64);
+pub(crate) struct TransactionId(u64);
 
 impl TransactionId {
+    pub(crate) fn new(value: u64) -> TransactionId {
+        Self(value)
+    }
+
+    pub(crate) fn raw_id(&self) -> u64 {
+        self.0
+    }
+
     pub(crate) fn next(&self) -> TransactionId {
         TransactionId(self.0 + 1)
     }
diff --git a/src/transactions.rs b/src/transactions.rs
index a9eda881..c4bb9565 100644
--- a/src/transactions.rs
+++ b/src/transactions.rs
@@ -680,7 +680,7 @@ impl<'db> WriteTransaction<'db> {
         {
             entry?.key().transaction_id
         } else {
-            self.transaction_id.0
+            self.transaction_id.raw_id()
         };
 
         let mut freed_tree = BtreeMut::new(
@@ -1018,7 +1018,7 @@ impl<'db> WriteTransaction<'db> {
         // We assume below that PageNumber is length 8
         assert_eq!(PageNumber::serialized_size(), 8);
         let lookup_key = FreedTableKey {
-            transaction_id: oldest_live_read.0,
+            transaction_id: oldest_live_read.raw_id(),
             pagination_id: 0,
         };
 
@@ -1058,7 +1058,7 @@ impl<'db> WriteTransaction<'db> {
             let chunk_size = 100;
             let buffer_size = FreedPageList::required_bytes(chunk_size);
             let key = FreedTableKey {
-                transaction_id: self.transaction_id.0,
+                transaction_id: self.transaction_id.raw_id(),
                 pagination_id: pagination_counter,
             };
             let mut access_guard =
diff --git a/src/tree_store/page_store/header.rs b/src/tree_store/page_store/header.rs
index 15d53654..c0651a76 100644
--- a/src/tree_store/page_store/header.rs
+++ b/src/tree_store/page_store/header.rs
@@ -353,7 +353,7 @@ impl TransactionHeader {
         } else {
             None
         };
-        let transaction_id = TransactionId(get_u64(&data[TRANSACTION_ID_OFFSET..]));
+        let transaction_id = TransactionId::new(get_u64(&data[TRANSACTION_ID_OFFSET..]));
 
         let result = Self {
             version,
@@ -394,7 +394,7 @@ impl TransactionHeader {
                 .copy_from_slice(&checksum.to_le_bytes());
         }
         result[TRANSACTION_ID_OFFSET..(TRANSACTION_ID_OFFSET + size_of::<u64>())]
-            .copy_from_slice(&self.transaction_id.0.to_le_bytes());
+            .copy_from_slice(&self.transaction_id.raw_id().to_le_bytes());
         let checksum = xxh3_checksum(&result[..SLOT_CHECKSUM_OFFSET]);
         result[SLOT_CHECKSUM_OFFSET..(SLOT_CHECKSUM_OFFSET + size_of::<Checksum>())]
             .copy_from_slice(&checksum.to_le_bytes());
diff --git a/src/tree_store/page_store/page_manager.rs b/src/tree_store/page_store/page_manager.rs
index 2254897e..de6eb12a 100644
--- a/src/tree_store/page_store/page_manager.rs
+++ b/src/tree_store/page_store/page_manager.rs
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ impl TransactionalMemory {
                 PageNumber::new(0, page_number, required_order)
             };
 
-            let mut header = DatabaseHeader::new(layout, TransactionId(0), tracker_page);
+            let mut header = DatabaseHeader::new(layout, TransactionId::new(0), tracker_page);
 
             header.recovery_required = false;
             storage
diff --git a/src/tree_store/page_store/savepoint.rs b/src/tree_store/page_store/savepoint.rs
index df4bee67..72061d2a 100644
--- a/src/tree_store/page_store/savepoint.rs
+++ b/src/tree_store/page_store/savepoint.rs
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ impl<'a> SerializedSavepoint<'a> {
     pub(crate) fn from_savepoint(savepoint: &Savepoint) -> Self {
         let mut result = vec![savepoint.version];
         result.extend(savepoint.id.0.to_le_bytes());
-        result.extend(savepoint.transaction_id.0.to_le_bytes());
+        result.extend(savepoint.transaction_id.raw_id().to_le_bytes());
 
         if let Some((root, checksum)) = savepoint.user_root {
             result.push(1);
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ impl<'a> SerializedSavepoint<'a> {
         Savepoint {
             version,
             id: SavepointId(id),
-            transaction_id: TransactionId(transaction_id),
+            transaction_id: TransactionId::new(transaction_id),
             user_root,
             system_root,
             freed_root,