diff --git a/nano/nano_node/daemon.cpp b/nano/nano_node/daemon.cpp
index 6344fd8e21..2a54c4824e 100644
--- a/nano/nano_node/daemon.cpp
+++ b/nano/nano_node/daemon.cpp
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 #include <nano/node/ipc/ipc_server.hpp>
 #include <nano/node/json_handler.hpp>
 #include <nano/node/node.hpp>
+#include <nano/node/make_store.hpp>
 #include <nano/node/openclwork.hpp>
 #include <nano/rpc/rpc.hpp>
 
@@ -127,6 +128,11 @@ void nano_daemon::daemon::run (std::filesystem::path const & data_path, nano::no
 				config.node.peering_port = network_params.network.default_node_port;
 			}
 
+			{
+				auto store = nano::make_store (logger, data_path, config.node.network_params.ledger);
+				nano::stats stats;
+				nano::ledger ledger{ *store, stats, config.node.network_params.ledger };
+			}
 			auto node (std::make_shared<nano::node> (io_ctx, data_path, config.node, opencl_work, flags));
 			if (!node->init_error ())
 			{