diff --git a/src/constants.js b/src/constants.js
index 91eb6f46..d680f22a 100644
--- a/src/constants.js
+++ b/src/constants.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 'use strict'
 
 module.exports = {
-  repoVersion: 6
+  repoVersion: 7
 }
diff --git a/src/default-datastore.js b/src/default-datastore.js
index 68b63461..3b28a0df 100644
--- a/src/default-datastore.js
+++ b/src/default-datastore.js
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 
 // Default configuration for the datastore spec in node.js
 module.exports = {
-  StorageMax: '10GB',
   StorageGCWatermark: 90,
   GCPeriod: '1h',
   BloomFilterSize: 0,
diff --git a/test/repo-test.js b/test/repo-test.js
index 8d7c2d0f..2287cc00 100644
--- a/test/repo-test.js
+++ b/test/repo-test.js
@@ -61,11 +61,31 @@ module.exports = (repo) => {
       })
     })
 
+    describe('spec', () => {
+      it('get spec', (done) => {
+        repo.spec.get((err) => {
+          expect(err).to.not.exist()
+          done()
+        })
+      })
+
+      it('set spec', (done) => {
+        series([
+          (cb) => repo.spec.set({ a: 'b' }, cb),
+          (cb) => repo.spec.get((err, spec) => {
+            if (err) return cb(err)
+            expect(spec).to.deep.equal({ a: 'b' })
+            cb()
+          })
+        ], done)
+      })
+    })
+
     describe('version', () => {
       it('get version', (done) => {
         repo.version.get((err, version) => {
           expect(err).to.not.exist()
-          expect(version).to.equal(6)
+          expect(version).to.equal(7)
           done()
         })
       })
@@ -78,7 +98,7 @@ module.exports = (repo) => {
             expect(version).to.equal(9000)
             cb()
           },
-          (cb) => repo.version.set(6, cb)
+          (cb) => repo.version.set(7, cb)
         ], done)
       })
     })
diff --git a/test/test-repo/datastore_spec b/test/test-repo/datastore_spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7bf9626c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/test-repo/datastore_spec
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{"mounts":[{"mountpoint":"/blocks","path":"blocks","shardFunc":"/repo/flatfs/shard/v1/next-to-last/2","type":"flatfs"},{"mountpoint":"/","path":"datastore","type":"levelds"}],"type":"mount"}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/test-repo/version b/test/test-repo/version
index 1e8b3149..7f8f011e 100644
--- a/test/test-repo/version
+++ b/test/test-repo/version
@@ -1 +1 @@
-6
+7